Flashback

So, I am making these owl cookies for an event at work--200 or so. Not such a big deal, except I want these things to look good. My first round turned out great. 2nd round didn't live up to my standards so they went in the Duffy family cookie jar. I'm under a deadline, so I have to get these things done, right? So tonight, I'm baking cookies simultaneously while I'm firing up dinner and frosting my hoo-haaa off--with royal icing which I want to set up before I add the "eyes" of the owl.

Earlier on, in the middle of dotting one of the eyes on these owls...it hits me. 14 years ago I was in a similar situation.

Back then, I had this fabulous idea that I was going to make giant wedding cake cookies for everyone who attended Hubby-bubs and my rehearsal dinner. I had ordered the giant cookie cutters from Martha. I had made the handmade dough and cut them all out and, somehow, stored them in our teeny-tiny freezer until it was time to decorate them. I even went so far as to buy veil material to wrap them individually and tie with a gold bow.

However, I found myself swamped with last minute details and, the Thursday before our wedding it snowed like crazy. My sister and brother-in-law made it that night through the snow (they were coming from up north) and saved the day with the cookies.

I'll never forget the picture of my future husband and my brother-in-law slouched over a table decorating wedding cake cookies--of course they thought they'd have some fun with a few. Those never made it to the rehearsal dinner:)

I still have some time on the owl cookies and I'll get them done. Life's just a little different than it was 14 years ago. It made me chuckle to remember that time in place.