It's a Neon Christmas

Alas!! It was Christmas cookie day. After a harried trip to Trader Joe's, the bank and other various errands around Southeast today, I settled into my baking - the house was filled with wonderful smells and after dinner, Samuel and I began decorating our sugar cookies. As usual, I struggle with the traditional colors of red and green and opted for dark teal, lime, deep vivid green and an awful, accidental "rose" color. All in all, the cookies are neon in color and horrendously ugly, but Samuel had a blast and that's all I was really going for. We will share our treats with the blessed neighbor who ALWAYS brings my empty garbage cans down my driveway on Thursdays and the sweet Bible Study girls I meet with on Friday mornings. Our next baking venture will be the chocolate cake I promised we would bake for Jesus' birthday. It finally feels like the true meaning of Christmas has alighted upon my house - and I can breathe a sigh of relief at that....