A Blessed Sunday and work is being done! Come work with me!

Sissy here and I and up at Kim's having spent the night to keep her on track!  Honestly, she asked me!

Well, the House needed love and that is what I do.

Up at 4:30 this morning and it is now 6:30 and I am finishing my third cup of coffee.  The Sun is coming up, but it is overcast and gray out! A little rain is falling.

I have managed to get the guest bedroom made up, the dishes done, the kitchen rugs washed and another load of laundry.

I have two more loads to do, but do not want to wake Kim, and need to do a pass through her bedroom.  I will let her sleep until nine and then up for Church.

There is a ton of ironing as usual and I will knock that out while Kim is at Church.

Daniel is coming up later this morning to reorganize Kim's garage.  It needs love.

Kim has all Christmas up and it is beautiful!

Daniel and I finally have all Christmas decorating done, and I worked so hard yesterday organizing my basement storage.  It is coming along, and I broke down five large moving boxes that held Christmas.

We have whittled down as much as we can, and I have a load to go to Kim's eldest at Christmas and took two large boxes of Christmas to the Salvation Army and they were thrilled to get it. Not bragging here (and maybe I am) but we have nice stuff, and they will profit nicely.

It is now 7:30 and I have swept and organized the Shop as much as possible.  I need Kim to help me go through the piles as Her unorganized brain knows where everything is and if I move things, it messes her up!

Earlier this week I made one batch of Almond Roca (my specialty) and one batch of Peanut Brittle.  I messed up the first batch of brittle, by forgetting to put the butter and baking soda in. I had everything laid out, but my kitchen is such that I have no counter next to my stove and I simply took it off the heat and poured it in the pan and then discovered the missing ingredients. Well, I tried to save it but alas it went into the garbage.  (Won't do that again.)

I also managed to get my check mix done and then proceeded to make a large batch of Gluten Free mix for a Friend and burned it! Yep, into the trash.  I am having a hard time with an electric oven, as I have cooked with gas for over forty years.  But I am determined to make it work and there will be fails along the way.  I want to make a batch of peanut brittle this morning and will start on that shortly and then I will be done with the brittle.  I will attempt to do another batch of Gluten Free Chez mix this afternoon when Kim gets Home from Church so she can watch me!

Fast forward - Monday morning...4:30 a.m....well yesterday I left my typing about 8:00 when I discovered that I had not brought the Caro syrup from Home, so went down the hill to fetch it, and when I pulled back into Kim's driveway here was little Sis unloading her car and it was baking day and Kim and I completely forgot!  Probably because I was so busy Saturday with my own House that I did not look at my Calander!  (Slowly being pulled into Kim's world) So plans changed, and we worked on cookies until 5:00.  Kim managed to get to Church and Lil Sis and I made the Spritz, and fudge and the Citron while she was gone!  Dan came up and ran referee, while declaring himself the official taster!   Wow were we all tired!

We were able to knock out the Spritz, Citron Sacha Kaker, Mexican wedding cakes, pecan fudge, peanut brittle and cocokase!  So, six of out thirteen are made for cookie trays. WE did an experiment cookie, with orange zest and cranberries and it is good. We have so many cranberries to use up and I want to add some toasted pecans also. I mean these were really good and will make it into our regular rotation.

Dan cleaned up the kitchen and I made dinner, and we crashed. A quick salad and remember those chicken and beef pies I made and froze, well one of each went into the oven, and dinner was served. They were delicious!

We have left on the list more Almond Roca, Frosted sugar cookies, lefsa, rosettes, divinity, caramels and I will make more chex mix.  I am hoping to get at least one batch of toffee done this morning before I run my errands, and Kim is going to do the Caramel.  We shall see, as our plans often go array.

The three Sisters will meet again next Monday for a long day and will probably tackle the lefsa which is labor intensive, takes time and is messy. 

Today I must go and fetch more baking supplies after I finish the Toffee.  Now it is time for a second cup of coffee and then the shower!  I need one!

Did not get the ironing done yesterday as planned and that is on my list for today!

Now everybody...get to work!

Hugs;

Kay