...currently making a double batch of Awesome Sauce, aka British Chili Jam; the kitchen smells amazing! Though truly, should know by now better than to begin such a project after dinner, as it takes several hours for the sauce to cook down enough that the pectin in the tomato thickens. With luck, I will be abed before midnight. (this condiment is worth it, though next batch shall start earlier in the day!...)
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~ wonderfully warm ~
A most delightful gift for me arrived today from my friend Ånni: these handknit fair trade embroidered wool fingerless mitts (lined with fleece for extra comfort and warmth) The colors of the embroidery and the style are a great addition to my Urban Fairytale flavored wardrobe. Also they are just the right thing for riding my bike this time of year, and the dense knitting + fleece creates extra padding between my hands and the handlebars, which is very welcome~ wonderfully warm ~
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well this is a first... Ariadne sent her advent swap package from their town to here (about a two hour drive) and it has been delayed. As in "go home postal service you are drunk" delayed. When first we checked the tracking number on Saturday last week, it appeared to have arrived in PDX and for some reason not made it to my satellite post office yet. This sometimes happens. Checking again when it still wasn't here over a week later, it seems that instead of sending it across town to our local post office, it was sent to Anchorage Alaska on Sunday?!? WTF?!?
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November SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | clothespin bag | horse kerchief | greenwaste bin |
| 2 | 5 jars pickled beets | more chopshop repair | recycle bin |
| 3 | 1# hand weights | printer connection | - |
| 4 | a dozen owls | - | - |
| 5 | - | - | - |
| 6 | x | x | x |
| 7 | x | x | x |
| 8 | x | x | x |
| 9 | x | x | x |
today's gratitudes -
- maslin pan is the best for cooking things down
- Joan Huntley, for first showing me one could put up food for pantry storage, and Cheryl, and Britta for encouraging me further. Also "Tigress in a Jam" for sponsoring CanJam, which year long challenge really allowed me to become comfortable with waterbath canning.
- Ånni sent me a beautiful and useful gift - Nepalese embroidered lined wool fingerless mitts, with blue and white flowers on a black background, so pretty and so right for my wardrobe!
Time of Isolation - Day 1966
what gorgeous fingerless gloves!
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