Or un-boxing day as the case may be. Just wrestled my Billy Joel “Kohuept” (can’t get the cyrllics right) cd out of it’s case and loving it.
Got the mixer out of the box, and dayum, it is good and heavy - but I will have NO worries about it bouncing about the counter doing heavy duty stuff. Can’t decide yet what to try out on it first. Pretty much anything is going to require a trip to the market, as I have no flour in the house at the moment. I’m thinking I should just close my eyes and pick something from the recipe book - it will be easier than making a decision! (I’ve got it on good authority that the recipes that came with the mixer are quite good, plus someone has gotten me the English Muffin Bread recipe that they don’t print anymore)
Been looking over the attachments available. Definitely getting the shredder. Tired of grating my knuckles and paying way too much for pre-shredded cheese. OMG, They have an ice cream maker attachment. I need that like I need a hole in the head, but WOW. Will probably get a second bowl for it. This is going to be a VERY NICE thing to have in the kitchen.
Been a nice lazy Sunday, just puttering about more than anything, but I did get some laundry going so I have clean pants to wear to work tomorrow. With my sweater from Grandma that can only be described as “Grover Blue”. I love it. :)
This week is the calm before the storm at work. Busy season starts 1/3/05. Last year wasn’t as bad as I had expected, and I think this year will be OK - especially if I don’t get caught there til past 7:30 the first three nights like last year. (I am much better at telling folks to suck it up and wait until the morning, and/or, “No, I will NOT write you a script to fix your screw up, you fix it yourself, you overpaid data entry monkey.”)
Big things on tap for the week are getting the kitchen rearranged to find the optimal spot for the mixer, make something with it!, and coming up with New Year’s Resolutions that I know I won’t keep. :)
Eve is so cute. I just took her cow hoof away from her (she only gets it for a certain amount of time, I don’t need a puking dog on my hands) - she doesn’t growl or try to hide it, but she did wrap her paws around it and hang on to it for dear life, and the look on her face was, “Damn, opposable thumbs would be a HUGE plus right now.”
