I am not a fan of nog. But here's what's excellent -- S. brought me a gingerbread latte just now and I put whipped cream on it. Nom.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Dec 12, 2010 10:46:23 am PST #10557 of 30001
Because books.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2010 10:48:35 am PST #10558 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You don't have to risk salmonella to make egg nog with eggs--mine are cooked.
brenda m - Dec 12, 2010 10:52:50 am PST #10559 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Is it mix to put in hot buttered rum? Or is it butter and rum flavoured?
The former. I just used a bunch of it to sprinkle on top of the olive oil pumpkin*/carrot bread I'm making.
*actually two celebration squashes and an acorn. But that would make the name too long.
Liese S. - Dec 12, 2010 11:09:23 am PST #10560 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I have time! I have inclination! Hook me up, Amy! I was thinking about pruning the juniper and using the branches with a little recycled Orvis ribbon for greenery. And I got free poinsettias from the church last night, although I don`t know if they`ll last till Christmas.
aurelia - Dec 12, 2010 11:20:19 am PST #10561 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Video of the Metrodome collapsing. Whoah.
Wow. Did you notice the dark streak of someone running along the sideline as the roof starts bulging inward? Why would someone be on the floor after they knew the roof was leaking?
Beverly - Dec 12, 2010 11:24:35 am PST #10562 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
How do you nog cooked eggs, ita?
I kind of miss our old yard at Christmas. We had several types of waxed-leaf evergreen shrubs, two holly trees, several cedars, a huge old white pine for branch sprays and cones, plus dried needles to make miniature wreaths, and an immense old scuppernong vine we pruned every year, that I used the trimmings from to make my own grapevine wreaths.
Of course now we get windfall balsam and fir twigs and branches, so those are good for sprays and edgings and things, too.
Tom Scola - Dec 12, 2010 11:35:26 am PST #10563 of 30001
hwæt
They're having a mumblecore screening at the bar. I was only a matter of time, I guess.
Hil R. - Dec 12, 2010 11:36:23 am PST #10564 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm making cookies. I got a cookie press a few weeks ago with a Williams Sonoma gift card, so I'm having fun with that.
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2010 11:38:57 am PST #10565 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How do you nog cooked eggs, ita?
I make egg nog with hot milk. In fact, I didn't realise people drank it cold until my late 20s.
Aims - Dec 12, 2010 11:55:15 am PST #10566 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So, in a fit of craziness, I decided to make elf hats with jingle bells for our class. 36 kids and 4 adults. I got mine and Emeline's done today mostly cause I was prototyping them. I got 15 of the kid ones cut out and sewn together today. I'll do some more later tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday night and then put on the trim and bells.
I've also got to get a big fleece blanket made for one of my teacher's birthday on Tuesday, study for a final tomorrow, and write a final paper. And pick up cookie supplies.
Kill me now, but I love it.