Here I am again, miss me?

I am so disappointed in Michaels right now.  Why is there not a good bakery supply store in my area?  And if there is one, why can't I think of  it!!  I donated cookies to a fundraiser last month.  25 specialty cookies.  The winner called to cash in and she would like cookies for her daughter's first communion.  Easy, right?  ONLY IF YOU HAVE FIRST COMMUNIONS AT XMAS TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU SELL CROSS COOKIE CUTTERS!  I cannot begin to explain how frustrating it is, everytime I need something and a certain store should have it, they don't because they have decided to stock up on 8000 different kinds of beads and glitter glue, but of the 3 cookie cutters they stock, mine isn't one.  They sell Wilton stuff, why not cookie cutters?  Where do other people go to get cookie cutters?  What am I missing?  Michaels cannot be the only cookie cutter place in town.  (Maya, I've found another million dollar idea.  Are you keeping a list of our ideas? Me either.)  Of course the Wilton online store sells them, for $.69, but I have to pay $7(!) in shipping!  Got a cross cookie cutter?  Call me. 

They ate that?! Part 2

Kids, do not read this post - this is for your parents only.  Are they gone?  Good.  My kids ate ice cream.  That, by itself, is no strange feat.  What they don't know is that they ate SPINACH ice cream!  And it was GOOD!  I had some too.  It was good.  We had Mint Chocolate Chip.  It had mint flavor and chocolate chips.  What made it green was the spinach.  (I borrowed Double Delicious, by Jessica Seinfeld, from the library.  This is her second cookbook using veggie purees to get kids to eat their veggies, without them knowing it.  Sneaky, but it works.)  What's better?  You don't even need an ice cream maker.  You add spinach puree, mint flavor, chocolate chips, powdered sugar and yogurt.  Mix with a spoon and put in freezer.  That's my kind of recipe.  We also made Lo Mein with pork from her book.  It uses sweet potato puree, and that was really good too!  My kids actually ate pork!  Ususally the only 2 pork products that go in their mouths are hot dogs and bacon.  Straight pork?  Almost never.  So they ate the meat, but not the pasta.  When I asked the 5 year old why, "The pasta made me cough."  Regardless, they ate pork!  The next recipe we are going to make is Teriyaki Chicken with rice pilaf.  That entails carrot puree for the chicken and cauliflower puree for the pilaf.  I'll let you know how that goes.