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Cookies

Category: Holidays | Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:39 am

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I made some Christmas cookies today. I made pfeffernusse again. I made them around Thanksgiving but they are all gone. I'm glad someone ate them because they weren't so great. I was about of anise and they weren't so flavorful. This batch is much better. They still have time to age a few days before someone eats them. I also made the poppyseed cookies. Brian says they have crunch. A few go a long way.They are rich. A whole cup of butter.
I think I need to start on Christmas cards too. I don't do so many now. I used to have business cards as well as family and friends cards. I don't do business cards anymore but some of the business people qualify for friends cards. I usually put a letter in each card. My father said if you can't spare the time to write a few lines don't send the card. I like getting cards with a note or letter in them. I think it shows the person was thinking about you and not just trying to send a card because it was expected of them.

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Early Day

Category: Holidays | Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:29 am

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We got up before 6 AM and went to the flea market in Prescott Valley. We do this once a month or maybe twice. We sell various things we've collected over the years. It's how I got money for the computer. Now, with Christmas close we went to see what we could sell. We did really well today and came home about 2 PM. It was cold all day. It maybe got into the 50's but it was windy.
We stopped at the grocery store coming home because I have a recipe that needs half a cup of almonds. They were expensive almonds. We spent $24.00. I guess you cannot go into a store and buy just one thing. We ended up with three bags of stuff.
The grocery store has a policy where if the scanner scans a price different from the shelf price you get the item free. So, when I got in line to buy a powerball ticket there was a lady in front of me that had an item and her sales receipt. The customer service clerk had to go and check the shelf price visually and compare it with the scanned price so the line got quite long. There was only one clerk on duty. But, the lady did get her money back. We did one time, too. So I wasn't too unhappy with the wait but there was some grumbling. People are so impatient.
We made several other stops on the way home but still made it by 3:30 PM.
Then, I made myself some tea and decorated the Christmas tree. My son stopped by and said I had a lot more decorations than he had. I reminded him I was a lot older than he was and had been collecting them a lot longer. We used to live in a house with 10ft ceilings so we had a big tree. The taller the tree, the wider the base. We had a LOT of ornaments for the tree. They won't fit on our 6ft tree. So, We have ornaments hanging around the house, too. Those I haven't done yet. You can only accomplish so much in one day.

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A Day Off

Category: Holidays | Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:01 am

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I had mental plans for today. Nothing concrete mind you but things I thought I should do.
Brian hijacked me. He thought I needed a day away. He was right I think. We went to Cottonwood to the Mount Hope Organic Store. I needed to buy currants and poppyseeds. For some reason you can't buy currants in the grocery store. I needed currants. For some things you can't substitute raisins for currants. Brian wants some poppyseed cookies and though I have some, they get stale fast. The organic store sells them bulk so you can buy as many or as little as you like. I needed about a cup for two projects. They were only 25cents an ounce. I also bought some fresh ground ginger. I wanted crystalized ginger but they were out of it. I think I can get it at the oriental store.
We stopped and had a sandwich, We went to Camp Verde and then we came home. I did feel better, not as rushed. It reminded me that things will still get done and I do need time off now and then.
Tomorrow, I will work at the library in the afternoon and we have all day plans for Saturday so maybe on Sunday I will finish the tree and then take some pictures. Then, I will have to dig through my basket and find the directions for making them smaller and loading them to photo bucket and then to this site.
Dan laughs at my filing system. He thinks I should put things in order and I wouldn't have to sort through the basket everytime I want something. I bought a book to write everything in but of course I haven't had time to transfer things to the book. I suppose I must be getting slower as I get old. It's not true that you are only as old as you feel. some days I don't feel old and some days I feel older than I am. It's good to do something entirely different for a day.

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A new day

Category: Holidays | Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:57 am

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It wasn't so cold today. I wanted to work outside but we brought all the Christmas stuff out of the shed and installed the big tree and the little bear tree. The big tree has a tree topper now. The little bear tree is decorated and the little bears have gathered around. Not as many fit by the tree this year because we have a Thomas Tank train circling around it. We didn't want one of them falling on the track and getting ran over. I will take pictures as soon as the big tree has more decorations. We can't do that before Dec. lst. It's not according to tradition. We even push the envelope a little by starting so early. When the boys were small we didn't do any decorating before the last Sunday before Christmas. They will remind me of it when they get the chance. My oldest son is the traditionalist in the family. My younger son and his wife live near her parents so their traditions are more like she had at her home, which is as it should be. The son who lives here doesn't celebrate Christmas. He has another religion. But, he comes to help us celebrate. He still believes in some traditions. He's a good son.

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