The Final Countdown

Since I had so little shopping to do, it is done.  And even sent off to my sister in Pennsylvania.  My husband delivered the train table (he made) to our grandson in South Carolina. 

This week has been pretty busy.  I guess it's the storm before the calm!  Earlier this month I asked my bank (Wachovia) if I could come in as a small business and be highlighted in the lobby.  They agreed, so I made luscious brownies, packaged them in holiday bags and set myself up in the lobby on Tuesday.  It was so much fun!  People were a little cautious about having a brownie for no reason at the bank, but once they realized it wasn't a trick, they were very happy.  I was there for a little over 2 hours.  The lines were never truly horrible, but brownies help out with waiting.  No, the drive thru people did not get brownies.

Once that was over I zipped down to Buckhead to Insperience to meet with some folks from KitchenAid.  I am going to be demonstrating KitchenAid products out and about at various locations.  So much fun!  I get to play with all the cool cooking toys, I mean equipment.  We went over all the products for a couple hours and then had a lovely dinner at NAVA.  Once I find out about where I'll be and when, I'll let you know. 

Yesterday I had a kid's pizza class at the home of one of my regular clients.  There were 9 children and we made dough, sauce, zested lemons, sliced onions and created individual, hand made pizzas.   We made a great punch too that we made with sparkling red grape juice.  Again, I had lots of fun.

Sparkling Cranberry Blush from Cooking Light April 1995

•  3 cups cold water
• 2 (48-ounce) bottles cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
• 2 (6-ounce) cans thawed lemonade concentrate, undiluted
• 2 (750-milliliter) bottles brut champagne, chilled

1. Combine the first 3 ingredients in a punch bowl, and stir well. Add chilled champagne, and stir gently.

Today I am going to another home where I will have a kid's cookie class.  We'll have cutout cookies, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate coated pretzels and lots of sprinkles and icing.  More fun!

Tomorrow I plan on staying in my house, baking cookies, making a giant pot of chicken soup and relaxing a little.  We shopped last night at the DeKalb Farmer's Market so I'll be ready to go. 

Hope all your holiday preparations are going well and that you'll be able to kick back and relax soon too.  And have fun.