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Twas the Day Before Xmas
Dec. 24th, 2007 11:28 pmToday I helped bake sugar cookies then we went to Citicorp to see The Station - an elaborate toy train layout of a small town circa 1955 with the Bates Motel, "High Noon" playing in a drive-in theater, parades, fairs, skating rinks and a lot more. It's been set up every winter there for the past 20 years and I've usually gone to see it for the past few years as it's in the neighborhood and it's free.
Later I helped my friend make chocolate & cream cheese truffles from a recipe she got from her stay at a spa in Mexico. I felt like I was in that "I Love Lucy" episode where she and Ethel go to work at the chocolate factory. I can see why people who work at Hershey and such places grow tired of chocolate. After making almost 50 truffles (it brought back memories of playing with modelling clay in kindergarten) and swirling them in cocoa powder the ones she gave me are residing uneaten in the fridge (I'm sure by tomorrow I will have recovered *g*).
So far I've only gained 1/2 a pound since it grew cold but now comes the really dangerous times. Tomorrow I'm having brunch at a friend's house then on the 4th I'm off to Needham, MA for my annual birthday bash which will consist of a lot of pigging out (well it's my birthday and it's a well known fact you can't gain weight on your birthday - just before and after *g*)
Happy Christmas to All and to All a Good Night.
Later I helped my friend make chocolate & cream cheese truffles from a recipe she got from her stay at a spa in Mexico. I felt like I was in that "I Love Lucy" episode where she and Ethel go to work at the chocolate factory. I can see why people who work at Hershey and such places grow tired of chocolate. After making almost 50 truffles (it brought back memories of playing with modelling clay in kindergarten) and swirling them in cocoa powder the ones she gave me are residing uneaten in the fridge (I'm sure by tomorrow I will have recovered *g*).
So far I've only gained 1/2 a pound since it grew cold but now comes the really dangerous times. Tomorrow I'm having brunch at a friend's house then on the 4th I'm off to Needham, MA for my annual birthday bash which will consist of a lot of pigging out (well it's my birthday and it's a well known fact you can't gain weight on your birthday - just before and after *g*)
Happy Christmas to All and to All a Good Night.
