I made a cake today: a gingerbread cathedral in my Cathedral Bundt pan. I decorated it with sliced almonds (for roof tiles,) white chocolate chips (for gargoyles) and gumdrops (for stained glass windows). I am never going near a gumdrop again. And next year I'm using dried fruit instead: it can't possibly be as sticky as slices of gumdrop are.
My step-grandmother sent me a needlework encyclopedia. I started to embroider a bookmark with a blackwork pattern I found therein. Only I'm using white thread on multi-colored gingham. It goes much faster than the trim to my Eowyn dress did.
And I am definitely going to go blow my 'Hannukah guilt' in the history section of Changing Hands during their 25% off sale at New Years. Definitely.
Good night: the solstice is over, and with it, Yule, Saturnalia was today/ended a couple days ago, but Hannukah and Christmas have just begun (ending January 2nd and 6th respectively). So happy rest of the holidays!
EDIT: So, it just occurred to me that now would be a good time to post my favorite most underappreciated Christmas Carol:
( The Cherry Tree Carol )
EDIT 2: I know. I need to go to bed. Perhaps that's why I found this so wildly funny, or maybe it's because I'm an (inchoate) Latin geek. (That is: I found it funny because I'm a Latin geek, not I need to go to bed… oh heck, obviously I need to go to bed… anyway (courtesy of
joshwriting, who posted it to Sheroes):
( As we say in the Empire. 'Roma: aut ama, aut abi! )
My step-grandmother sent me a needlework encyclopedia. I started to embroider a bookmark with a blackwork pattern I found therein. Only I'm using white thread on multi-colored gingham. It goes much faster than the trim to my Eowyn dress did.
And I am definitely going to go blow my 'Hannukah guilt' in the history section of Changing Hands during their 25% off sale at New Years. Definitely.
Good night: the solstice is over, and with it, Yule, Saturnalia was today/ended a couple days ago, but Hannukah and Christmas have just begun (ending January 2nd and 6th respectively). So happy rest of the holidays!
EDIT: So, it just occurred to me that now would be a good time to post my favorite most underappreciated Christmas Carol:
( The Cherry Tree Carol )
EDIT 2: I know. I need to go to bed. Perhaps that's why I found this so wildly funny, or maybe it's because I'm an (inchoate) Latin geek. (That is: I found it funny because I'm a Latin geek, not I need to go to bed… oh heck, obviously I need to go to bed… anyway (courtesy of
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( As we say in the Empire. 'Roma: aut ama, aut abi! )