${SEASON} Feast!

[elfs]

The real point of all this cooking and buying and mixing and whipping is that the groaning plate of food for the Seasonal Feast has come and gone. I made cookies in the shape of cats and tried to decorate them to look like something from Erin Hunter's Warrior series; it came off okay, but the darkened cookie and pale frosting made it look more like a photographic negative than the actual illustration.

Omaha cooked six pounds of Dead Pig, very yummy in the final result (and the next day, mixed with said home-made mayonnaise, perfect in sandwiches with beefsteak tomatoes, red onions, and lettuce), along with pan-sautee'd potatoes and parsely, steamed broccoli, a blackberry-and-mustard sauce for the meat, and finishing it off with pumpkin pie and the aforementioned whiskey-kissed whipped cream.

Lisakit's mother came over, ate dinner and watched Star Wars (a family tradition!) with us. She's a charming woman, and she made us all feel quite at ease with a somewhat stranger in the house.

Gifts were handed out. Given our dire economic straits, not much was exchanged, but Kouryou-chan got a ton of clothes from her grandmother, books, and stuff. Lisakit made everyone something crocheted; I got the most amazing fingerless gloves just perfect for late-night hacking. Where anyone finds the time and skill to make something like that, I have no idea. I'm very happy with them all, though. Omaha and Kouryou-chan got gorgeous scarves.

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[bldrnrpdx.livejournal.com]

"crocheted" :)

Most of my crochet time is either in front of my evening dramas/soaps or in large staff meetings at work. Before I moved, I was able to count on about 20 minutes at a time on public transportation.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Fixed! Thanks.