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Or happy Friday! Or both. :)
I have been in full-on domestic mode. Somewhere in the last 36 years, I managed to turn into my mother...or grandmother....or both great granmas...something. I made 4 different types of cookies (frosted sugar cookies, chocolate shortbread with ancho chile and ginger, peanut butter, and gingerbread) which, for me, is A LOT and have been giving them out to whoever comes to the door. I was up at 5:45 this morning, making devilled eggs (which I don't even eat. It is a treat for the boy). Later on, I put in a pot roast pressed with a paste of coarsely crushed Tellichery peppers, garlic, fresh rosemary and kosher salt. The potatoes, carrots, celery and red onions are in with that. I have the onions, garlic and celery prepped for stuffing.
I have never made stuffing with a beef roast before. However, that is one of the few things that really says holiday to Kent...and since I bought one lonely sweet potato for me, what's a girl to do? Of course, the beef broth I thought we had has been used (this is what happens when I get brilliant ideas at 7 in the morning. Oy). What to do, what to do?
Of course! Make vegetable stock! From scratch! I don't know if that speaks to my level of devotion or is a sign of incipient madness. Or both. Good thing I save all of my veggie scraps in the freezer.
Kent came downstairs in the midst of this madness and asked shyly if we could have Christmas now. You know, for someone who says the whole Christmas thing isn't that big a deal for him, he sure has fooled me this year. He had been somewhat appalled that I'd gotten him a stocking and not me, but evidently, Santa knew better, because there was a new set of embroidery needles, a pack of ginger Altoids, and a pink Sharpie in the toe for me under Kent's tree-shaped Peeps, gloves and a small bottle of sandlewood . :) : ) :) The Moody Blues tickets arrived on the 23rd, so I wrapped those and put them under the tree.
We HAD agreed that would be our gift to each other...and then he told me Wednesday that there would be a couple of little things under the tree for me. Needless to say, this led to a VERY last minute stop to Flyleaf Books after work last night. I got him a copy of Amy Sedaris' book 'I Like You' and found a used copy of Anthony Bourdain's 'The Nasty Bits.' (And I got a 20% discount because I work next door! *happy dance*) So, our little tree looked quite festive with little tinfoil-wrapped packages underneath. :) :) :) kent loved the books. I got 2 Moleskine notebooks in pink (I didn't know they made pink!!!!) and a bunch of the Pilot brand microfine pens I prefer to write with in nifty colors like burgundy and dark green. He said this way maybe I'll keep writing in my paper journal. He's been very encouraging. We're talking about Sunday mornings (since I always close Sundays) being writing mornings, since we're both getting back to it. I really like that idea.
And now....back into the kitchen to continue to make silly amounts of food. Have a great day, all!
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