# (Old) It is getting cold in the MMP

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**Created:** [December 11, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-is-getting-cold-in-the-mmp/994405 "2023-12-11T05:51:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-it-is-getting-cold-in-the-mmp/994405/7 "2023-12-11T07:17:14Z")

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I got myself a bit burned out on cross-stitch and took up a new hobby: quilling. (You roll little strips of colorful paper into, well, rolls - and other shapes - and glue 'em onto greeting cards and shit like that.)

Anyway, as my very first attempt, I made one for one of my crew - she’s, I dunno the details, but slightly mentally challenged, although she has a terrific memory and definitely brings her strengths - but she’s going through some personal stuff and I made her a card with an “eye” shape, then a heart, then a rainbow smile, so it says “I love you” and I think it really made her happy.

She’s 22 but still lives with her dad and uncle, and for sure does not get to enjoy a lot of adult privileges (I think there’s some drama about her having a “boyfriend”) so I emphasized that this was _for HER_ so that she’d have a tiny little something that was all to herself.

Ah, and speaking of my crew, a giant shout-out to **JtheC** and her cookies. Of _course_ I brought them in to share - over the weekend when the hungry teenagers were on the clock - and the general consensus was … look, they got demolished. The butter cookies went fastest, probably because they’re eye-catching pretty, but the cinnamon? molasses? got a few “my favorite” votes, and I love chocolate so the crinkles were my faves.

The whole thing did confuse the young’uns a bit. (“Mmm, you made these?” “Nope.” “Who made 'em, your grandma or something?” “Nah, some lady I’ve never actually met in person.” “Wha…?”)

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