Marguerite
Active Member
G'day folks.
Another busy-ish day, but productive in a nice way.
First - I finally finished our family Christmas letter and sent it out. Most via email, some via snail mail. I got down to the post office literally with minutes to spare to catch the last mail. The post office is also selling my books, the manager handed me some very welcome cash. I'll have to drop in some more books.
I then dropped in my pain killers prescription to the pharmacy, I'll collect it next week.
Back home - difficult child 3, for a wonder, did some washing up this morning. Before he finished the washing up, I managed to use the food processor to make another batch of cookie dough. So I had the cookie dough ready, plus a cleaned kitchen. I then enjoyed a long baking session, with tray after tray of cookie press biscuits. I finally finished these tonight at mother in law's, then packed them into bags to give to our friends on Christmas Day.
Then after dinner, we loaded mother in law & difficult child 3 into the car and drove round the village looking at Christmas lights.
This time tomorrow night, we'll have easy child & SIL1. They're staying with mother in law. The other kids are arriving on Christmas Day at some stage, they're beginning their day with the in-laws. I prefer it that way - we get them at the end of their day when they can relax and not have to rush off anywhere.
Tomorrow - one last lot of baking. If I feel like it. We have some cherries that are too far gone for the table, but will make some wonderful choc-cherry muffins. I'll probably leave baking them until tomorrow night at mother in law's.
It's been hot today but a cool change is blowing through. Tomorrow will be cooler, a good baking day.
I have at last reached that stage of Christmas preparation where I can relax and just wait, everything is now falling into place. I have a ham to glaze, but it can wait until we get back from church on Christmas morning. I might assemble it tomorrow, have the glaze made up. Then we just have to put stuff in the oven, and relax.
The way it should be!
Enjoy your Thursday, everyone.
Marg
Another busy-ish day, but productive in a nice way.
First - I finally finished our family Christmas letter and sent it out. Most via email, some via snail mail. I got down to the post office literally with minutes to spare to catch the last mail. The post office is also selling my books, the manager handed me some very welcome cash. I'll have to drop in some more books.
I then dropped in my pain killers prescription to the pharmacy, I'll collect it next week.
Back home - difficult child 3, for a wonder, did some washing up this morning. Before he finished the washing up, I managed to use the food processor to make another batch of cookie dough. So I had the cookie dough ready, plus a cleaned kitchen. I then enjoyed a long baking session, with tray after tray of cookie press biscuits. I finally finished these tonight at mother in law's, then packed them into bags to give to our friends on Christmas Day.
Then after dinner, we loaded mother in law & difficult child 3 into the car and drove round the village looking at Christmas lights.
This time tomorrow night, we'll have easy child & SIL1. They're staying with mother in law. The other kids are arriving on Christmas Day at some stage, they're beginning their day with the in-laws. I prefer it that way - we get them at the end of their day when they can relax and not have to rush off anywhere.
Tomorrow - one last lot of baking. If I feel like it. We have some cherries that are too far gone for the table, but will make some wonderful choc-cherry muffins. I'll probably leave baking them until tomorrow night at mother in law's.
It's been hot today but a cool change is blowing through. Tomorrow will be cooler, a good baking day.
I have at last reached that stage of Christmas preparation where I can relax and just wait, everything is now falling into place. I have a ham to glaze, but it can wait until we get back from church on Christmas morning. I might assemble it tomorrow, have the glaze made up. Then we just have to put stuff in the oven, and relax.
The way it should be!
Enjoy your Thursday, everyone.
Marg