I've been diligently working on getting the rows sewn together for ds1's ragged quilt and have made great progress.  Eight rows are completed!  However, I made a discovery yesterday while arranging the layout of the last two rows ... I am one quilted square short!  I counted and counted and counted all the quilted squares and came up with one hundred each time, but either I miscounted or one has disappeared into thin air because there are only ninety-nine.  Thankfully I have some other material that I don't think will look too out of place in the quilt and it will only be one square so hopefully it won't be noticeable. 

I've also made progress on ds2's gifts in the respect that dh and I took some time last night to look at the wooden toys I have picked out for him.  We've decided on one item from Haba, two items from Bajo, and several items from Holztiger, but my list is way too long as far as the latter is concerned so I have some trimming to do before I can place the order.  Christmas and birthday will be taken care of all at once.

As promised, here is another recipe that's on my list to make for my family this Christmas season.  It's a simple no-bake cookie ... can you believe I've never made no-bake cookies?  I think ds1 will have a lot of fun making this with me.

No-Bake Cookies

2 cups Rapadura

1/4 cup organic baking cocoa

1/2 cup organic butter

1/2 cup organic milk

1/2 tsp. organic vanilla extract

1/2 cup organic creamy peanut butter

3 cups organic quick-cooking oats

Combine the first five ingredients in a medium-sized saucepan.  Cook over low heat until the butter melts; stir occasionally.  Increase the heat to medium and bring the mixture to a boil; boil for one minute.  Remove from the heat and quickly stir in the peanut butter (stir until smooth), then stir in the oats.  Working quickly, drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper.  Let cool completely before removing from waxed paper.  Store in an airtight container.