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averygoodun42Except for still being parched, I feel much better today, although I'm not going to try overdoing anything. I want to have lots of energy for tomorrow.
Did I mention that Geoff, Babe and I were invited up to the Lakes region for Thanksgiving? A member of choir said her family, another choir member's family and a third family are all getting together at a lodge and we'd be welcome to join them. Babe will be the only child there, and, counting me and Geoff, there will be ten adults. A nice size for Thanksgiving.
And I don't have to cook!!!!
Well, that's not quite true. I'm making an apple custard pie tonight and I'm responsible for the mashed potatoes tomorrow, but otherwise I'm home free! If I'm up for it, I will also make a Waldorf salad, but they don't know that.
Oh, and I also bought some mincemeat to make into tarts. They don't know that, either. :-)
I haven't decided whether I will make the tarts tonight so as to take up for breakfast and snacks tomorrow, or tomorrow for well-after-supper treats. I know I'll have more time tomorrow... But having something to nosh on while cooking is always a plus... I guess I'll figure it out tonight. Apple pie is the priority, so after that's done, I'll decide.
So, well, I guess I will be doing some cooking, but it's so hard to consider baking as cooking, you know?
On a separate note, I had a George Harrison song stuck in my head this morning... I think it's George Harrison, anyway, and that, combined with the remains of the snow from yesterday (first snow! And early!) has morphed into Paul McCartney(?) Christmas song. oh. yay.
Don't get me wrong, I like Christmas, and I enjoy Christmas songs, but the fact that one of our two classic rock stations has been playing nothing but Christmas music for the last two weeks, combined with Christmas decorations going up all over the place (not just stores), and Thanksgiving being in the FUTURE, it makes me kind of grumpy.
Especially as Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays this country offers that is available to ALL Americans, not just one group. Although, yes, the Natives do 'celebrate' it as a day of mourning. I'm sure they wish they'd let the Pilgrims starve. But even they could celebrate that their ancestors were compassionate people.
Of course, that's going by the widespread myth of the first Thanksgiving. I know the reality was different, but I can't remember what it was at the moment. Well, what it's proported to be. ;-)
Anyway, it's a shame that greed overwhelms gratitude. (I suspect that very few who look forward to Christmas so early are looking forward to it solely as the birth of their savior. But perhaps I'm being overly cynical?)
And back to being sick for a last thought. Employers really, really should enforce the use of sick days. Not only does it prevent everyone being infected, but, well, I tried to work yesterday (on my exchange piece) and, well... Work suffers when sick. It just does.
So, employers, make your employees stay home if they're sick!
Did I mention that Geoff, Babe and I were invited up to the Lakes region for Thanksgiving? A member of choir said her family, another choir member's family and a third family are all getting together at a lodge and we'd be welcome to join them. Babe will be the only child there, and, counting me and Geoff, there will be ten adults. A nice size for Thanksgiving.
And I don't have to cook!!!!
Well, that's not quite true. I'm making an apple custard pie tonight and I'm responsible for the mashed potatoes tomorrow, but otherwise I'm home free! If I'm up for it, I will also make a Waldorf salad, but they don't know that.
Oh, and I also bought some mincemeat to make into tarts. They don't know that, either. :-)
I haven't decided whether I will make the tarts tonight so as to take up for breakfast and snacks tomorrow, or tomorrow for well-after-supper treats. I know I'll have more time tomorrow... But having something to nosh on while cooking is always a plus... I guess I'll figure it out tonight. Apple pie is the priority, so after that's done, I'll decide.
So, well, I guess I will be doing some cooking, but it's so hard to consider baking as cooking, you know?
On a separate note, I had a George Harrison song stuck in my head this morning... I think it's George Harrison, anyway, and that, combined with the remains of the snow from yesterday (first snow! And early!) has morphed into Paul McCartney(?) Christmas song. oh. yay.
Don't get me wrong, I like Christmas, and I enjoy Christmas songs, but the fact that one of our two classic rock stations has been playing nothing but Christmas music for the last two weeks, combined with Christmas decorations going up all over the place (not just stores), and Thanksgiving being in the FUTURE, it makes me kind of grumpy.
Especially as Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays this country offers that is available to ALL Americans, not just one group. Although, yes, the Natives do 'celebrate' it as a day of mourning. I'm sure they wish they'd let the Pilgrims starve. But even they could celebrate that their ancestors were compassionate people.
Of course, that's going by the widespread myth of the first Thanksgiving. I know the reality was different, but I can't remember what it was at the moment. Well, what it's proported to be. ;-)
Anyway, it's a shame that greed overwhelms gratitude. (I suspect that very few who look forward to Christmas so early are looking forward to it solely as the birth of their savior. But perhaps I'm being overly cynical?)
And back to being sick for a last thought. Employers really, really should enforce the use of sick days. Not only does it prevent everyone being infected, but, well, I tried to work yesterday (on my exchange piece) and, well... Work suffers when sick. It just does.
So, employers, make your employees stay home if they're sick!
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Date: 2007-11-21 06:41 pm (UTC)I know what you mean about Christmas. It's awful seeing all the decorations going up at the end of October. In general, I refuse to do anything Christmassy until December 1st, when we start the Advent calendar. I don't make mince pies except in the period Dec 1st - Jan 6th. The tree goes up on Christmas eve and comes down on Jan 6th. Otherwise I think it ruins the notion of a special time of year. Sometimes I'm sick of the whole thing before it even starts. But I am learning to ignore it as much as possible. I've brainwashed #1 pretty successfully, and she treats all the early Christmas stuff with suitable disdain, I am happy to say.
Every celebration there is throughout the year seems to have become a commercial nightmare.
I love Christmas. I even go to church most years, for the carols and to hear the liturgy, which I regard as poetry, and a part of my culture despite my religious non-convictions. And because I love it, I try to make it special.
By-the-by, do you put cloves in your apple pie?
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Date: 2007-11-21 09:30 pm (UTC)December 1st? I usually try to wait until the 15th, though with food, I don't always manage to wait that long (hence the mince tarts I'll be making tonight/tomorrow. But tomorrow is a holiday, so I feel justified!) I'm debating when to indtroduce Babe to the advent calendar. Not this year (as much for time issues as his age), but perhaps next year...
As for cloves in my apple pies, not usually, although that sounds like a fabulous idea. Whole or ground?
I don't think I'll try it with the apple custard, though. I'm still toying with the idea of whether to make this an almond poached apple custard pie or not... It was so yummy, but it is quite a lot more work... Hmm, I think I should introduce the folks to the apple custard first before making it all fancy. :-)
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Date: 2007-11-21 10:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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