Christmas Eve

Today was mostly spent in the kitchen preparing for the station Christmas dinner and washing the billion and one dishes that despite my best efforts seem to follow my cooking endeavors. I’ve been listening to and enjoying my Christmas Eve pick,

and looking forward to our next set of dual continent Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell viewing.

Today I made Smitten Kitchen's pecan pie which looks and tastes AMAZING,

way too much eggnog, (which included the new experience of making condensed milk—I might have condensed mine a smidge too much…)

and a green bean casserole (which involved making yogurt which didn’t set up in time).

Last night I finished the second of my Japanese ornaments that I stitched last year and got them both on the tree,

and this morning I actually woke up after 7! My sleep cycles this week has been all over the place…

Wishing you all the best as we remember the magnum mysterium; God became man and lived among us.