Passage to Love
Dec. 25th, 2015 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyI bought a new packet of cat treats, which are, hilariously (to me anyway), called Party Mix. Party mix cat treats. It seemed appropriate to give some to Alistair this morning, and they did indeed go down a treat. So festive!
My Christmas bonbon (or cracker, if you prefer) joke:
What do you call a carton of ducks?
A box of quackers.
My mother and I had four invitations to Christmas dinner from various relatives, but she decided she would like to have a quiet day at home, which suited me. Then we heard the weather forecast was for a hot Christmas, so we decided to have a fresh seafood platter instead of roasting anything, and what a wise choice that turned out to be. Instead of the predicted 31oC, it was 39oC by lunch time. Weren't we cool with our smoked salmon, prawns, scallops, calamari and bugs (and rainbow salad)? And so quick! One hour from preparation to washing up.
Also, my pistachio and Turkish delight pudding was a welcome icy treat:
That's not just for us, I should say. We've guests coming for leftovers tomorrow.
Instead of individuals ones, I halved the recipe and made one big one, which I don't think I would do again. Individual ones wouldn't need to be cut. The other thing I would change is to chop the Turkish delight even smaller than it said. Frozen Turkish delight is, it turns out, extremely chewy.
On Thursday evening, I went out to dinner with friends. Walking across their lawn in my sandals, I felt an awful stinging sensation in my right little toe, and looked down to see a bull ant attached to it. So that was painful. I felt the sting for about two hours, and for the same time I had the shivers. I thought that was the end of it, but on Christmas Eve the top right quadrant of my foot turned red and swelled to twice its normal size. I've spent the last 24 hours applying ice to my elevated foot. One of the many things my mother brought with her when she moved in was a tube of corticosteroid ointment from when she had a plant-induced rash last year, so I've been using that too. The swelling has mostly gone down, but it's still pinker than normal and extremely itchy. So that's... just typical of this year, really.
There are bushfires along the tourist coast a couple of hours east of the City by the Sea, which are being evacuated. So that puts my itchy foot into perspective for Christmas problems.
My Christmas bonbon (or cracker, if you prefer) joke:
What do you call a carton of ducks?
A box of quackers.
My mother and I had four invitations to Christmas dinner from various relatives, but she decided she would like to have a quiet day at home, which suited me. Then we heard the weather forecast was for a hot Christmas, so we decided to have a fresh seafood platter instead of roasting anything, and what a wise choice that turned out to be. Instead of the predicted 31oC, it was 39oC by lunch time. Weren't we cool with our smoked salmon, prawns, scallops, calamari and bugs (and rainbow salad)? And so quick! One hour from preparation to washing up.
Also, my pistachio and Turkish delight pudding was a welcome icy treat:
That's not just for us, I should say. We've guests coming for leftovers tomorrow.
Instead of individuals ones, I halved the recipe and made one big one, which I don't think I would do again. Individual ones wouldn't need to be cut. The other thing I would change is to chop the Turkish delight even smaller than it said. Frozen Turkish delight is, it turns out, extremely chewy.
On Thursday evening, I went out to dinner with friends. Walking across their lawn in my sandals, I felt an awful stinging sensation in my right little toe, and looked down to see a bull ant attached to it. So that was painful. I felt the sting for about two hours, and for the same time I had the shivers. I thought that was the end of it, but on Christmas Eve the top right quadrant of my foot turned red and swelled to twice its normal size. I've spent the last 24 hours applying ice to my elevated foot. One of the many things my mother brought with her when she moved in was a tube of corticosteroid ointment from when she had a plant-induced rash last year, so I've been using that too. The swelling has mostly gone down, but it's still pinker than normal and extremely itchy. So that's... just typical of this year, really.
There are bushfires along the tourist coast a couple of hours east of the City by the Sea, which are being evacuated. So that puts my itchy foot into perspective for Christmas problems.