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Blessed said:
Lord, you have got some energy, maybe you should box some of that and send it out to us.

I have baked one recipe of cookies for the neighbors and delivred it. They were the best batch ever. I made another dough yesterday, it is in the fridge. I find they bake better when good and cold. If these turn out good I will be calling the son to stop by and pick them up!
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I chill a lot of of my Christmas cookie doughs batches overnight for easier handling. Chocolate-chocolate chip-walnut balls, buttery pecan sandies, soft ginger-cinnamon-clove cookies, traditional Italian pignoli cookies, rugelach, and cream cheese based sugar cookie doughs, among them.
I rarely bother refrigerating snickerdoodle dough, but will if I'm pressed for time. I never refrigerate biscotti dough - bake it immediately after mixing it.

These are my traditional Christmas cookies that I bake in mass quantities every year. Sometimes I'll add one or two more, depending on how compressed my schedule is. This year I kept it to the basic 8.

Still works out to several thousand cookies between TG and Christmas, plus hosting several cookie/pizza parties, so I'm a busy little elf during that 30 day period. This year I've been especially so because of watching the baby 3 days a week so DDIL can work. Even so, I bake nearly every day. Some days I hit the kitchen at 4:30 to get cookies in the oven or pizza doughs in the fridge before he arrives at 7:30.

Yes, it's a lot of work, but I really do love doing it. ♥
 

StarSong said:
I chill a lot of of my Christmas cookie doughs batches overnight for easier handling. Chocolate-chocolate chip-walnut balls, buttery pecan sandies, soft ginger-cinnamon-clove cookies, traditional Italian pignoli cookies, rugelach, and cream cheese based sugar cookie doughs, among them.
I rarely bother refrigerating snickerdoodle dough, but will if I'm pressed for time. I never refrigerate biscotti dough - bake it immediately after mixing it.

These are my traditional Christmas cookies that I bake in mass quantities every year. Sometimes I'll add one or two more, depending on how compressed my schedule is. This year I kept it to the basic 8.

Still works out to several thousand cookies between TG and Christmas, plus hosting several cookie/pizza parties, so I'm a busy little elf during that 30 day period. This year I've been especially so because of watching the baby 3 days a week so DDIL can work. Even so, I bake nearly every day. Some days I hit the kitchen at 4:30 to get cookies in the oven or pizza doughs in the fridge before he arrives at 7:30.

Yes, it's a lot of work, but I really do love doing it. ♥
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Yes there are a few things that when rested overnight in the frig, I always like to let cookie batter rest, then I get a more uniform cook. I don't do biscotti but a simalar jewish cookie, mandel bread, I bake that as soon as I get it ready. Pizza dough I make the day of, extra dough is frozen the in small personal pizza size before it rises. Let is rise when I thaw it out and I am good to go. Baking is so much fun!!
 
Christopher said:
Ya, my snacks vary. Sometimes it'll be ramen (chili flavor), sometimes I'll have seedless grapes and cheese squares. Just whatever's there. I keep the weight down by fasting on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I'll eat on Tuesday and Thursday. I take the weekend off and eat regularly. So, a pint a couple of times a week shouldn't be too much because my calorie intake still isn't that much.

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You're like my son. He has eat days and days he doesn't eat. He often goes on 3 day fasts and a couple of months ago went on a 10 days fast. He's a trucker too but he doesn't get weak or dizzy because he's been doing this for years and his body is used to it. I haven't had ramen in years and didn't even know there was a chili flavor.
 
OMG...technically this is for yesterday. When I got on the forum it was still Sunday..can't believe how fast the time went by as I responded to other posts on here and now it's technically Monday. I made a place mat for Deja out of precut cardboard covered with contact paper. I thought we'll use it when my son has to washes this cute place mat he bought because it takes awhile to dry. I don't know what the designers were thinking but it's made of material similar to bathmats, not practical at all. After it dried, I decided to use cellophane from a roll that I've had for over a decade to cover the mat so it can just be wiped off. I also changed Deja's litter box, making sure to wash it out first. I napped for a couple of hours in the morning. In the afternoon, my son and I put in a little studio time to fine tune the music clips of some of the songs we're working on so I can post them here.
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Today I have a wake and funeral in the morning and a doctor's appointment in the late afternoon. Will take an Uber to and from the funeral home. Hoping my son will be home in time to take me to the doctor. Right now I'm going to disinfect my masks, figure out what I'm going to wear and get the clothes & accessories ready. I don't think I'll be trying to do much in between the funeral and doctor besides playing games and watching T.V.
 
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horseless carriage said:
What a lovely compliment, thank you. Coming from London's East End, I know Brick Lane very well, or I did. It's been a long time since I lived in London. It is an area that abounds with street markets, the most famous being Petticoat Lane. About 1830, Peticote Lane's name changed to Middlesex Street, to record the boundary between Portsoken Ward, in the City of London, and Whitechapel, which coincided with the Lane. But the old name continues to be associated with the area and has since adopted the spelling: "Petticoat."
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Just for you Trish.
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Love the photo and the outifts - thank you.

Although there have been changes in the area, it's still an interesting place and you obviously have a lot of local knowledge. I haven't been there for some time but hopefully will take my camera for a visit there sometime next year.

Best wishes to you both and please keep posting your photos :)
 
Blessed said:
Sorry that you have to go through the same thing everyday but I don't think either of us could do without our pets, so the work if well worth the extra work, right!!
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Worth every second! Besides taking care of our pets keeps us doing something. No matter how bad I feel that day I KNOW I will be cleaning his cage. Need the physical exercise even if it is only housework and pet work.
 
It is 28 degrees here this morning, which isn't too bad for here. Today I have some calls to make and working on planning a potluck supper for the tenants after Christmas. We have not been having them and I think it is time to get them going again. I will be finish the process of making the 4 herb tea pretty soon. I let it set longer than usual but that will be okay. More potent.
 
The heavy rain has finally washed all the ice and snow away... but now it's set to rain for at least 24 hours... . and the wind is very strong..

I've got to go out later this afternoon to meet up with a friend for a Christmas drink locally ...

I wanted to go and have a Christmas lunch today at the pub in North London , but the weather is so miserable I've put it off until midweek..
 
Trish said:
For me it is :)
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What do John Lewis give ..?.. actually they're so expensive I'd save more money going elsewhere.. :LOL:...who else does OAP discounts.. I've got a free bus pass.. but I've never used it, but it's handy to have if I need to.. and I have 1/3 off train travel which I do use.. anything else I don't know about ? :D

Just been to the barn before I leave to go out, and dried all the cans..they're so wet the labels are coming off.. :(.. dried all the freezer off.... broughtht all the toilet and kitchen rolls into the house so they don't get damp up there..fortunately they seem to be one of the few things that didn't get wet and covered up the Food shelving and the freezer with sail cloth. Got the dehumidifier running and in the time I was in the barn..dried everything up, mopped the floor, the HUmidity level had droped by 11% down to 79 %... ... . I'ts really dark here due to the rain.. and it''ll be dark in an hour or so anyway, so there's not a lot more I can do by myself in this heavy rain and wind..
 
I'm just not feeling it today. That's kinda crappy because I'm off today:(

Wait. The trash collectors just came through on their regular weekly run. At Christmas we always tape a card with cash to the lid of the bin. DD saw them take it off, smile at each other and hand it to the driver. Yay. That makes me feel better. Wish the neighbors would do the same for them because it's really a thankless and smelly job.

We do the same thing in July when it's hot and when being on that truck can get kinda overwhelming...maybe they stop for a beer after work.

So far today I've done nothing except the usual tidying up stuff. I need to get a life.

Yawn.

The weather forecast now is for a low of 11F early Friday morning after a night of rain on Thursday. Ew.
 
Been out running errands on this brisk but sunny day.

Went to the court house to pay my property taxes and found out why I haven't been getting any notification for last 2+ years... they had my address as Kentucky! Was only in Lexington for about six months but apparently when I moved to next assignment, something hung up somewhere in the postal computer.

Also picked up requested books from the library, so now I'm stocked up for the holiday =D We've been having to use the library in the next town as our local library was undergoing a major renovation (as in completely gutted and now being put back together). Hopefully they'll be up and running sometime this winter.... I want to look into volunteering there.

Now home from grocery store with makings for chicken vegetable soup and I'm going to bake some sweet potatoes (I like them with butter and cinnamon for dessert during the cold months). Also picked up last ingredients so I can make a couple "mug" spice cakes for my daughter for Christmas; she doesn't tolerated gluten well and this recipe has almond and coconut flour.

Y'all have a great day!
 
been to doctors,they ballsed my repeat prescription up,got someone elses pills,,receptionist insisted they were mine grrrrrrr,,,had to wait an hour for doctor to be freed up,,,got it sorted,,but after christmas,,,i wanted them now,,,,ok,got that sorted,,,its enough to send you to drink,cheers hic
 
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