Accomplished tonight

[pegkerr]

Done tonight after getting home from work:

Reviewed mail and e-mail.

Made and served dinner.

Did the dishes. For over a half hour. Rob's dishes, dammit.

Went to church to rehearse song I'm doing during communion on Sunday morning [Note to self: must nag Fiona to practice violin; she's performing, too.]

Came home, made four pans of peppermint bark to give as gifts, with Delia's help. This was something we've never tried before but it was a lot of fun. We played Christmas music as we worked. I melted and spread the chocolate and white chocolate as Delia crushed the peppermint.

Read to the girls another chapter from The Mislaid Magician by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer (1crowdedhour).

Wrapped gifts to ship out to grandparents tomorrow. Dug out recent portraits to include with the packages [Note to self: ask the girls in the morning where their school pictures got put so those can be included, too.]

Bagged the cooled peppermint bark: five bags to give to attorneys tomorrow, the rest for teachers and neighbors. We will have to make more tomorrow.

Addressed more Christmas cards.

*Yawn* Must get to bed. Have been burning the candle at both ends lately.

Comments

[papersky.livejournal.com]

That's an impressively accomplished evening. The peppermint bark sounds terrific.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I delivered the bags to my attorneys this morning and I just got this e-mail back from one of them: "Those treats are ridiculously good. Glad I skipped breakfast this morning."

It is tasty, and really easy to make. Kid-friendly, too. Delia and I did it together, and she had a blast crushing the peppermint as I melted and spread the chocolate. Recipe is at that link in the entry up above.

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Oh damn, that reminds me that I want to make some of those Russian tea/wedding/______ cookies (the ones with the chopped nuts inside, and rolled in powdered sugar.

And shortbread! At least I've got some pulgara (sp? that really fancy-dancy European style butter. And it seems like I'm making a side trip to Newcastle to bring cookies made with this when I'm aiming for a dairy farm...)

Enough side track. Baking now.

(Well, soon.)

[carbonel]

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