You know, when the first snowfall came, near the start of the Holidays, that was awesome. Ten inches of snow, kids and wife missed school, we went sledding. That was fun! And when, on the next day, we had a few extra inches, hey, that was OK–I’m a guy, I have a snow-blower, and I’m happy to use it. But when more snow came the next day, and my daughter couldn’t even finish shoveling the walk, and then yesterday, when the snow that was supposed to come on Christmas Eve came in the afternoon instead, and the relatives called and said they would not b able to drive down for the Family Xmas party after we had spent the last three days painting and cleaning and cooking lasagna and wrapping presents… Well you know, I think that’s kind of enough now. And this is not even mentioning the kids and the “too cold to go outside so you destroy everything indoors”, or the 2-degree Date Night. So I’m all for a Christmasey vibe but–whaddaya say we take a break for a little bit?
Holidays are coming, relatives are coming over, so of course now is the time to get off your lazy butt ans do all the stuff you’ve been meaning to do for the past six months, like paint the dining room. The lady who used to own our house fancied herself an “artiste”, so each room has it’s own “special”, “artistic” qualities, a.k.a. Ladies like it (“Hey! She painted a rooster on the wall!”)and Guys don’t (“Why don’t you just paint over this sh*t?”). The dining room was one of the worst offenders, because the lower half of the wall under the wainscoting was a shade of green normally only seen in badly maintained aquariums.
So, freshly rested and over the worst of my bronchitis this weekend, I tok all the furniture out, taped, primed, and started the uber-project. Even got the kids involved. Almost done, too. Just have to finish the second coat on the bottom half, and put in new outlets, do trim, etc. But it’ll be done in time for the relatives, I swear it.
Next–kitchen back-splash. After all–that project is only 18 months overdue!
It’s the Holidays, so that means it’s time to make Holiday cookies. My Mom got me this awesome Pizzelle maker a few years ago, and I found this recipe on the web. The other Pizzelle recipe I tried was more like pancake batter, and madea light, crispy pizelle. These were butter-based, rolled into balls before pressing, and made for a more substantial cookie. Either way, they’re quite tasty! Cooper and I made 3 dozen in about 30 minutes! Peopel get very impressed by this stuff, so don’t tell them how easy it was…
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