I was just sure I must’ve written something with this title before; looks like it was hashtag winterblahs in 2014, and winter blahs in 2013. Nothing on the newer blog for winter blahs, but I found Still January from 2018. Anyways, I’m feeling frozen and not in a good way – sluggish, like my metabolism … [Read more…]
I’ve been giving away cookies like crazy, a plate to work on Monday, and 2 big foil pans to the food pantry on Tuesday. But, now’s the time of year when I worry the most about gaining weight. I’m not as active as during cookie season when I’m baking till all hours of the night; … [Read more…]
I might’ve called last Thursday & Friday the official end to the holidays, and it felt kind of like a Monday coming to work on Thursday, but I could still say it was only sort of a work day. Plus there was a weekend after only 2 days. Today was much more of a real … [Read more…]
And the news and the weather are equally disturbing. And depressing. The light brite tree went back up to the attic yesterday (Jan. 2). On New Years Day when I went up to get the plastic bin it’s kept in, there was a big pile of snow on the attic floor. We have an 11-year-old … [Read more…]
Mostly trying to catch up with friends, give cookies away, and eat and drink a little too much, in a typical holiday fashion. Saturday my Dad would’ve been 99 years old if he was still here having birthdays – he stopped in 1998 at 77 (though the metadata in this Pitt Archives photo is incorrect; … [Read more…]
26 December is the British holiday Boxing Day, which is kind of the leftovers holiday – wealthy families would give the servants the day off to go home and see their families, and give them Christmas boxes, with bonuses and leftover food to take with. There’s also the Boxing Day sandwich, turkey and stuffing and … [Read more…]
… cookie fairy escapades, grading, working remotely constantly, and all the way up to Christmas Eve. Sunday morning after the party I washed the last serving platter at 9:37. I made this cranberry ginger cake from Milk Street Kitchen that I had had a vision of serving warm with mascarpone whipped cream at the party, … [Read more…]
So, I think it was a slightly smaller party than last year. On the one hand, I got a lot of regrets from friends who almost always come. On the other hand, a few people who I’ve invited for years, who’ve never been able to make it, showed up for the first time. I was … [Read more…]
I must be done because I’m out of containers to put cookies in. It’s Wednesday and the party is Saturday. I made two last cookie kinds today, although they’re not actually all the way done – the almond rainbow bars will need to glazed and cut in the morning, and the teeny hazelnut baci – … [Read more…]
