The Damsel is missing her sprog #4, who is far away in the land of Michigan, serving as a missionary. To make herself feel better, the Damsel got herself busy and made some. the Knight made cookies.

It’s true. The Knight makes such good cookies, the Damsel doesn’t even try anymore. What’s the point? The family adores the Knight’s cookies, and the Damsel knew it would be a welcome bit of home for sprog #4.

Don’t worry, there will be post later on these Amazing Cookies.

To ship them, the Damsel did a little research on how to get them there, tasty and in one piece. There are certainly many ways of doing this, but this method worked perfectly:

Wrap the cookies in pairs, in plastic wrap, back to back, ready to support each other through all the rough seas and mean mailmen in their future.

Wait. There’s no seas in between the Cottage and Michigan. Er. And mailmen are nice, except when they’ve gone postal.

Place these pairs in a container smaller than the mailing box. The Damsel used a sour cream thing from Costco. Fill snugly but don’t cram.

Find yourself a sturdy mailing box and put in some cushioning, such as crumpled newspaper. Put in the inner container and surround with more cushioning. You want the inner container to “float” in the middle of the cushioning, so that no matter which way the box sits, the inner container isn’t touching the side of the mailing box. The Damsel likes crumpled newspaper because it doesn’t shift and it’s FREE.

Don’t forget the love letter.

(Sprog #4 reported that the cookies arrived in perfect condition and deliciousness.)