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After a lot of math and baking and decorating , the day of the cookie exchange finally arrived. I was excited and hoped that everything would work out in the end. Here we set up the samples for people to try. You may remember those trays, vases and plastic wine glasses from my Fall Mexican Themed Cocktail Party. One trip to Party City supplied two different little get togethers. I thought about making little centerpieces, and pretty much wandered around town looking for the best option. I sort of had candy canes in mind, but spotted some ribbons at the newstand and stuffed those in the vases.  You can spot my Sol LeWitt and Edward Hopper cookies. Also molasses cookies, almond cresents, mini cheesecakes, lemon poppy seed thumbprint cookies with raspberry filling, chocolate crinkle cookies, pumpkin cookies, pecan sandies and chocolate chip cookies. Not pictured are a few kinds including sugar cookies and chocolate chip chai. I just put a ribbon where the salsa went during ...

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers.  The original meal has never been found."  -Calvin Trillin I  have previously worried about what to eat on weeknights for dinner. One easy, quick dinner was English muffin pizzas .  That week, we had two dinners made from the English muffins, and actually three meals made from the c heap pizza toppings from Hannaford. This week we ate dinner one night at El Mariachi . We both had fajitas. The next night I made corn tortillas, and Scott cooked up some flank steak and beans to have with the leftovers. Then I finished off those tacos for lunch today. If you are a really smart person you can figure out how to use up everything in your fridge – or better yet plan it all out in advance. It can be harder than it seems, but can really pay off in the end.