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[froggy_dear]

We had our St. Nick's celebration on Friday night. Daniel was eager to open the stockings while I wanted to wait till Saturday. The issue was resolved by a coin toss. Daniel won. Much jollity was had.

I went into work briefly on Saturday to deinstall the exhibit cases which had been up since 1986 and take down the Navajo rugs(from the collection) which had been hanging in the Anthro office for probably just as long. The cases were locked, however, and the keys were not readily found. So we just took down the rugs. I will be condition reporting them tomorrow.

The rest of the day was spent hanging out. Daniel seems to be coming down with whatever I had (I'm feeling pretty good, except I have a little more mucus than I would like), so he's been taking it easy. I put some stuff on ebay (a couple harder to find Robyn Hitchcock DVDs and a few Mark Ryden things). I'm considering putting up my Ryden books, because I'd likely be able to get a bit of money for them and I haven't looked at them in a long time. But they are neat and hard to get, so letting go is hard.

I cut into my finger while cutting chicken this evening. I knew I scratched myself, because it stung, but I squeezed it and it didn't seem to be bleeding, so I carried on. Then I noticed that the blood on the chicken seemed really fresh... But it's minor, so some salve and a bandaid stopped the bleeding and all is good, if a little sensitive now.

I'm thinking of cooking for Christmas. But my skills are limited and our stove is tiny. I love my crock pot though. Recommendations are appreciated. We certainly can't get chinese, because you can't get decent chinese food in this town and they probably wouldn't be open on Christmas anyway. I'm considering spending much of the 24th baking, also. Molasses spice cookies. Maybe finally try a pie? Well, just crust and probably frozen filling. But I think making the crust makes it count as making a pie. And sugar cookies to decorate? But we have no cookie cutters. Heavy sigh.

Oh look, a cat:

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[missingdonut.livejournal.com]

It took my grandmother until age 75 or so to realize that spending lots of time cooking on the holidays just wasn't fun. That was the year that my sister suggested pizza, and being a typical grandmother, she listened to her grandchildren instead of her children. Ever since, we started a new tradition: Chicken in a bun, which is basically a hot chicken salad sandwich, was what my grandmother would feed my uncle Gary and his pit crew on Saturdays as they got the car ready to race at the Plymouth dirt track years ago, and that has been the main food at Christmases since. It's a uniquely Sadro tradition, admittedly, but you have to carve your own way through the forest. But even our Thanskgiving meal -- traditional foods included -- has become more of a pot-luck thing.

If you're really into cooking without needing much skills, you can get some ham from the store, mashed potatoes are very easy to make, and a pumpkin pie recipe can be found on any can of pumpkin.

[froggy-dear.livejournal.com]

It's more about marking the day in some manner - especially since this isn't cooking for a horde of family. Mashed potatoes are likely, since they are delicious. The protein is the main thing. I could see a ham. Or maybe some kind of beef roast done up in the crock pot.