Pounds of sugar...............................10

Gallons of milk...............................1

Quarts of oil.................................3

Pounds of butter..............................8

Pounds of candy coating.......................5

Bottles of various extracts...................4

Hours on my feet in the kitchen..............32

Pounds of pecans.............................5

Times I burned myself cause my freaking potholders suck...... a billion, give or take.

Number of confections........................524

Bags of chocolate chips......................10

Number of times NOLAN loaded the dishwasher...5

Glasses of wine in my hand right now..........1

WOW. I have a new found respect for people who do that for a living. I'm WIPED. But tired happy, if that makes sense. And really not of a mind to eat anything sweet for quite awhile. Plus? I have a very grateful husband who's done all the laundry while I've been doing this for him.

Girls? (and the 2 guys on my f-list) I call this a win. :)