It was with a sense of near-panic that I realized that everyone in the house was sick this weekend – it would throw our whole Christmas schedule just off. Which makes me feel like such an adult, really, that I now view major holidays not as an awesome good time, but instead as one big stressful homework assignment. Hooray for that.
I hate November. It’s grim and barren and grey and damp, and some part of me secretly believes that this is the way the world really is, this stark, Ayn Rand-ian landscape. It snowed on the weekend, but not enough to turn the town into a pretty Christmas card – just enough to make everything all soggy while you stared bleakly out the window, developing bronchitis. Oh, and doing all of your Christmas shopping online, because there is a SCHEDULE to adhere to.
We didn’t cook much on the weekend, thanks to the stomach bug that everyone managed to get. We did make a shockingly successful vaguely-Mexican pizza on Friday night, and it was so good that The Girl ate FOUR pieces. That never happens! This will end up being like the time that she happily ate a pork chop and her father and I exchanged this shared look of "WE WILL EAT PORK CHOPS ALL THE TIME NOW!". Which we pretty much did, for WEEKS, until The Girl announced that she was now sick of pork chops. Well, of course. I also made a markedly unsuccessful stew last night, which happens but is discouraging when it does, and some chocolate chip cookies which turned out just fine. And that is all. I think we lived on Kraft Dinner for the rest of the time, which is very comforting in a neon yellow sort of way, too.
The Baby whiled away the weekend by looking at Christmas cookbooks, declaring that all of the cookies were "gwooten fwee!" and demanding that I bake them for her. Well, that’ll keep me busy in a couple of weeks, won’t it?
This needs some soaring last paragraph to make up for the previous several paragraphs of whining, but it’s November and I’m not feeling up to it. The Baby is sitting on my knee with an earache, we have errands to run and the sky outside is the colour of pavement. Gloomy! But even in the midst of soggy, grim November, there are still happy things – a new fondue set to play with this week, packaged expected in the mail, Christmas card pictures to snap and the holidays slowly but surely coming our way, bringing happiness and snow with the end of November.
So….are there any small kitchen appliances that cuisinart DOESN’T make? Good grief! You lucky lady! Sadly, last week got rather dour and busy so the package only got mailed on Monday. It’s on its way though!
I just made pizza dough, now I have to figure what I’m going to put on top…mexican sounds good 🙂
I just made pizza dough, now I have to figure what I’m going to put on top…mexican sounds good 🙂
Mmmmm fondue. One of my favourite meals. And yet, I don’t have a fondue set. Guess what’s going on my Christmas list?
yeah, munchkin is all about what she calls ‘orange noodles.’
and i had my first omg it’s gonna be xmas meltdown in the middle of the night on sunday. happy holidays!
Hey, I have a request. What would you think about a post that gives us some online shopping ideas for the holidays? Or would that spoil the surprise for some of your readers?
I want the Cuisinart Fondue set but I want the electric one. Forget the Sterno! We do fondue at Christmas as a way of continuing a family tradition started by Pastormac’s family when he was growing up.
December come quickly!
Ugh, I can’t believe snow already! I say already, but it is Nov, I guess some parts of the world do get snow in Nov 🙂 Hope everyone is feeling better soon!
Your November sounds like my memories of February (and March!) in New England. Blech. Happy Fondue-ing.
I want to be on your Christmas card list! 🙂
I’m a bonehead. Even with the gloomy wet and streaky snow of Sunday I clapped like a maniacal monkey. Oh yes I did. I love November. It’s a tease. (Now my boy is home sick. Boo hoo us.)
A fondue pot? Did it come with it’s own time machine so you could travel back to the 70s? Bring back a Macraméd plant hanger and some negative-heel shoes for me! Thanks!
We are sharing the same weather patterns: melty snow and grey clouds. Blah.
I love mail order shopping. The giddy anticipation of going to the post office and finding a package! SQUEEEEE!
We’ve all been sick forever here too, or a couple of weeks, I forget which. Hope you’re all better soon. Tell me what you did for your mexican pizza. I’m on a quest for a good one.
We had the sickies this weekend too… and still. Life goes on. Hope you are all better soon. Don’t you think fondue is so fun to say?
I still maintain that Nov is awesome, but only because we await the glutteny of Thanksgiving. You should REALLY consider celebrating with us. We really do have good reasons down here for gratitude this year. I think you should celebrate it with us (well, thousands of miles away, but in spirit “with” us).
Must go chase housebound children. Rainy, freezy days are awesome, when they come home all crazy. Well maybe I meant aw-ful.
November really does suck in severely awesome suckitude.
I’m glad you didn’t have to spend the weekend eating toast from Toronto!
Blaaahhhhh, November. But at least we have thanksgiving in November here so at least I can eat away some of my depression.
😉
Sorry you had a sick house on the weekend! That doesn’t help your November blues. Hope you are all feeling better!! Have fun baking the “gwooten fwee” cookies!!
A fondue set?!?!? mmmm chocolate and strawberries!
Fondue would make ME happy!
Sickness is just no fun, no matter what angle you look at it.
The miracle of the Christmas season is now the marathon of the Christmas season. How fun it is to be grown up.
Well I hope it gets less gloomy and more perky for y’all this week. Earaches, somach viruses, all sorts of yuckiness … it is that time of year.
I myself am making a hearty, gently warming minestrone soup so that I can eat (without meat) the same thing as my family. I am going to bake the remainder of the no-knead bread that is taking up entirely too much room in my fridge as well.
And … I am making Christmas presents. Yipee! That makes me feel good … and like I don’t want to do ANYTHING else at all.
Have a great week, Beck!
Hey, at least you didn’t complain about a CHARITY EVENT for nine+ paragraphs, unlike a certain blogger I could mention. *cough*ME*cough*