DAY 326
Tuesday, December 9th 4:30pm....WOOHOO...on holiday!
DAY 325
Wednesday, December 10th...I had this great plan, I have several days off so "Christmas Baking" here I come. Made a batch of Oatsies, switched out the mincemeat for dates. Turned out half decent, nicely mounded with the date puree hidden in the hump of oat cookie dough. They were more like store bought...I was aiming for Mom's version but that didn't happen. Yawn!
DAY 324
Thursday, December 11th...next day foray into cookie baking... decided to do a refrigerator dough called 'Party Swirls'. You divide the dough in thirds...one portion you leave alone, second portion you colour with red food colouring...third portion you mix in melted semi-sweet chocolate. You roll out each portion into a rectangle and stack. I should have made the roll before refrigerating and it would have been easier to handle. I made the appropriate thickness of slices and tried desperately to get them in one piece onto the cookie tray...lotta patching goin on to the taunts of my hubby watching my gallant efforts at baking - "two minutes on the clock, you should be plating by now". Thought I was going to pee myself. Burnt half of 'em, so much for my efforts!
DAY 323
Friday, December 12th...not baking this day, my next unsuspecting recipe needed cream of tartar and I didn't have any. This was a sign...I was not meant to bake today...so I cleaned instead.
DAY 322
Saturday, December 13th...there was a mission today! Up early, breakfast, shower...out the door by 9am. Next $10 quilt square meeting. Navigation to the quilt shop in Fonthill was interesting indeed. They have been digging and tearing up this section of road for what seems like months now. Well, this day they decide they are going to pave. The weather is mild with melting snow and slightly drizzly...messy! Took us a bit but we were waved into the parking lot along with what seemed like a dozen other ladies. The shop was all Christmas-y and decorated quite nicely for the holiday season but we did manage to curtail our urge to purchase any of the new fangled gadgets that are guaranteed to make your quilting experience that much easier and exciting. Next I went to pick up my Epicure order which came in just in time. I now had the seasoning and clay baker for a special hot cheese dip for our Quilting Friends potluck on Monday evening. Had to do some grocery shopping and, of course, pick up the needed items for my potluck offerings as well. House is starting to echo the holiday season.
DAY 321
Sunday, December 14th...today was a somber day, but a day to celebrate the life of a lady that made a lasting impression on my husband as a boy growing up. We drove to Toronto to a memorial service. I learned today that this Aunt and Uncle were the role models for the man I married, unconsciously instilling in him family values but most of all unbounding love. They celebrated 63 years of marriage...we're two-thirds of the way there...hope we are doing them proud.
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