fuzzy
The college's baking school made enough holiday goodies -- from short bread to gingerbread to rum balls to chocolate thingies of myriad types to mincemeat tarts to fruitcake -- to go into 1,500 gift baskets yesterday and today. Yesterday a legion of volunteers helped with the baking -- sadly I did not get to go elbow deep in chocolate as a rum ball roller. I scooped fruitcake mix -- the same fruitcake made for the Queen when the college's head chef was head chef for Bucky Palace -- into little baking forms. Today we put gift tags on literally countless numbers (a mountain of toys people were jumping into for for fun photos) of plush toys collected by the Armed Forces. Then with much more efficiency than Lucy and Ethel we filled, wrapped and labeled those 1500 gift baskets in an assembly line or two or three -- the program is called PEACE of Cake. The army reserve, college volunteers and their families and friends did the volunteering work. The daughter of a woman I work with was giving hugs to each of the stuffed toys she labeled as a further gift to the kids who would eventually receive the toy. The Fruit baskets go to the Sally Anne, the Yonge Mission some shelters and the vets at Sunnybrook. The bags and bags and bags and bags (large garbage bag sized bags) of toys, I forget where they were going for distribution. Fuzzy toys for fuzzy holiday spirit in the chest. Yup, just a really cool program of giving.
Today, 2 years ago, at just about this time, I met He Who is Here Now. I'm wearing a shiny new ring from Tiffany as a result of the anniversary. Also got some great cake from a Korean bakery.
He Who is Here Now and I bought a Christmas tree yesterday and today we bought ornaments to go along with the bunch I still had -- those not destroyed, with my earlier artificial tree, when idiots robbed my storage room. We decorated the tree and it looks just grand. We also bought a Nativity scene. The one I had my heart set on was hand carved and the "manger" was a hollowed branch made to look like a large tree trunk. Very beautiful. I was vetoed on that one due to the cost. Ditto for two other sets -- in those instances, the baby Jesus was too skinny or too fat respectively. I have been wondering about the appropriateness of buying the baby Jesus at 40% off, but the sales clerks I asked that of were just horrified at my suggestion and I got no answer. The Nativity scene shares the top of a cabinet with my large standing Buddha just to even things out.
No pics as I've lent the camera to my brother.
Blogger beta has prevented me from blogging the last several times I've tried, so let's see if this one goes live.
Oh, and I'm whitening my teeth. We have a dental school at the college and for a quarter of a cost of the procedure at a dentist, paid to our United Way campaign, I got the trays made and am bleaching my fangs. Wow, do my teeth ever feel weird for about 10 minutes every morning. One is not meant to feel one's teeth except when they get fuzzy and hurt during major hangovers.
ho ho ho
Today, 2 years ago, at just about this time, I met He Who is Here Now. I'm wearing a shiny new ring from Tiffany as a result of the anniversary. Also got some great cake from a Korean bakery.
He Who is Here Now and I bought a Christmas tree yesterday and today we bought ornaments to go along with the bunch I still had -- those not destroyed, with my earlier artificial tree, when idiots robbed my storage room. We decorated the tree and it looks just grand. We also bought a Nativity scene. The one I had my heart set on was hand carved and the "manger" was a hollowed branch made to look like a large tree trunk. Very beautiful. I was vetoed on that one due to the cost. Ditto for two other sets -- in those instances, the baby Jesus was too skinny or too fat respectively. I have been wondering about the appropriateness of buying the baby Jesus at 40% off, but the sales clerks I asked that of were just horrified at my suggestion and I got no answer. The Nativity scene shares the top of a cabinet with my large standing Buddha just to even things out.
No pics as I've lent the camera to my brother.
Blogger beta has prevented me from blogging the last several times I've tried, so let's see if this one goes live.
Oh, and I'm whitening my teeth. We have a dental school at the college and for a quarter of a cost of the procedure at a dentist, paid to our United Way campaign, I got the trays made and am bleaching my fangs. Wow, do my teeth ever feel weird for about 10 minutes every morning. One is not meant to feel one's teeth except when they get fuzzy and hurt during major hangovers.
ho ho ho
posted by Heipel at
9:51 PM
3 Comments:
what no photos?! you'll have to invite us over now!
That all sounds great. Much holiday happiness to you and Joon!
Did you get to sample the fruitcake? What kind of cake did you get at the Korean bakery?
Haven't tried Chef Higgins' fruitcake yet -- it's very blonde in colour (versus my mother's which was almost black). The Korean cake we would call angel food cake. The Korean version is made without butter, which distinguishes this particular cake type, apparently. Very very fluffy.
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