Baking day...........

I finally decided I needed to start baking Christmas cookies yesterday.  I started with the favorite in my family, chocolate spritz.  I will bake plain ones today.
Another big hit is the home made Chex mix.  I have enough cereal left for one more batch.
 
I took photos 3 days in a row of my red Amaryllis.  The second bud stalk is getting ready to open too. 
It is supposed to rain today and turn to snow late in the afternoon.  We have gone 290 days since the last snow and that is a new record for Chicago.  Maybe I'll have a snow picture on my blog tomorrow......if the weathermen are right.