You knew it was only a matter of time, right?

And, naturally, I would choose to do even more baking on the day before the busiest, longest, toughest baking day of the year.

Because, otherwise, where’s the fun?

And at least these are something that *I* want to eat!

My one, big miscalculation? I cut them too narrow (like, 1/2″ wide rather than the .75 through 1-inch range), so they didn’t fit into the three pans I had prepared. So I put the extras into the pans I bake cakes in … not thinking it through and considering that they aren’t always, um, watertight. So … sugary juice escaped and made clouds and clouds of smoke. Oops! Luckily, the smoke detector didn’t go off, and as long as they don’t TASTE smoky, the worst damage is that my hair kind of reeks of burnt sugar. I can deal with that, I guess.

And no, I haven’t tried one yet. I hope you’re impressed with my self-restraint!

The recipe, if you’ve missed the last several mentions, is here.

What IS the deal with spices in the grocery store, though? Last weekend it was the Ginger, now it’s the cinnamon. I wanted to pick up an extra bottle, to be sure that I had enough, and I literally got the LAST jar in the store. I even looked to see if they had some, special “baking’ display for all the jars, but no. There were two containers of cinnamon sticks and this one, remaining container of ground cinnamon. Even though it’s a brand I’ve never tried before, I snapped it up, just to be safe.

Look at what I got–a copy of my very own Direct Mail piece. I sent out postcards to about 100 local businesses (names gleaned from the Chamber of Commerce site). I really, really need to do another one to, say, more names?

The worrying part? I made a point of showing the card to Mom and Dad and both of them just barely glanced at it. That’s not a good sign! I mean, if my parents can’t be bothered to read it…

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