- This is GiST #365. Tomorrow, if I decide to do this again, I’ll need to start over. (And think of a way to designate that it’s my 2nd run through.. any suggestions?) I didn’t think I’d make it to 365. This is crazy!
- Sushi for lunch was really good. And the boys ate ’til they were full, too!
- All our cookies (except one tin) were delivered today. Sure, we didn’t finish baking them ’til tonight.. eeeek!.. but they’re done!
- The Christmas lights are beautiful. Still one of my favourite parts of the holiday.
- I am a really lucky person in many, many ways.
- I am loved and I love.
- There are real, live people out there reading this. Thank you!
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- Coffee is on vacation!!! (For 2 days!)
- Anticipating tomorrow’s sushi lunch. Nom!
- Daisy has a new red collar and it looks very festive.
- Taking the kids to Zellers to buy new jamma pants!
- Almost finished the Christmas cookie baking… phew.
In a very short period of time, my husband will be on Christmas holidays.
YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAW!
I made my first batch of sugar cookies, on my own, somewhere between 1994 and 1996. I made them because they had very few ingredients listed, seemed easy to whip up, and didn’t require anything fancy in the way of equipment.
It was then that I realized my favourite part of sugar cookies is.. the dough.
Somehow that detail escaped my mind and I didn’t make sugar cookies for over a decade.
Today I was very close to skipping them – the recipe states that it makes 98 cookies (!!!) and I was trying to imagine WTF I’d do with 98 cookies (particularly since I’ve made several other batches of cookies) but decided to go for it because, again, the ingredient list is short and the skills required are minimal.
After scraping the bowl and wrapping the dough in plastic wrap, for the hour-long “chilling” part, I tasted a tiny speck of the dough. It then took all of my self-control not to unwrap those little packets of dough and just eat them straight-up. Who needs to bake ‘em?
Hell, who needs a sandwich for lunch?
Sugar cookie dough is now second in line behind Nanaimo Bars for my favourite holiday food.
This morning I drove Coffee to work as I’ve been doing for the past bit (since he’s sick and it’s cold) and, when I returned, Middle One was ready to go out sledding. He was out of the house by 9:10. This pleases me greatly for many reasons, not the least of which is that he’s getting fresh air and I’m not having to forcibly shove him out the door. Exercise is good.
Last night we finished wrapping all of the gifts that are piled around our bedroom. Or, at least, we thought we had. This morning Coffee found a few that had escaped the paper. We’ll finish those tonight and be ready – READY! – for Christmas. At least, “ready” as far as the gift portion goes.. psychologically, I’m not quite there yet. At least I’ve had my holiday breakdown already so I’m clear for the next while.
The package that we’ve been waiting on, from Hong Kong, has been completely inactive since Dec 21st. That’s the day it arrived in BC and “was released by Customs and is now with Canada Post for processing”. I have no idea whether to be worried, or not, since the tracking web site is usually at least a few hours behind. As in, they deliver the packages before updating the web site to “out for delivery”.. It’d be nice if it arrived today, though, since there are some stocking stuffers in there.
I’ve started pondering something akin to “New Years Resolutions”.. most of them seem to be very floofy and floaty and not really quantifiable in the sense of “tracking goals” or anything. I have no idea how to work with that, to be honest, but I may give it a shot anyway. I do this every year.
Today I’m making more cookies. I am determined to be finished my part of the baking today so Coffee can finish his part (tomorrow?) and we can hand out the tins of cookies to our neighbours. And so I can eat some (more). Nanaimo Bars. Nom.
Yesterday I used the bread machine to whip up a loaf of caraway rye bread. The recipe calls for “1 tablespoon” of caraway seeds; I never use less than five. I love, love, LOVE caraway seeds. I’d use more if I didn’t think the kids would start gagging. Today I’m going to make another loaf of bread.. possibly the same kind, possibly something different. I don’t need to decide until 2pm. (4 hours of baking time..) Maybe a honey oatmeal? Hmmm.
I’m still annoyed by that stupid psychology mark. At the same time, I don’t care enough to get totally worked up.
I changed my name on my bank account. They told me it would take “up to 15 days” to switch in their system and that I should order new cheques as soon as I saw it take effect. Today I logged in to discover they spelled my name wrong. Now I have to wait a few more days to order those cheques. Gah.
Of the 8 textbooks or LPs that I need to buy for school, only 2 are available to order. Meh.
I return to school on January 11th. It looks very likely that my teachers will be on strike as of January 13th. Meh, again.
Time for breakfast!
- I ran into my friend Paula today at a local store. It was good to see her.
- Crisp cool air.
- Tomorrow is Coffee’s last day of work and then he has a few days off. Yay!
- Christmas Eve sushi (they’re closed on Christmas day)
- Getting a large portion of the kitchen really, really clean. Tomorrow I’ll finish it!
End result of that class = 71% ..
“What I don’t understand is: Why don’t [these same] people worry that Verizon or AT&T is listening in to their cellphone calls every single day? Why don’t they worry that MasterCard is peeking into their buying habits? How do they know Microsoft and Apple aren’t slurping down private documents off the hard drive and laughing their heads off?
“I mean, if you’re gonna be paranoid, at least be rational about it.”
- David Pogue, the New York Times’s technology columnist.
(via QoTD)
.. from that stupid scrapbook psychology class. But here’s my final grade list, otherwise:
(Course Name, Num. Grade, Letter Grade, Grade Point)
Applied Writing Skills
93 / A+ / 4
Sociology I
93 / A+ / 4
An Introduction To Helping
90 / A+ / 4
Social Service Systems I
86 / A / 3.75
Social Work And The Law
85 / A / 3.75
Group Process And Dynamics
87 / A / 3.75
To be truly happy in this world is a revolutionary act because true happiness depends upon a revolution in ourselves. It is a radical change of view that liberates us so that we know who we are most deeply and can acknowledge our enormous ability to love. We are liberated by the truth that every single one of us can take the time and pay attention. That is our birthright. Our own happiness can change history, and it does.
-Sharon Salzberg, “Lovingkindness”
(via 37 Days)
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