12/23/2007
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Today was my birthday! Hooray!
I received a music CD I wanted (Mozart) and a bluetooth, stowaway keyboard for my new Nokia N800…AND they got me a cake…AND they took me to dinner at Red Lobster. 
They love me, they really love me.
Today I also made Fantasy Fudge and homemade Cherry flavored hard candy. As I was pouring in the chocolate chips for the fudge I noticed they were “Milk Chocolate” not “Semi-Sweet Chocolate.” OH-OH! But - being in the middle of the recipe, and having no other chips, I finished pouring them in. Then I went to add the vanilla…I only had half of a teaspoon..DOH! The recipe calls for a whole teaspoon. EEP! So I added a little bit of water to the bottle and swished it around, then added it to the rest. And do you know what? That fudge is pretty darn tasty!
The hard candy turned out pretty well. It’s been two or three years since I’ve made it….through a mishop, however, I ended up with a glob of 300 degree correction: it had cooled off a little, so maybe, 250 degree molten candy on my finger. Can you imagine the blister? Well, after icing it, I put a padded, cushy band-aid on it right away, so I don’t know for sure. But it burned for a long time - and it’s sore now, so the chances are high it blistered nicely.
Tomorrow we’ll be baking and decorating sugar cookies - some to leave for Santa, the rest for two wonderful boys (and a few for their fantastic, but modest mom; and maybe one or two for their dad).
I may be off-line for the next couple of days, so if I don’t see you around the Tubes: Have a Happy Holiday, and a wonderful New Year!
~PJ~
sparta at 11:55 pm
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