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mistressofmuses) wrote2023-12-22 06:54 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2023-12-22 06:54 pm
A tiny Christmas tree...
We don't have a lot of space to devote to decor (and Alex isn't thrilled about the season as it is), but we DO have a small tree!
It's just a little silver thing we've had for a few years now, since we got the apartment, which allowed us any possibility to set something up for the holidays.
Here it is!
And here it is in the dark to show off the lights!
And what is our Christmas tree topper?
The traditional Christmas Tapirs, obviously!
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I definitely have more to do than I wish I did! I tried to get ahead of baking stuff, but only met with some success. I'm hoping to bake three things: yule log cookies, kolaches, and a new-to-me recipe for orange-cranberry shortbread cookies. I made the yule log cookie dough on Wednesday, hoping to bake them and then make the kolache dough on Thursday, leaving baking the kolaches and making the shortbread dough tonight, so all I'd have left tomorrow would be baking the shortbread.
I succeeded at making the yule log dough on Wednesday... then yesterday was just a disaster from front to back, lol.
The kolache dough did NOT work out the way I wanted - it was just impossibly sticky. I wound up adding more flour just to get it to a point where I could even get it into a ball, and something resembling the texture it's supposed to be. There is a non-zero chance I fucked up in the first place and miscounted the amount of flour I'd added, and that's why it needed more, in which case it'll hopefully be okay now (if still slightly short on flour.) If not, then it's got too much flour, and either way, I'm worried it's been overworked. We'll see! I don't know why it didn't work the way it should have.
Then when I tried to bake the yule log cookies and make the frosting for them, I discovered that while Alex and I had both been sure we had plenty of powdered sugar, we in fact had about three tablespoons of it, lol. Since they should be frosted while warm, that meant I had to put them on hold until today. But the kolache dough had to chill in the fridge for at least two hours, which meant I couldn't do it last night either!
So tonight, gotta try and bake two things and make a new-to-me dough (which I'll have to partially wing it on, because I do not have the food processor, zester, or pastry cutter that it expects I have in my well-stocked kitchen. So... knife, small grater, and forks it is!
I'm hoping things go a bit more the way I'm hoping, and that I don't hate my life by the time I'm done.
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Today at work was hideous, and tomorrow may be the same, lol.
It's just a little silver thing we've had for a few years now, since we got the apartment, which allowed us any possibility to set something up for the holidays.
Here it is!
And here it is in the dark to show off the lights!
And what is our Christmas tree topper?
The traditional Christmas Tapirs, obviously!
-
I definitely have more to do than I wish I did! I tried to get ahead of baking stuff, but only met with some success. I'm hoping to bake three things: yule log cookies, kolaches, and a new-to-me recipe for orange-cranberry shortbread cookies. I made the yule log cookie dough on Wednesday, hoping to bake them and then make the kolache dough on Thursday, leaving baking the kolaches and making the shortbread dough tonight, so all I'd have left tomorrow would be baking the shortbread.
I succeeded at making the yule log dough on Wednesday... then yesterday was just a disaster from front to back, lol.
The kolache dough did NOT work out the way I wanted - it was just impossibly sticky. I wound up adding more flour just to get it to a point where I could even get it into a ball, and something resembling the texture it's supposed to be. There is a non-zero chance I fucked up in the first place and miscounted the amount of flour I'd added, and that's why it needed more, in which case it'll hopefully be okay now (if still slightly short on flour.) If not, then it's got too much flour, and either way, I'm worried it's been overworked. We'll see! I don't know why it didn't work the way it should have.
Then when I tried to bake the yule log cookies and make the frosting for them, I discovered that while Alex and I had both been sure we had plenty of powdered sugar, we in fact had about three tablespoons of it, lol. Since they should be frosted while warm, that meant I had to put them on hold until today. But the kolache dough had to chill in the fridge for at least two hours, which meant I couldn't do it last night either!
So tonight, gotta try and bake two things and make a new-to-me dough (which I'll have to partially wing it on, because I do not have the food processor, zester, or pastry cutter that it expects I have in my well-stocked kitchen. So... knife, small grater, and forks it is!
I'm hoping things go a bit more the way I'm hoping, and that I don't hate my life by the time I'm done.
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Today at work was hideous, and tomorrow may be the same, lol.
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This year we definitely had to put it up out of Bella's reach so that she wouldn't knock it over. She's at least less mobile than a cat! The cardboard cutout seems much safer!
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I'm sorry about work, I hope it improves :( I hope the baking goes well after the modifications! Orange-cranberry shortbread cookies sound delicious.
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And thank you! Work was fine, and the baking turned out well. While this year I didn't have the time to try and make the orange-cranberry ones, hopefully I can try them sometime else.
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I hope all the cookies turn out awesome
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I was glad the cookies turned out well!
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Speaking of, I did get your card today! Thank you so, so much!
And your cookies will be awesome. Sometimes baking plans do that, though - you wind up having to delay them for whatever reason. I'm sure they'll all rock, though!
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I'm sorry that you guys weren't supposed to have another Christmas in TX. I really hope this was the last. I understand not having the energy to do decoration and prep stuff.
I'm glad the card arrived!
And the cookies did turn out well - the ones I did get around to! Some will just have to be for another time, haha.
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I hope the baking last night had delicious results, and that work today was far better than yesterday.
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The baking turned out well, and work was pleasantly not disastrous.
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