This has been a long day. I woke up at 4:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep so got up around 5:30. There is a lot of day when you get up that early.
I finished the Pioneer Bluffs Newsletter this morning. They are going to get picked up tomorrow morning. My clean living room looks cluttered with all the Newsletter stuff in it.
I made a batch of peanut brittle this afternoon. I think it turned out OK. It is still too hot to break into pieces. I tasted a little bit that fell off when I flipped over the brittle to cool. I will make at least one more batch, if not two before the season is over. I still need to make a couple batches of old fashioned fudge too.
I haven’t gotten any cleaning done today. I may get the bedroom done yet today – we shall see. I really want to get the bookcase moved back where it belongs. I also need to clean out my closet and get rid of clothes that don’t fit.
Either Monday or Tuesday will be chocolate dipping day. I make peanut butter balls, ritz crackers with peanut butter, and I dip pretzels all in dipping chocolate. It will take several hours to get all that stuff made. I will have to do it in shifts as I don’t have enough kitchen counter space to lay it all out to dry. I will make one thing, let them set up, and then rinse and repeat twice.
I still need to make and frost sugar cookies too. I have all week so will have time to get to those too. I may make peppernuts but I need to get a lemon. I will have to go to town early this week to get the last 13 Walmart gift cards I need by Wednesday. I will stop and get a lemon when I do that.
It has been a cloudy, cold day on the prairie today. I sure miss the sunshine when we have a couple days like this. I really need to consider going south for the winter to get some sunshine.
If I can stay awake I plan on watching the Chiefs game tonight. I watched a couple of movies while I was stuffing the Newsletters and that made time go by quickly.
Phil came over this afternoon and put the door to the new bathroom up and painted it. He took down the door that was between the kitchen and the addition. I moved the animals feeding station out to the addition so need to keep that doorway open all the time. I have a little heater that has a thermostat on it back there to keep the room warm for now. The heating and air guys are to come the 17th to add vents to the addition.
It has been nice to have a couple stay-at-home days. I don’t have much on my calendar for this week so will get several more days at home this week. I function better when I spend most of my time at home.
Trying to find some Christmas spirit. I don’t think I ever found it last year. It is not my favorite time of the year. I do enjoy celebrating the Winter Solstice at it reminds me the light is returning. Maybe that is the whole point of Christmas anyways.
Grateful the Newsletter is done, grateful the peanut brittle turned out OK, and grateful for a bit more progress on the back room addition today.