The holidays are winding down, and real life is intruding – Over the weekend, I sold the old Toyota that John’s been driving, that belonged to Mark’s Dad. It’s probably worth at least $4000, but needs work that would cost someone like me, who has to hire a mechanic to do it, at least $2000. […]
I made 2 ducks that I got from Matt Smith, using this Gourmet recipe from 1943. I followed the recipe pretty exactly, except instead of celery in the bottom of the roasting pan, I used celeriac, and I didn’t add the orange zest to the sauce. Which was delicious even without it. Oh, yea, and […]
We’re doing Christmas by flexible scheduling this year, time-shifting. John and Megan and Al and Emma all got here on Monday, sequentially. I was at work finishing grading, and John texted to say they were in town and going to the mall for last minute shopping, and did I want to get picked up because […]
After the party, I’ve made it tradition to play the cookie fairy. I hand deliver boxes of cookies, and take trays and plates of cookies to friends and work and people who either couldn’t make thaw party, or I owe a favor, or who I’d like to owe me one. So far this year, I’ve […]
Cookie season isn’t over yet, but it’s winding down. The party was Friday. It was a particularly nice one, somehow. Here’s what there was to eat: Buffalo chicken dip from the Frank’s hot sauce website, with celery sticks – coulda made a double batch. 5 pounds of hamburger made into cocktail meatballs – there were […]
Trying to make up for not writing since last Sunday – here’re cookie platters and other shots from this years’s party. More Real Soon Now™
What a day. Got up and made the Boomerangs, a.k.a Rose’s Crescents. That went well, although I think they’re a touch on the large side. Pictures are in the prior post. But things kind of went downhill from there. I was going to walk downtown and get my work laptop. I thought I’d need it […]
Friday I made all things almond & stars – the cinnamon almond stars, and the almond cookies with chocolate stars glued on top. I had to take the old Toyota that John’s been driving out to Monona Motors to get checked over. It’s a 2003, that Mark inherited from his dad and I bought from […]
Since I haven’t written since Saturday, lets see if I can recreate. [and started this post on like Monday, and finishing it Thursday night …] I worked on the systems analysis final all day on Saturday. I really got stumped on the last part of the last, 5-part question – it required a UML diagram, […]