Company party today. Spent day decorating. Dana got the desserts at The Cheeeeeeesecake Factory. I wrote little labels for each one... Pecan-pumpkin...Vanilla bean... Fresh Strawberry... Dulce de Leche -- which is translated, as everyone knows, "leave a BIG HONKIN SLICE FOR TRACY' so I added that to the label.

Poor Rob last night went to Silverdale. Two ways to get there as it is across Big Water. First is by driving around and going over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Second way, and the one Rob chose, is by ferry from Seattle. It was a dark and stormy night. I fretted since I knew he'd be returning via the Narrows bridge, which even on a mildly windy day flashes warnings about Severe Side Winds Ahead.

It did, however, allow me an evening of Sims! Muahahahaha!

Tonight, following in the footsteps of Iron Steph, we are going to finish cookie dough. I'm making a Danish spice cookie. This intricate recipe takes about a week to make as you need to let the dough rest and meld on the counter overnight more than once. Rob peered into the pan the other day and thought he could get me to bake them right away but they were at the stage where they still didn't have any flour in them.

Two more cups of flour tonight. Rest overnight. Roll, roll, roll tomorrow. Makes a gajillion cookies that last forever. I'm supposed to put a little almond sliver on each one as garnish. After doing this recipe a couple times previous, I'm leaving off that garnish. It takes too long and a gajillion cookies takes a while to bake.