Well, that was an interesting week! I've been busy with personal things -- all related to Christmas, as it were -- so I knew this would be a light blogging week. And then Wednesday came along, and I was honored by Disney's <a href="http://www.babble.com/">Babble.com</a> as one of their choices for the top #100 Mom Blogs of 2011.

I mean, what?

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(I'm #45. <a href="http://www.babble.com/mom/work-family/top-mom-blogs-Everyday-Treats/">Go see the nice things they said about this blog and what I'm trying to do here.</a> They get it!)

And then, I got an email from the New York Times (I KNOW) wanting to know my reaction to this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/dining/store-bought-spoils-the-potluck-spirit.html">article on people who bring store bought cookies to bake sales</a>.

The original article was in the dining section, so I knew where the writer was coming from -- I'm a home cook myself -- but I wasn't about to waste an opportunity to talk about something that has been bothering me for a while, namely the inefficiencies of school fundraisers. So in the couple of hours I had between school pickup and the deadline I wrote my thoughts and sent them in.

Before I knew it I was in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/dining/store-bought-spoils-the-potluck-spirit.html">room for debate</a> section of nytimes.com along with other writers I know and admire (and a few new ones!).

You guys. Writing an editorial for the New York Times is a long-held dream of mine. My<a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/my-life-list"> life list full of crazy dreams</a> is online, but one thing I never added was to write something that would be published in the New York Times opinion pages. With my photo, and a byline, and a link to my bio and personal blogs.

I mean, that's crazy.

But you know what's crazier?

Having your opinion on baked goods and economics posted on the New York Times website. And it's happened.

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/12/14/putting-the-bake-in-bake-sale/we-need-modern-fund-raisers-for-modern-problems">We Need Modern Fundraisers for Modern Problems</a>

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You bet I added it to my list (#51) and scratched it off immediately. It should have been there all along.

Time to add more crazy dreams.