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At least I've got an excuse today, having got up an hour and a half earlier, so I that I could do the shopping while Mum was still resting. I got home twenty minutes or so before her getting-up time... and found her up and trotting around already. We had a fight about her not getting enough rest; of course these are the fights I can never win. When she knows I'm right and can't argue, she just starts weeping. Ugh!

Anyway, we made up by 11 o'clock, when we had already had our breakfast and other morning rituals (I got back shortly before 9, just to make things clear) and sat down watching Richterin Barbara Salesch, which is the German version of Judge Judy. We both love that show, and I worked a bit on my Christmas cupcake page while watching it. After that, and after lunch, I was so knocked out I had to take a nap, which did me a lot of good.

Not much else happened today, except that I've made my first list of Christmas baking. The plan is not to go so overboard as I did last year; right now, the list has 14 items. Of course, that was how I started off last year, and ended up with 44 various cookies, but I'm determined not to get there this time, especially as baking ingredients - including simple sugar, flour and margarine, not to mention eggs - have gotten outrageously expensive since then. I'll try to hold back, I swear! OTOH, baking solves the Christmas gift dilemma, since everyone is glad to get ready-made cookies instead of making them, and they'll be gone in a couple of days, instead of collecting dust in various corners, like other gifts tend to do. We'll see how much self-discipline I can bring up. ;)

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Date: 2022-10-21 05:10 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] meathiel
We decided to bake again this year after we didn't last year ... Christmas just isn't the same without biscuits!!!

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Date: 2022-10-21 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Oh, I very much agree!

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Date: 2022-10-21 06:38 pm (UTC)
artemis10002000: Don't drink water... fish have sex in it (donghua Jiang Cheng)
From: [personal profile] artemis10002000

Have fun with the Christmas baking!

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Date: 2022-10-21 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Thanks, I'm sure I will. ;)

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Date: 2022-10-21 08:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noadvertising.livejournal.com
I might ask you for some of your fabulous cookie recipes!

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Date: 2022-10-21 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Any time! You can also check out my "cookie recipes" tag, there are quite a few of them.

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Date: 2022-10-21 10:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com
The prices are still stupidly high?

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Date: 2022-10-22 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Worse. They are still rising on a weekly basis.

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Date: 2022-10-22 08:17 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2022-10-22 08:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elwenlj.livejournal.com
I hear you about gifts gathering dust. I have dropped very heavy hints about giving me food or toiletries this year. But people gift what they want to gift, and it always comes with a dollop of love, so I wont complain.

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Date: 2022-10-22 04:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
Love is not the problem; the lack of storage place and usefulness of some gifts are.

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Date: 2022-10-22 01:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lab-jazz.livejournal.com
I checked out your 'cookie recipes' tag - wow

I've collected quite a few of the recipes - thanks aheap

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Date: 2022-10-22 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
You are welcome! Should you see anything mentioned without the recipe given, just holler and I'll add them.

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Date: 2022-10-22 11:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beauty-forashes.livejournal.com
Oh my goodness - 44 kinds! You put me to shame, the most I've made in one season were 20 or so. :)

I'm not doing any baking this year. Grocery prices are so outrageous that it makes me a bit angry since some price hikes just aren't justifiable. Plus, I just don't feel like baking so I won't.

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Date: 2022-10-23 02:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com
That is right so. Baking is supposed to be fun — if you no longer enjoy it, then it's better to leave it alone.
Me, I can't imagine Christmas without baking, despite the prices, but there isn't much else left for me related to Christmas, so it is different.
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