Still here...
Dec. 12th, 2022 12:48![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dantesspiritCongestion is finally easing up. Should be able to go back to hapkido class on Weds. Giving martial arts a couple more days since that's a bit more active and has more people involved.
Still masking regardless, despite no one else around here seeming to bother.
Need to figure out if I need a customs form for Canada shipping. It's been years since I shipped anything to Canada, so don't remember and things may have changed. I just hope they aren't expecting it by Christmas, because that's doubtful at this late point.
Almost finished with Mark's replacement elephant stuffie. He lost the original in the Atlanta Airport, TSA line. Believes it fell out of his backpack when he pulled his lap top out and he didn't notice until he got home. This one has stuffed arms and legs, as well as a more stuffed body and head. I also put a couple sachets of dried lavender, cloves and broken up cinnamon sticks in the head and body. Need to find my buttons for the eyes. Should have it finished by Thursday, just in time for his birthday.
Lots of house finches, sparrows, tufted titmouse, blue jays, cardinals, wrens at the feeders lately. Ran out of deer corn for the crows and they let me know about it. Seen a few Juncoes lately- means snow is on its way.
Got a late start on Christmas goodies this year. Hoping to get the 3 boxes that need shipping, sent out by Sat. Almost burned the base for my Lebkuchen, trying to warm it up enough to beat the egg in, forgot I'd turned the stove on under the pan until it was boiling. Welp, it'll be good and flavor melded at least.
New cookie this year- Sour Cream Biscuit cookies. Made with sour cream, they apparently puff like a biscuit- hence the name, but resemble a sugar cookie. The tang from the sour cream is interesting in a good way.
Also need to make Egg Nog Snickerdoodle cookie dough. And get the stuff to make Capt Crunch Candy for Mikayla and Dale, but that can wait until next week, since that doesn't get shipped. Thankfully, Mark took next week off, so we can take our time remaking cookies for family/friends *here*.
Also need to make more of this year's ornament for family/friends here. Have enough for the shipped boxes, at least.
Anyway, back to weaving I go...
Still masking regardless, despite no one else around here seeming to bother.
Need to figure out if I need a customs form for Canada shipping. It's been years since I shipped anything to Canada, so don't remember and things may have changed. I just hope they aren't expecting it by Christmas, because that's doubtful at this late point.
Almost finished with Mark's replacement elephant stuffie. He lost the original in the Atlanta Airport, TSA line. Believes it fell out of his backpack when he pulled his lap top out and he didn't notice until he got home. This one has stuffed arms and legs, as well as a more stuffed body and head. I also put a couple sachets of dried lavender, cloves and broken up cinnamon sticks in the head and body. Need to find my buttons for the eyes. Should have it finished by Thursday, just in time for his birthday.
Lots of house finches, sparrows, tufted titmouse, blue jays, cardinals, wrens at the feeders lately. Ran out of deer corn for the crows and they let me know about it. Seen a few Juncoes lately- means snow is on its way.
Got a late start on Christmas goodies this year. Hoping to get the 3 boxes that need shipping, sent out by Sat. Almost burned the base for my Lebkuchen, trying to warm it up enough to beat the egg in, forgot I'd turned the stove on under the pan until it was boiling. Welp, it'll be good and flavor melded at least.
New cookie this year- Sour Cream Biscuit cookies. Made with sour cream, they apparently puff like a biscuit- hence the name, but resemble a sugar cookie. The tang from the sour cream is interesting in a good way.
Also need to make Egg Nog Snickerdoodle cookie dough. And get the stuff to make Capt Crunch Candy for Mikayla and Dale, but that can wait until next week, since that doesn't get shipped. Thankfully, Mark took next week off, so we can take our time remaking cookies for family/friends *here*.
Also need to make more of this year's ornament for family/friends here. Have enough for the shipped boxes, at least.
Anyway, back to weaving I go...