This has been chocolate dipping day. I used five blocks of dipping chocolate today. First I dipped a whole bag plus about another half of a bag of pretzels. They took forever!
I took a rest and cleaned out my closet. I was brutal in getting rid of things today and have very few clothes left hanging. I set a bag of winter wear on my front porch and made a post on a Facebook group and someone came and hauled it off.
I then made the Ritz crackers that I spread with peanut butter and then I dipped them in the dipping chocolate.
I went to a friend’s house for a Christmas gathering and took some of the fruits of my labors with me. I fixed a plate with fudge, peanut brittle and the Ritz cracker things. Most of the fudge disappeared but I brought home most of the other stuff.
When I got home I made the peanut butter balls and dipped them in chocolate. I am at the point I don’t ever want to dip anything else in chocolate. I’m tired of it. Good to have it all done though. I do need to clean up the kitchen one more time before I can go to bed.
Tomorrow I am delivering the Walmart gift cards to the Detention Center. The Detainees will each be given one to mail to a loved one. It will be good to have that project completed. Kathy had to go to Emporia today so she picked up the last three cards I needed which saved me from making a trip to town today.
I hope to get the sugar cookies made tomorrow. I am only making a single batch as we don’t seem to eat as many as we used to and I don’t want a lot leftover Saturday.
Thursday I am meeting a family and helping them with some end of life planning. Not sure I will be able to help them too much but I will be able to point them in the right direction.
I still need to find time to make some Peppernuts and New Year’s Cookies before Saturday. We shall see when I can find the time to make those.
Friday I need to go to Emporia to pick up a cake. So far I don’t need anything else but I may need some groceries by then.
Saturday is our family Christmas. Looking forward to having all the family here for the day. I still need to finish putting the game together but I think I know what I am doing now for it. I am only making two things for lunch so won’t need to spend a lot of time cooking Saturday morning.
I would like to get my Christmas letters out this week but we shall see if I can get to them. They can wait till next week if needed. I am ready to have Christmas done for the year and it won’t be done until I get the letters out.
One day next week I want to go to Wichita and go visit my Aunt and then go to Costco. I have a list that seems to be growing daily of things I need from Costco. I haven’t been for a bit. Costco and Walmart are about the only stores I go to these days other than an occasional trip to Bluestem.
Felt good to get some things done today. I had been meaning to clean out my closet for several months and I got it done today. My Christmas treat making is well underway and that feels good too. I still have three full days to go before Saturday to finish up the rest of the things.
My schedule is going to open way up starting next week with lots of empty space. I will have a month of that before surgery on January 15. Trying to make sure the house is completely back to where I want it to be and as clean as can be before surgery. I will have six weeks after surgery where I can’t lift much so want to get things done now.
I take great pleasure in getting rid of things and passing them on to others that can use them. I have a bag of books I need to take to the library for the next book sale next time I go to Emporia. The house always feels to me like it can breathe easier when I lightened the amount of things inside it. I know I can too!
Grateful the chocolate dipping day is done, grateful for the gathering of friends today, and grateful my closet is cleaned out.