Today was the best day yet in the pre-Christmas season. All boxes were shipped out yesterday, a lot (not all - never, ever all) of laundry was washed, folded and put away - and I had a whole day to putter with my 10 year old. We drew knights, we made lunch, we made granola and tonight we made ginger people dough from The Pastry Queen cookbook which my parents were nice enough to send me - thanks mom and dad! I don't have a evaluation of the ginger cookies yet - we'll make those tomorrow, but I am crazy for the granola in this book. It was so much fun to make and it's delicious. Each recipe makes about 14 cups, so I found my cellophane bags and designed tags on photoshop elements, and tied them on with the brown and white baker's twine that I love so much. The photograph on the tag is a box of vintage ornaments that were at the antique show in Round Top last April. It was a treat to find that one in the archives. I desaturated the color a little so that the photograph would allow the text to show up, and I sent my kids out to deliver these to the neighbors. It was a fun, easy project and allowed me to exhale and enjoy the moment. I think it was the first day in weeks that I didn't feel like I was behind. I have to acknowledge those moments because they don't come around all that often. Oh - and tonight while making the cookie dough, we watched the original black and white "It's a Wonderful Life". I don't care how sappy it is, that's one of my favorite movies. In fact, I bought Jimmy Stewart postage stamps yesterday at the post office because I love it so much. I hope that these last few days before Christmas are slowing down enough for everyone to enjoy this magical season.
Edited to add: It's fifteen minutes til game time. Go Navy! Beat Utah!
wish i lived on Upshur! gotta go look up that recipe. hey, the mexican choc. cake from the same book, that's what I make for someone at least twice a month. It looks just like the photo when you make it.
Posted by: larahurley | December 22, 2007 at 10:51 AM