My son-in-love asked me if I had ever made Potato Candy. I had never heard of it. He sent me a recipe and I googled it and tried making it today. You boil a potato and then put the potato in a mixing bowl along with a stick of butter. You keep adding powdered sugar until the dough is stiff enough to form into a ball. You chill the dough for a bit and then roll it out until it is 1/4 inch thick. Spread peanut butter on top of it and then roll it up like you are making cinnamon rolls. Cut into thin slices. Jim tried it and said it was very sweet. I don’t eat sugar so I didn’t try it. Jim has to go to town tomorrow to get his KS driver’s license so will take it to Tim.
Next time I make it I will use less potato and not make it so thick. It cracked some when I rolled it out and I don’t think it is supposed to. I also didn’t know I was to let the potato cool completely before I mixed it. Not sure I will make it again but good to know just in case.
We had our family Zoom call this afternoon. It didn’t go too bad even with several not having been on Zoom before. We came up with our Christmas plan. Each family is buying gifts for the four grandkids and all the adults exchanged names via Nicole arranging that. Since we are shipping we decided on drawing names to reduce shipping expenses to four other families. We set December 26 as our day to Zoom again and we will take turns opening presents on the Zoom call. Not ideal but the best we can do in these times.
It was nice to have all the family together at the same time. Unfortunately Michelle was sleeping and couldn’t get on the call and Dylan was working. Maybe in December we can get everyone together.
I tried taking a nap this afternoon but really didn’t sleep much. It felt good to stretch out anyways and snuggle under a warm blanket. I have been cold all day today. I slept hard early for about three hours last night, then I was up for about four hours and finally got a second sleep of two hours. Maybe tonight will be the night I sleep hard all night long.
I fixed a beef stew for dinner tonight. It made the house smell good all afternoon while it was cooking. I am doing a better job at cutting down the amount that I make. We only have enough left over for my lunch tomorrow and then maybe the next day. Need to decide what to fix for tomorrow night. It is the biggest decision of the day!
I need to check my grocery list and see if I need to have Jim stop while he is in town tomorrow to pick some things up. I don’t think there is much of anything urgent on the list.
Nothing on the calendar for this week. Fixing dinner each night is the only thing I have to do. I need to find a big project to work on. Almost wish I could find a job that I could do from home. I do better when I have projects and stay busy. When my yarn comes in I have several knitting projects to work on as they are all Christmas presents.
Feeling a bit blue tonight. After seeing the kids it makes me realize how much we are missing by not being able to gather. Christmas is a blue time of the year for me and I feel it starting. I’m sure something will happen that will pull me out of this – it always does.
Last night when I couldn’t sleep I got up and took another hot bath. While I was in my big soaker tub I looked out the window and got to see a moon set. I have seen them before out here on the prairie but it is rare that I catch them. The moon will be full tomorrow so it was nice and big. It was a magical few moments as I soaked in the tub and watched the moon set. I always feel so blessed and lucky when I catch them.
Grateful for the Zoom call with my kids today, grateful we made Christmas plans, and grateful to have made a new to me Christmas treat – Potato Candy.