A busy day

I cleaned in the kitchen. one regular black trash bag and one contractor's bag full of junk. And I swept. And mopped the section I needed, walls and floor alike.

The shelves are up and the appliances are on them. Hoping to find my George Foreman when I clean under the table tomorrow. (I even washed the turkey oven before it got smelly! I know, not a huge thing, something ordinary people do without thinking, but a baby step for me)

I knitted 9 inches on Jon's sweater. 7 more and I start the letter. The blanks are cut for a rune-set.

I watched three movies, 2 of them rewatches.

Tomorrow:
More in the kitchen,
Shopping for new blue jeans and a bra or two
more knitting
Audiobook work

Yuletide Youtube: Kitchen Witch Corner

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Kitchen Witchery:

New Years' Parties are upon us. So have some of my favorite party food recipes.

Hot Cider
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 qt. cider
1 tsp whole allspice
1 tsp. whole cloves
3" cinnamon stick
Dash nutmeg
1 orange, sliced
Combine sugar, salt and cider. Tie spices in small piece of cheesecloth and add to cider; float oranges on top.
Slowly bring to boil. Cover, simmer 20 minutes, remove spices. Serve hot with orange slice floaters and cinnamon
stick. Or can be simmered all day in crockpot, which perfumes house as well.

Eggnog
6 eggs
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 t. salt
1 qt. milk
1 t. vanilla
In saucepan, beat eggs, sugar and salt. Stir in 2 c. milk. Cook over low, stirring constantly until mixture coats back of spoon. Remove from heat. Stir in milk and vanilla. Refrigerate overnight.

Punch
6 packages cherry Kool-aid
1 large can pineapple juice
1 small can grapefruit juice
2 cans (12 oz each) frozen lemonade
3 1/2 c. sugar
2 qts. ginger ale (2 liter bottle is fine)
8 qts. water (to taste)

Mix together. Use straight Kool-aid for ice ring if desired.


Baked Water Chestnuts
1 can water chestnuts, drained
1/4 c. soy sauce
1/4 c. sugar
Bacon slices, cut crosswise and lengthwise
Marinate chestnuts in soy sauce about 30 minutes. Roll in sugar and wrap with bacon, fasten with toothpick. Bake
on cake rack or broiler, 400° for 20 minutes. Drain on paper towels.

Ranch oyster crackers
16 oz plain oyster crackers
1 pkg ranch dressing mix
1/4 t. lemon pepper
1/2 -1 t. dill weed
1/4 t. garlic powder
3/4-1 c. oil
Combine mix and oil; add spices. Pour over crackers, stirring to coat. Place in warm oven 15-20 minutes.

My tweets

• Tue, 13:00: Yuletide Youtube: Tuesday Make-it https://t.co/0Jm651IrCY
• Tue, 13:00: posted a new entry to 'valarltd' at LiveJournal. https://t.co/fmaRIHCIJl
• Tue, 13:57: Ouch! Beautiful but all that fill-work! https://t.co/tRcN1wB72I
• Tue, 23:26: https://t.co/wRqemhyAgV
• Tue, 23:28: https://t.co/lHirHK2ra6
• Wed, 02:58: A busy day https://t.co/q2d2e4KHk0
• Wed, 02:58: posted a new entry to 'valarltd' at LiveJournal. https://t.co/vzbDP56R6k
• Wed, 12:02: An oldie but a goodie https://t.co/5ZAeomDSSl

My holiday haul

Cookies, Mandala coloring book, Zentangle book
The Wicker Tree, The Black Hole, Prang colored pencils and an ice cube tray.
Not shown, 3 pr of blue jeans, a purple shirt and a pair of slippers.


A dragon necklace with a knife in the tail