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Today there will be some baking. Maybe we will get things sorted to make panettone as well. Then I will need to find a few random people to foist things upon. "Here you must eat your weight in butter, eggs and cream. Baby Jesus wants you to."
Senor Onion woke me up with shrieks and moans. The best way to get your Mother on your side is to wake her with a tantrum. I was able to eventually calm him and get him dressed. It has been one emotional moment after another. Right now he is sad because he took apart a remote control and he wants me to pick it up off of the floor and help him put it back together. I gently pointed out that he is capable of picking up the pieces. And now he is pretending to be blind and is happy once again. Too many personalities.
But it isn't all doom and gloom. He just finished helping me to prep dough for ice box pistachio/craisin cookies. The dough is now chilling and later on we will roll the logs in red sugar crystals, slice them up and bake them. I need to peruse the ingredient list for the Christmas pudding. I think I have nearly everything.
Tonight I will be trying out a friend's recipe for leek/gorgonzola crostini. It looks promising. I will also cook up some ravioli and make a salad and call it good.
Yesterday I was keen on the idea of having a birthday party and today not so much. I may have completely lost my yen to entertain outside of the family. There is the whole preparing for a party nonsense which I can enjoy but then there is the whole Seattle thing of no one rsvping Because they are all waiting to be invited to the co-ed topless badmitton party with free booze and quality wi-fi. Then there is the nature of people who decide not to come to some event because so and so will be there. It just makes hosting not worth it.
I think on my birthday I will cook up some steak, have some prosecco, watch a movie where people are vaguely miserable but look good while being miserable and repressed and then take pride in the fact that I don't seem to have any grey hair...yet.
Senor Onion woke me up with shrieks and moans. The best way to get your Mother on your side is to wake her with a tantrum. I was able to eventually calm him and get him dressed. It has been one emotional moment after another. Right now he is sad because he took apart a remote control and he wants me to pick it up off of the floor and help him put it back together. I gently pointed out that he is capable of picking up the pieces. And now he is pretending to be blind and is happy once again. Too many personalities.
But it isn't all doom and gloom. He just finished helping me to prep dough for ice box pistachio/craisin cookies. The dough is now chilling and later on we will roll the logs in red sugar crystals, slice them up and bake them. I need to peruse the ingredient list for the Christmas pudding. I think I have nearly everything.
Tonight I will be trying out a friend's recipe for leek/gorgonzola crostini. It looks promising. I will also cook up some ravioli and make a salad and call it good.
Yesterday I was keen on the idea of having a birthday party and today not so much. I may have completely lost my yen to entertain outside of the family. There is the whole preparing for a party nonsense which I can enjoy but then there is the whole Seattle thing of no one rsvping Because they are all waiting to be invited to the co-ed topless badmitton party with free booze and quality wi-fi. Then there is the nature of people who decide not to come to some event because so and so will be there. It just makes hosting not worth it.
I think on my birthday I will cook up some steak, have some prosecco, watch a movie where people are vaguely miserable but look good while being miserable and repressed and then take pride in the fact that I don't seem to have any grey hair...yet.
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Date: 2009-12-14 06:45 pm (UTC)I have a slight problem with the word "craisin".
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Date: 2009-12-15 05:48 am (UTC)I admit, the word craisin throws me at times. I supposed I could say dried cranberry but it is a lot of word.
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Date: 2009-12-14 06:45 pm (UTC)And for the record, so long as you don't invite Misha, I'll show up no matter who is there!
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Date: 2009-12-14 06:48 pm (UTC)How about if you do another Pie Social? I was thinking about that last night.
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Date: 2009-12-14 06:52 pm (UTC)Though if we invited him we could kick him down a flight of stairs for giggles.
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Date: 2009-12-14 06:54 pm (UTC)You know, once he figured out the two of us knew each other and could compare stories.
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Date: 2009-12-15 03:59 am (UTC)Oookay then.
You just want a slab of cream cheese with a little cilantro on it. (for color)
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Date: 2009-12-14 09:50 pm (UTC)I can't post comments as easily from my phone, but I read your entry last night as I was winding down for bed. I have been to a few bad ($orrento) teas lately and when I saw you were mulling that idea I thought, 'Oh! She'll bring sanity & deliciousness back to the tea party.' Then this morning it was gone. I wasn't sure what date you were going for, but I'd be thur as
I love your take on the Seattle RSVP issue. Yesterday morning, I was thinking about Xmas planning (as I feel I have no "family" here, mr. tibadoh is not keen on visiting his, therefore am trying to bolster myself). I was thinking about inviting orphans and laughed that they might be slow to RSVP because what if they get invited to a Ninja fight at Cal Anderson on Xmas Day? (As you described it years ago when I was lamenting the whole party planning thing.) I feel ya.
I have recently attended parties in CA and Louisiana that seemed to have similar planning problems, so I'm starting to wondering if it's a national culture problem. Still when you add the Seattle Nordic reserve, well, it's crazy-making. Midyear, I seriously lost my yen to invite anyone anywhere, I was so disheartened by things.
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Date: 2009-12-15 05:41 am (UTC)(we tend to keep our fighting and discussions about politics within the family)
Yes, I am sympathetic to the situation. I wouldn't mind inviting people on Christmas Eve, but then there is the waiting around nonsense.
Maybe we ought to start a national conversation or movement toward prompt responses and enthusiastic participation in social occasions.
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Date: 2009-12-15 04:33 am (UTC)And you aren't the only one with problems regarding RSVPs. We've had that issue too at times here. Kids these days.
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Date: 2009-12-16 12:16 am (UTC)I hope you feel better soon.
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