Pink Elephants

Here is something not to do: Do not make a double batch of Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough, and most especially do not substitute Hershey's Special Dark chocolate chips. Do not divide the whole batch of dough into cookie-sized balls and freeze them in a Ziploc bag where they will be dangerously handy. Do not let your husband, who has willpower issues of his own and loves to tempt you, know that they are there. Do not think all day, every day, about the warm cookies the two of you could share every night after your child goes to bed, in just 12 minutes. Plus preheating time, that is, which is what I'm using to write this entry. There goes the oven.