It's Crunch Time

Work has been insanely busy this week due to (a) the fiscal year closing on 3/30 and (b) it's the first time I'm completely responsible for the books of one of the other companies I'm responsible for. And their accounting practices are awful. I love the guys that run the place, but they are not accountants. I think I'm going to have to start coming down here once a week to check on things.

I'm down in the OC working right now and instead of wasting two+ hours driving back and forth to home, I'm spending the night at the president's house tonight. And getting up super early to try to finish these books by noon tomorrow.

But, to brighten my day, Marc sent me this bacon-riffic link that you HAVE TO check out!! It's certainly ONE way to attract a carnivorous man!

Bakefest 2007 has wrapped up

It started early this afternoon and after everything was said, done and baked, we'd gone through...

• almost 10 lbs. of flour
• 5+ lbs of butter
• 3+ lbs. of sugar
• 2 lbs. of bacon

Bacon? Why would you need two pounds of bacon? Because, we had to try BACON chocolate chip cookies. Wow, they are pretty darn tasty! We left off the maple cinnamon glaze and hunk of bacon on top. We made some with only semi-sweet chocolate chips and some with both semi-sweet and white and the combo chips tasted much better.

It was a full house! Chris came early and helped me take some old games to Goodwill and pick out/up a Christmas tree. I'm in LOVE with the one we picked. It's beautiful and perfect. I started decorating it while cookies were in the oven and let me say, Brian and I did a fabulous job at proper light distribution! It is one good looking tree.

Travis and Shane stopped by to bake and play some Guitar Hero. Brian and his girlfriend Martha came over and brought Cynthia, a co-worker/friend of Martha's. She's German and has lived here for two years. She seemed to have a lot of fun baking the cookies. They were here most of the day.

In total we made:

• Bacon chocolate chip cookies - 4 dozen
  
• Snickerdoodles - 4-5 dozen
  
• Almond Crescents - 10 dozen
  
• Oatmeal Scotchies with chocolate chips - 4 dozen
  
• Sugar cookies (some iced and decorated!) - 3 dozen (more dough to roll)
  
• Jam Thumbprints - 4 dozen
  
• Snowball cookies (pecan shortbread balls coated with powdered sugar) - 8 dozen
  

Unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to bake the chocolate rads that I adore from last year, but there's still time. I may make them tomorrow if I can squeeze it in after church, gaming, a cookie exchange and a holiday party.

Some photos:
Brian getting ready to stir in the bacon

Jam Thumbprints

Almond Crescents, Snowball Cookies and a lone Bacon Chocolate Chip cookie

The Sugar Cookie inspired by Dexter!!

It was tiring, but fun. Now I have plenty of cookies for my bosses' and co-workers' cookie baskets on Monday. I'm definitely ready to go to sleep!

Oh, for the Love of Bacon!!

I've posted this a couple times and the video keeps getting yanked from Youtube. If you love bacon like I do, do yourself a favor and google: Jim Gaffigan bacon and watch his comedy bit on bacon. It's about three minutes and HI-larious!!!

Bacon Salt

Ron - you are the best. Why is Ron the best?

Because he saw this website for Bacon Salt and forwarded it to me. It's salt that makes everything taste like bacon. You can have bacon French fries!!

I want some. Anyone else wanna get in on an order? It's kosher, vegetarian friendly and most of all, bacony and salty! :-)

Check it out!!