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Merry Christmas!

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Are you ready for Christmas? I think I’m about as ready as I’m going to be!

I cooked our turkey yesterday. My husband and I always have a turkey dinner at home – even if it’s just the two of us and even if it’s not eaten on Christmas day. We enjoy a traditional Christmas dinner and don’t mind eating leftovers – for a week or more at a time. LOL I guess you could say our Turkey dinner yesterday was in honour of Festivus since it fell on Christmas eve eve.

The turkey that I cooked was 13 pounds! I’m pretty sure that I’m going to end up freezing half of it. that’s ok of course as we don’t mind eating Turkey later on in January. I can pull some out for a quick stir fry. Yum.

My husband and I were out doing a little last minute shopping this afternoon before the stores close. We only had to get some grocery supplies, but somehow my husband managed to stop at a display of spyderco delica knifes. I didn’t realize that he likes them.

Tomorrow we’re going to the in-laws for Christmas dinner. I think my mother in law is cooking a turkey, but I won’t know until we get there – sometimes she doesn’t. I made a second pumpkin Cheesecake (yes I did make my first ever one on Sunday!) to bring to their house for dessert. I’m hoping it goes over well. I’m also bringing some of the cookies that I made over the last two weeks – four types!

Whatever you are doing for the holidays I do hope that you enjoy yourself and that you are with family or friends. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!





Baking my first cheesecake

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If I feel up to it, tomorrow I’ll bake my first ever cheesecake.

When my husband and I went shopping last weekend we got all the ingredients that I’d need to make at least two pumpkin cheese cakes. Of course … I spent Sunday and Monday busily baking cookies and then I had doctors appointments the rest of the week so there’s been no more baking since then.

Since this is the first cheesecake that I’m attempting to make I thought I’d make one for my husband and I to try and if that works out, I’ll make a second one closer to Christmas to take to my in-laws for Christmas day.

Hey we can freeze half of the first one if we want to – otherwise between the cookies and the cheesecake I’m pretty sure I’ll be looking for diet pills for women in the new year! You should see the top of my friend where I have bags and bags of all the cookies I’ve made stored. I’m expecting a cookie avalanche any day now.

The reason why I said I might bake the cheesecake tomorrow if I feel up to it is because I started taking more of my migraine medication on Thursday. Remember that anticonvulsant – Topamax that I started taking at the end of August that made me feel so weird for several weeks? Well I’m taking an extra pill each day now and I’m back to having some more weird side effects and I’m extra tired. It’s the tiredness that might keep me from baking tomorrow … but if I don’t bake the cheesecake tomorrow I’ll get around to it on Monday or Tuesday I’m sure.

Have you ever baked a cheesecake? Did it go well? Any tips for me?

Christmas Party this weekend

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This weekend my husband and I will be going to a Christmas / birthday party at a friends house. Well … depending on the weather. The party is out of town – about a two hour drive, so if it’s snowing or if the weather is really bad we probably won’t go, but otherwise we plan to be there.

I haven’t been to a good party for a while. I already picked out the dress I’m going to wear – a little black dress of course, and jewelry – maybe my sapphire earrings and a blue chamilia beads necklace.

Our friend that’s holding the party always goes all out. She makes dinners that are course after course after course. I mean – you sit there for hours eating! I’m thinking of maybe making a cheesecake to bring with me to the party, but knowing how much food she’ll probably make I probably don’t need to bake a cake.

Hopefully the weather cooperates and we end up going to the party. I’m looking forward to going.

Buying a Light Therapy Unit

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Well I’m off to Costco. My doctor seems to think that my extreme tiredness and intolerance of cold is due to having Seasonal Affective Disorder – even though intolerance of cold temperatures is not part of the syndrome at all. Anyway … I’m going to Costco to pick up one of those special light therapy units.

I figure, even if I don’t have S.A.D. it will help with my strange sleep patterns – as in maybe I can use the light to reset my inner clock.

While I’m there I might take a look t a netbook. I’ve been reading netbook reviews and the last time I was at Costco I noticed that they had really good prices for their Netbooks … so I might as well take a better look and see if they have any of the brands and models that I read about and what they’re selling them for just to compare.

Now to start putting on the sweaters and my coat … it’s freezing! Is it cold in your area too?

Exhausted after shopping all afternoon

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I’m so tired! My husband and I were out shopping this afternoon and we shopped for about 5 hours!

I’m exhausted!

The good news is that I think I managed to get just about everything I needed … now I just have to spend the next several days in the kitchen cooking! Oh boy! LOL

My feet are already sore after all the walking I did earlier today .. I can’t imagine how they’re going to feel tomorrow.

I have to try to remember to bring the camera out tomorrow when I’m baking all those cookies. I’ve been baking a lot in the last two weeks and I haven’t taken any pictures of the process or the finished product. I have to at least take a picture or two of the finished cookies tomorrow … I know I’ll make you guys drool over the chocolate chocolate chip cookies. Yum … hmmm perhaps the photos will even be good enough to be artwork prints? Well for foodies.

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