Saturday,Staying on schedule

    

Vanil kasse #5 done

 It was a crazy day, but I stuck to my guns.  We were supposed to have the littles and they did not show, so I took advantage of the time to run and mail my brothers packages.  One more Christmas to do out of the way.   Yippee!  I then went to Joanns for more zippers and dropped my oldest serger off for a re haul at the repair shop.  I plan to take this one to my daughters and leave it so when I go to sew costumes I don't have to transport my machines.

     I got all the band uniforms done so the school can pick those up tomorrow morning. I've got to remember to call the director and let him know we will be gone so he can code himself in and get the uniforms.  All the police new hires came and picked up there pants.  I was able to get a few more sewing items out.  I really wanted to get to the Wedding things I need to do but that will be first thing next week. 

Wedding cookies #6 done

     As soon as I got home from my errands the little's dad called.  He had the morning off but we needed to take the kids in the afternoon.  So chaos as usual.  It was no use trying to get any baking done so I red stories to the elder and Hub's bounced the baby.  About 3:30 I get a frantic call from the studio owner, the ballet mistress was sick.  She has not missed a class in two years and can I teach from 4-6?  I told her no as Hub's cannot handle the babies alone.  With his deafness  and Parkinson's tremors that is out of the question.

     We got a call from the little's folks and her company party was this evening and the night sitter had cancelled.  Her mom had agreed to come and get the older girl, but not the baby as she had just had shoulder surgery and could not lift him.  Could we keep the baby?  Well yes.  So grandma came and got the older one and I got the baby down for a good nap.  This allowed me to run down to the studio at 4:30 and re-leave the owner. When I got home from teaching the baby was just waking up and Hub's had gotten to watch the news.

     I pulled previously made Italian meatballs out of the freezer and with a jar of my home canned spaghetti sauce made spaghetti and meatballs and a salad.  I told Hub's he was in charge of the baby and I whipped up two more batches of cookies.   The upper picture is Vanil kasse.  So good with blackberry jam.  The lower is a wedding cookie.  This is made by several ethnic groups.  I would have liked to do spritz, but I ran out of energy.  So if I can get the Spritz done Sunday evening, all I will have left to do is the fudge and caramels.  I might do those Sunday evening as well.  I have a girl friend coming to help with rosettes and krumkakke, which take irons and hot oil.  Rolling and frosting the other two batters I have ready in the fridge will be set for sometime next week.

     Hub's made appointments with 3 of the 8 sets of missionary's that we over see.  Every 6-8 weeks we check all 8 apartments for cleanliness and problems.  The local ones are easy and Hub's can go alone when they are young men.  But the out of town ones or sister missionary's I must go.  So Saturday we will do a loop through Grangeville onto Kamiah and then to Orophino. These are all small towns on the Idaho prairie.  It will take 1.5 hours  to get to our first stop and then 25 miles to the next town and about 25 to the next and then and hour home.  We hope to arrive home by 3 p.m. I have made up plates of cookies for the three apartments at Hub's request.

     The ward Christmas party is tomorrow at 5 p.m. and we are in charge of the Nativity.  I also remembered We need to bring a side dish.  The church is providing meat, rolls, and dessert.  I was frantic about what to make and with the kitchen such a mess and losing a couple hours to teaching and then the babies, I asked Hub's what to do?  He said, "Well you can't do it all."  Really!  Usually he is the worst about me going full throttle when it is for the church.  I was shocked that I was going to get off easy.  He can be really inconsiderate that way and work me beyond my capacity.  So on that note I went down to the storage and came up with 3 boxes of Jello.  Something mom insisted on me buying and we never eat.  I made a layered jello salad, with red, green, and yellow.  So Christmas y and pretty.  It was easy to do and I set it outside between cookie batches it was set in no time.  I will top with whip cream before we leave for the church.

     I am happy to go to bed tonight let me tell you. The buzzer for the dryer just went off so once I go see to that I am to bed.

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim