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It snowed for the first time this winter this weekend, and right on schedule the skin on my hands has dried out so much that my knuckles bleed a bit when I flex my hands. I am missing my lotion at work for some reason, so fixing that will need to wait for tonight. My car door locks were frozen shut this morning as well. Joy.
We finished the Christmas cakes this weekend, and I'll be posting process pictures and possibly recipes if people want them tonight or tomorrow. That was a lot of fondant we worked with yesterday, including covering all the cakes and making decorations. Now we have all this cake decorating stuff, I feel then need to make fancier cupcakes than I have been making. The marzipan we made (good almond paste from the cake decorating place in north Seattle + much powdered sugar + a few flavoring ingredients) was extremely tasty, as well.
We did have a dog-related minor disaster, when Pip climbed up on the kitchen table and consumed all of the fondant holly leaves I had made. I'd forgotten to push the chairs in, and Pip is silent when she wants to be; I came downstairs to look for something, glanced at the table, and wondered, "What did I do with all the leaves?...oh."
Pip also re-discovered snow (which she loves) and found a dead ratsicle (which she was gnawing on before I caught on and took it away from her). She'd thought it was the Best Chewie Ever and was quite disappointed when I removed it. Boone, on the other hand, is quite upset about the turn in the weather, and requests that we turn summer back on.
Me, I'm glad to be done with Christmas cakes, and going out to lunch with a coworker today. I have some pre-Christmas things to do, but the last Christmas present for my parents is going to show up today, so I'll be able to send a box tomorrow. Winding down towards the solstice and Christmas; I'm looking forward to having some time off!
We finished the Christmas cakes this weekend, and I'll be posting process pictures and possibly recipes if people want them tonight or tomorrow. That was a lot of fondant we worked with yesterday, including covering all the cakes and making decorations. Now we have all this cake decorating stuff, I feel then need to make fancier cupcakes than I have been making. The marzipan we made (good almond paste from the cake decorating place in north Seattle + much powdered sugar + a few flavoring ingredients) was extremely tasty, as well.
We did have a dog-related minor disaster, when Pip climbed up on the kitchen table and consumed all of the fondant holly leaves I had made. I'd forgotten to push the chairs in, and Pip is silent when she wants to be; I came downstairs to look for something, glanced at the table, and wondered, "What did I do with all the leaves?...oh."
Pip also re-discovered snow (which she loves) and found a dead ratsicle (which she was gnawing on before I caught on and took it away from her). She'd thought it was the Best Chewie Ever and was quite disappointed when I removed it. Boone, on the other hand, is quite upset about the turn in the weather, and requests that we turn summer back on.
Me, I'm glad to be done with Christmas cakes, and going out to lunch with a coworker today. I have some pre-Christmas things to do, but the last Christmas present for my parents is going to show up today, so I'll be able to send a box tomorrow. Winding down towards the solstice and Christmas; I'm looking forward to having some time off!
