Advent, Day 8

[wiseheart]

I had a very busy day. First, I had to go to the post office (badly_knitted, the_wild_iris and meathiel can start watching their post boxes) and to the bank, as well as to the small craft shop next to the supermarket, where I got the most lovely, snowflake-patterned felt sheets, in different colours. Yay! It's unlikely that I'd do anything with them this year, but they'll keep.

Then I went to school to fetch my eggsies and met with quite a few of my friends. Monica, our conductor, gave me a lift home, so that I didn't have to lug all the shopping on the bus and on foot, respectively. Still, I felt just about every single aged bone in my body when I got home.

We had a belated lunch then (just leftover soup and some cookies from yesterday), after which I began to distribute my cookies into different tin boxes for my friends. Our balcony looks like the storeroom of a bakery, with all those boxes that have names on them, and the other, unlabelled ones, where the remaining cookies are.

Tomorrow will be baking day again. I promised Monica to make some more low-carb, sugar-free cookies for her hubby, and since I'm planning to bake some regular ones where I'll have leftover egg whites, the two things will fit together rather well. Or so I hope.

Chapter 8 of Elvenhome has been posted to AO3. Now to watch some more GBBO re-runs for baking inspiration! *g*

My Good Thing of the day:

Meeting the girls at school. It beats everything, each time.

Comments

[bk_forever]

Oooh, I shall keep my eyes open! Thank you in advance!

Sadly it's unlikely I'll be sending out cards this year as I'm without heat and struggling to find someone to re-line my chimney, which is going to be a massively expensive job if I can even find anyone willing to do the job. So far the search is not going well.

[artemis10002000]

Heeey ich hab heute Deine Weihnachtskarte bekommen! Sie ist wirklich wunderschön und vielen Danl für die lieben Grüße von uns beiden

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You can always make a pretty one, take a photo and post it on your journal for everyone. *g*

I'm sorry to hear that about the chimney. Having no heat in this cold, wet weather has to be a nightmare. I'll have my fingers crossed for good luck.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Das freut mich aber sehr! Ich hoffe deine Mama mochte sie auch. :)

[meathiel]

Woohoo ... looking forward to it!

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fun day! We all need a few of those!

[artemis10002000]

Sie hat ihr sehr gut gefallen, ja!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay for a ride home!

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

I remember my Oma baking Weihnachts Gutzle. Even my Mum used to. The divine smells, the spices. Lebkuchen and Pfeffernüsse, my favourites. It was heavenly.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

You are so industrious! I hope those tins are all stored above the potential water line. ;)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It was der Arbeit wert, denn. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hätte ich gewußt, daß es Dir eine Freude macht, hätte ich sie viel eher abgeschickt. :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It is always a delight. Especially burdened with 30 eggs, several pounds of apples and other heavy stuff.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I imagine that my neighbours regularly go mad whenever I'm having a baking orgy. The entire floor smells like a bakery.
I had the suspicion that you'd have German roots, too. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I certainly home so!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

[bk_forever]

What a great idea! I'll try to do that.

Thanks. It's pretty miserable, but so far I'm not getting anywhere finding anyone to do the work. I just want a warm house again. *sigh*

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Always nice when you can "see" (literally) your friends.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, poor you, what an uncomfortable situation. Everyone is entitled to have a warm house!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

If anything, the plague has taught us that...

[bk_forever]

Warmth would be good, but looks like there's no chance of that before the new year. Happy Christmas to me. I'll survive but I'm not looking forward to my next electricity bill.