Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas! Which would mean that you didn't have time to read this on Christmas day.
I set off my first smoke alarm of the day about an hour ago. I was just browning the pork roast before I threw it in the crock pot. Nothing was on fire or smoking. Hope I didn't wake anybody up, but since it's Christmas morning they should have been up anyway? Right?
I have breakfast baking in the oven and it's taking forever to get done. Dinner won't be till later this afternoon instead of at noon so I'm having a breakfast casserole. On ordinary days I eat lunch at 11 so by the time the roast and everything is done, I'll be starving.
We're not having a white Christmas this year which is OK with me. I don't like the idea of everybody driving all over the place in the snow. Especially when they're full of eggnog, if you know what I mean.
I've got Christmas carols playing while I work and write this morning. I realized this year that I have an odd assortment of holiday CD's. Something for everyone, from jazz to classics to country to what-in-the-world-is-that. Kind of like Christmas dinner with the family.
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Christmas 2011
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Cooking for Christmas
I'm changing my Christmas menu hourly.
I was going to have apple pie and pumpkin pie, but the recipe made two pumpkin pies so I decided to have applesauce instead of apple pie. Yesterday, I changed the slaw to sauteed cabbage and crossed off the green beans, but I may reverse that later today. I wanted mashed potatoes and oyster stuffing but they don't really go with the main course, Cranberry Pork Roast, so they're out now.
I was going to have Raspberry Lemonade but I was too tired to carry it home from the store.
One of the reasons I decided to have applesauce instead of pie was because I bought 8 pounds of Fuji apples on sale this week. I thought to myself when I saw them, "Fuji apples make good apple pie." but when I Googled, several sites said they were too mushy for apple pie. However, I just stirred the applesauce which has cooked twice as long as the recipe said and the apple slices are still holding their shape very well. I had to use a potato masher to break them up. It's a good thing I'm partial to chunky applesauce. I still have half the apples left and since I was right I may make an Apple Slab Pie after all. Because I'm partial to apple pie too.
Speaking of Googling, did you see Google today? Push the right buttons and you'll see a light display while Jingle Bells play.
I was going to have apple pie and pumpkin pie, but the recipe made two pumpkin pies so I decided to have applesauce instead of apple pie. Yesterday, I changed the slaw to sauteed cabbage and crossed off the green beans, but I may reverse that later today. I wanted mashed potatoes and oyster stuffing but they don't really go with the main course, Cranberry Pork Roast, so they're out now.
I was going to have Raspberry Lemonade but I was too tired to carry it home from the store.
One of the reasons I decided to have applesauce instead of pie was because I bought 8 pounds of Fuji apples on sale this week. I thought to myself when I saw them, "Fuji apples make good apple pie." but when I Googled, several sites said they were too mushy for apple pie. However, I just stirred the applesauce which has cooked twice as long as the recipe said and the apple slices are still holding their shape very well. I had to use a potato masher to break them up. It's a good thing I'm partial to chunky applesauce. I still have half the apples left and since I was right I may make an Apple Slab Pie after all. Because I'm partial to apple pie too.
Speaking of Googling, did you see Google today? Push the right buttons and you'll see a light display while Jingle Bells play.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Christmas Music
We got a little silly at work last week discussing Christmas music when I mentioned that I hadn't heard "Walking 'round in Women's Underwear" this year. It wasn't a complaint, just a comment. I think the only reason I even thought of it was because I'd heard "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" that morning on the drive to work.
Much to their credit, nobody else at work had even heard of the underwear song before.
Here's a catchy little wintertime ditty you may not have heard before, but you can share it with your co-workers, children, or even your grandma without blushing: "I Wanna Be a Snowman, but I'm Just a Flake" by Caspar Babypants. And guess what? You can download the whole song for nothing!
Much to their credit, nobody else at work had even heard of the underwear song before.
Here's a catchy little wintertime ditty you may not have heard before, but you can share it with your co-workers, children, or even your grandma without blushing: "I Wanna Be a Snowman, but I'm Just a Flake" by Caspar Babypants. And guess what? You can download the whole song for nothing!
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