Thanks, teachers!

Might as well say 'thanks' at the beginning, right?  And 'thanks' during, as well as at the end.  As someone who, once upon a time, studied to be a teacher, I know the hard work that goes in to the job.  I'm not the only one, either, as evidenced by this teacher appreciation order I had for some preschool teachers.

I hope everybody has a good, productive, safe, and fun school year!  Make the best of it, y'all!

Summertime and the living is ... hot.

It's been quite a hot summer, as I'm sure many of you have experienced.  My apartment is not air conditioned, so when the orders slow down in the summer, I am not too disappointed.  It means less sweating for me. :)  The temperatures are cooling down a tad, which put me in the mood to bake.  Thankfully, there was a need for sugar cookies!  A co-worker ordered some cookies for a baby shower for an impending male bundle of joy:

My Aunt Mary sent me the William Sonoma Star Wars cookie cutters as a gift.  As a thank you, I am sending her a dozen Boba Fetts to give to my cousin Paul.  As you can see, Darth Vader can't handle the sweetness: