Gettin Ready For Christmas (Photos Behind Cut)

[dalthauser]

A little bit of decorating.  Looking at the picture I realize how redneck I've become.


I bought more than this, but this was my first baking ingredient shopping trip.  Just getting all that stuff in my house made me feel jolly.


Here is a picture of Sahlah's Brown Sugar Cooke dough just before going into the oven.  I took a pic of the finished cookie, but I couldn't find it on my camera later - Bah!


Here is a pic of the Brittle I ruined.  It was a gooey sticky mess, and I didn't have a clue what to do next.


So - I pulled of gobs and rolled them into balls, dipped them in chocolate, covered them with chopped nuts, and called it candy.


Here are the bags of Christmas cheer I will be giving out to deserving work peers and supervisors (lucky dogs) :-)

 
I found myself not at all in the holiday spirit this year, so I decided to start some routine holiday chores.  This helped me very much.  So, if you are feeling like Scrooge - definately go and burn some brittle to cheer yourself up.

Comments

Burn the Brittle, HO, HO, HO!

[joebanks.livejournal.com]

Embrace the color of your neck!

I haven't even gone shopping, no scratch that, we did buy a bag of pecans. So maybe i should go burn something to get the ball rolling.

I bet your candy tastes good!

Re: Burn the Brittle, HO, HO, HO!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

hahaha.

It tastes good but it sticks to your teeth like superglue :-)

I spy HEB products!

[jbluemoon.livejournal.com]

Whoohoo! Christmas in Texas! LOL!

Re: I spy HEB products!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

Haha - well, at least I don't have a blow up santa in camouflage with a hunting rifle (yet....) :-)

[sahlah.livejournal.com]

I love that you altered those cookies! Far out.

Now all you need for exterior decoration is the addition of a rotating colored spot light on each tree. Then they can sometimes be red or green...

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

I have icicle lights which look great on my house because it has that tall pointed rafter looking thingie on the front. When the lights are on it looks like a gingerbread house. It's way to high for me to climb solo without a spotter. If I feel, I might not get found until I started to smell (kind of feeling sorry for myself - but mostly just stating a fact...hahaha).

[bright-feather.livejournal.com]

Everything looks very festive.

[minemouse.livejournal.com]

Wow, I see lots of holiday cheer going on! ;)