The holidays are coming upon us. They just don't seem as fun as they were when I was a kid. The whole world seems to have changed this year. I've lost some of my faith in humanity. It's sad, but really I think it's just part of growing older and discovering more of the world. You'd like to think that the person next to you would help you if you fell, but really that would depend upon the compassion of the person next to you. It's not a given that any stranger on the street will help you. Chances are they will take advantage of your situation. Strange how pessimistic I've become, or have I always been this way?
I wouldn't say the holidays are that depressing. I like the lights and the trees. The National Christmas tree is nice and I am glad that we're calling them Christmas trees again rather than holiday trees. Really, do we call a menorah a holiday menorah? (Sorry if I misspelled that.)
I made latkes (thanks to Eric for the recipe). I had some people tell me that they're supposed to be thicker. who knew? I just like them nice and crunchy. That is one extremely enjoyable thing about the holidays, all the food! I've made more sour cream coffee cakes than I care to recount at the moment, and I'll be making one more before the year is up. I also have 3 bananas in my fridge for a banana bread if I have the time...
Happy Eatings!
it's snowing now! I've taken to wearing my skating tights underneath my pants to keep warm. It is *that* cold.
I spent Thanksgiving in Philadelphia; most of it sleeping. For some reason, I always catch up on sleep in Philly.
There wasn't a lot of stuffing at dinner (not a big deal...), so I made some this past week from scratch! It was actually remarkably easy... much more time consuming than Stove Top though.
On the home front, most of the living room is painted, but the bedroom still needs paint. They finally made the knocking noise a lot quieter, but now there's a huge piece of dry wall cut out of my living room wall. Hopefully they'll fix that soon so that I can finish painting that wall too.
Hope everyone's doing well!