because everyone needs more chocolate

Soldier's Fudge (so named because it was invented during WWII sugar rationing)

1 12 oz. bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1 oz. square unsweetened cooking chocolate
1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped nuts, if you must (I don't like nuts in my fudge)

Over low heat, melt the first three items together, stirring until blended. Remove from heat. Stir in the vanilla and the nuts. Pour into an 8"x8" buttered pan. Chill until firm. Cut into 1" squares.

Happy Yuletide!

queries, etc.

Or, rather, query. I think I've got a functional one, thanks mostly to help from M. who is an old hand at business communications (not that I'm not, but she's better at them than I am). I provided the meat, she made it usable [g].

Now on to the synopsis.

And then to a thorough triage of www.aar-online.org, at least as a starting point...

On the quilting front, I'm edging (or bordering) ever closer to finishing the crane quilt. Although I made a goof and a) I need to pull some stitches out tonight, and b) I'm going to have to wash all the pencil marks out before I give it to L. I have eighteen more days to finish it. I hope I make it.

On the Yuletide front, the last of the few presents I'm buying this year arrived from Amazon. Now it's just a matter of putting up the tree (the wreath is already on the front door) and, well, I'm cooking a turkey tomorrow -- not necessarily for the holidays, but because the cupboard, er, freezer is getting really, really bare, and this will be the start of a freezer cooking session.

Definitely making progress. Deadlines are Good For Me.