My kitchen smells like paradise

Rules of Baking on a Fall Sunday:
1. When a recipe calls for gouda, buy at least four times the amount needed.
2. When your kitchen is strewn with pumpkin carnage, console yourself with candied apples.
3. Always give the cat bits of chicken. Always.
4. Immediately burn all recipes calling for margarine. Flush the ashes down the toilet for good measure.
5. The only good icing is one that involves butter, cream cheese, and copious amounts of powdered sugar.
6. Do lick the beaters, spatulas, and bowls clean for all desserts.
7. Do get icing all over your face as you lick the bowl.
8. There should never be any leftover bacon.
9. Do stop periodically to jot down poem fragments on the backs of gas station receipts.
10. Recipes are more like suggestions, really.
11. And always, ALWAYS sing with all your heart and dance a crazy little dance.