I know this is not TWD's All-In-One Holiday Bundt Cake. I know that I haven't blogged in two weeks.
Life is nuts right now. I got a HUGE catering gig with the store Theory: 5 stores, 4 days, 2200 cookies. I also am planning my 10-year high school reunion. Which is tomorrow. And I am also helping Jack's sister at her newly opened doggy daycare because her partner is getting married and going to Thailand for 3 weeks for her honeymood (JEALOUS)!
This may be the only time in my life where I wish there were two different voices in my head. I would have liked one of those voices to say:
Are you crazy?!?? Don't plan your high school reunion! You'll have nightmares that no one will show up or that they'll forget to give you the liquor and you have to wander around a house trying to steal liquor from a liquor cabinet and a scary lady yells at you and no one drinks and leaves early once you find a way to steal the liquor! (True story, I had this dream).
I wish the other voice would have said:
YES! Theory! Huge job! Amazing store! But be warned: 550 cookies a day is a lot of cookies for any one person to make and decorate! You will be up baking from 7 am to 3 am baking straight through! You'll sleep for only 3 hours and then wake up and bake some more! Then you'll spend 7 hours in a car delivering them to the five locations! Who drives from the city to Long Island to Westchester and thinks there will be no traffic, silly rabbit? Trix are for kids!
So I haven't had a lot of time to cook and blog personally. Know I know what people in the food industry mean when they say they come home and don't want to think about food.
So please bear with me while I try to get through the month of December. November was hard. December is going to be harder because I have many catering orders. So it'll be me, lots of butter, lots of cookie dough, and not enough time spent working out for all of the butter and cookie dough. I already feel my former muscle jiggling. Not cool.
And I miss getting around to all of my blogging buddies blogs! I will get there! And I will catch up on the TWD's I missed! They are on my Thanksgiving dessert menus.
More dessert. Sigh.
Check out TWD and Britin of the Nitty Britty for the holiday bundt cake. And if you want to make the most amazing sugar cookies ever, click here for Dorie Greenspan's Grandma's All-Occasion Sugar Cookies!
Oh, and these are supposed to be Gingerbread women, but I think they look like big German women who will hold your head in their bosoms while you suffocate.
Good luck getting everything done! Your cookies look beautiful.
Posted by: Stephanie | November 24, 2009 at 09:22 AM
These are all so wonderful! I just recently was bit by the sugar cookie and royal icing bug. Can't wait to make Christmas and winter versions!
Posted by: Amanda | November 24, 2009 at 09:24 AM
Wow, so awesome! I love my Theory trench coat.
But yeah... that is quite the job to tackle. Best of luck - the German ladies are awesome :)
Posted by: Hilary | November 24, 2009 at 09:27 AM
wow!so beautiful!
Posted by: alison | November 24, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Wow, 550 cookies in on day is a lot! You are amazing! They look wonderful :) Good luck with the rest of your catering gigs!
Posted by: Tracey | November 24, 2009 at 09:51 AM
Wowsers - you are amazing Teanna!! 2,200 cookies is INSANE!! I am soooo impressed with you! And they all look incredible, especially the German ladies!! LOL
Posted by: Lauryn | November 24, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Those all look fantastic!
Posted by: Stephanie | November 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Nice! Esp like the big German women! Hope all goes well with the work, reunion, etc. Just made your pumpkin cookies (and posted them) so good!
Posted by: Spike | November 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Oh, jeez!
Great job! Good luck! And I wish you a quiet, peaceful, and happy Thanksgiving!
~ingrid
Posted by: ingrid | November 24, 2009 at 12:27 PM
These are all so beautiful! I can't wait to start Christmas cookies!
Posted by: ABowlOfMush | November 24, 2009 at 01:18 PM
Whoa...you've got a whole agenda there. Take it easy once everything dies down. You deserve a break from all the craziness.
Fantastic cookies, though. You've done a wonderful job with them.
Posted by: jenn (Bread + Butter) | November 24, 2009 at 02:04 PM
I can't even imagine making that many cookies. I got burned out when I made one cookie for each of my 100 students, but that pales in comparison to your 2,200! Crazy, but great job pulling it all off. Now go get some sleep.
Posted by: Christina | November 24, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Those are beautiful, I was just looking for a good sugar cookie recipe!
Posted by: chocolate shavings | November 24, 2009 at 02:34 PM
You are amazing! I'm tired just reading about it... I love the cookies - so beautiful! Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Jen | November 24, 2009 at 04:40 PM
Wow, you've taken over committing to a whole new level. Your cookies are fabulous! I hope you survive it and get to do some pleasure baking.
Posted by: Leslie | November 24, 2009 at 04:45 PM
Amazing cookies! I love them all. Sounds like you are super busy. Try to enjoy the experience... :)
Posted by: Andrea@WellnessNotes | November 24, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Amazing....simply amazing cookies.
Congratulations on the amazing gigs and try to keep your head above water! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | November 24, 2009 at 09:14 PM
your decorating prowess is most impressive, teanna. i can definitely see a large gal named helga in the form of a gingerbread woman there. the santas are wonderful too. :)
Posted by: grace | November 25, 2009 at 08:37 AM
good god! that is a lot of cookies! They came out beautiful though, Hang in there you can do it!
Posted by: Jessie | November 25, 2009 at 09:46 AM
Your cookies are awesome! Just remember how much fun you're having...baking cookies is better than sitting in a cube, right?
Posted by: Jill | November 25, 2009 at 12:23 PM