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2nd Annual Cookie Exchange

I had a cookie-exchange party last year that went so well that I decided to do it again this year. My other friends have stolen the big holidays (Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, etc.), so I decided to stick my own event in during the middle of the month of December. I went kinda crazy and obsessive decorating the house for the party. Note: cutting hundreds of snowflakes out of cover stock is rather hard on the knuckles. There were supposed to be 8 attendees, but two of them ended up sending cookies and flaking on the party. Because I am a kind-hearted soul, we exchanged their cookies for them and carried on. I was rather pleased with the selection and quality that showed up this year, and I'm definitely going to carry on the tradition for the next Christmas season. In the meantime, Sean and I have a tray full of cookies to devour.

P.S. I got an awesome cheese to serve with rustic bread as an appetizer. It came from the Nugget Market and is called "Fromager D'Affinois." It's creamy and mild, with just a slight bit of saltiness. I'm in love with this cheese.

SNOW IN CITRUS HEIGHTS!

Sarah and I went for a walk around the mall last night and I thought it was starting to rain on us. The rain was blowing around, so I just figured it was a light rain. But, it was the first hint of snow to come! Very cool.

The school semester is almost over for me; December 17th is the last day. Thanksgiving was great this year; we had dinner with Mom & Dad Kenney, and then on Sunday we had dinner with friends. We also had a surprise birthday party for Sarah's grandma & Kaidence's first birthday party the same day up in Smartville; Nana was definitely surprised.









Hmmm, what else? We put up our tree on Saturday and finished decorating our house for the holidays yesterday. I told Sarah that the last few Christmases went by too fast, so we had to make sure that: the tree was up in time, Christmas music is playing at home, & we need to take frequent trips to the mall to soak in the experience. So far, so good.