tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post1023021415454034170..comments2024-03-29T01:47:28.792+00:00Comments on TARRAGON & THYME: Sunday Catch upPattypanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533048669555871726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post-40881765502380341282013-01-03T00:21:59.069+00:002013-01-03T00:21:59.069+00:00I have been reading the last couple of your blog p...I have been reading the last couple of your blog posts (January 2013 - backwards) and it appears we have much in common. Actually, I have been reading your blog off and on for the past couple years. Lasped due to stolen computer and all my "favorites" were lost, but I recently found you again. <br /><br />I started planning for Christmas 2013 just after Christmas of 2012 ended. Due to health issues of other family members (my sister and her husband)there basically was no Christmas this year. I decided that I wasn't going to let that happen again, so the plan is to have back-up preparations in the future - even if I end up staying home on my own (which is not a bad thing).<br /><br />Part of my planning is to get organized for the holidays. I don't do a lot of decorating, but I do want to do more baking and knitting for gifting. I have a big filing system for recipes which I just cleaned out (duplicates and those I know I will never make). The holidayish recipes are all going into a notebook for quick access. I also made a list of all the holiday food items(Thanksgiving, Winter Solstice, Christmas Eve, Christams Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day) that my extended family (I'm single)tend to serve. I can print that off and use it for menu planning. Those are the recipes in my notebook along with the recipes I want to use for gifting. I have also collected recipes for other items that I have never made and will be testing them out to determine the best tasting (7 or 8 pumpkin bread recipes)for serving and gifting.<br /> <br />I knitted several simple hats, neck warmers (cowls), shawls, and scarves for gifts this year with a little bit of baking too. My knitting "likes" are simple items - what I call "mindless" knitting. I don't want to have to do alot of counting, etc. This type of knitting can be done while I watch TV. So for 2013, I will be on the lookout for those type of patterns - and of course they need to be practical.<br /><br />Decorating is kept simple. Evergreens, holly, natural beeswax candles, and a few older/vintage kitchen items (pudding molds),etc. around the small home I live in.<br /><br />Less commercialism and consumerism are both important to me.<br /><br />Wishing you the best in 2013.<br /><br />Diane / Washington State, USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post-76676329435861534622012-12-30T18:21:18.062+00:002012-12-30T18:21:18.062+00:00Yeah we really don't need that much stuff to h...Yeah we really don't need that much stuff to have a great time do we. First time ever that we just got six slices of turkey instead of getting a full bird. Miss the thrill of making use of the leftover though...Captain Shagrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626375707585639323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post-4533905394837682202012-12-30T17:43:51.906+00:002012-12-30T17:43:51.906+00:00Hi Rowan
In the greater scheme of things I am ver...Hi Rowan<br /><br />In the greater scheme of things I am very lucky; its just that I had put a lot of time and effort in before Christmas which all seemed to have gone to pot a bit. Never mind its just frustrating on the creative bent. But as the saying goes we learn by our mistakes - hence for me doing things right from day one this year I want to make things where I can so that come next year I can really get into the swing of things and a less commercialised life style and Christmas. Its made me realise more about who I am and what I am about and that I need time to do things rather than try and do things in a hurry which tends to slow me down. Hey ho things are going to be different a strong learning curve.<br /><br />Take care <br /><br />Pattypan<br /><br />xPattypanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533048669555871726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703817848238285099.post-42524783461064628682012-12-30T17:31:23.802+00:002012-12-30T17:31:23.802+00:00Sorry to hear that Christmas didn't go accordi...Sorry to hear that Christmas didn't go according to plan this year. It's like gardens though - there's always next year:) Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679130612798888266noreply@blogger.com