In which I have to squee!
Heartsong & Glamourie had its first sale today! *Cue Snoopy dance and Kermit hands!* I am so happy!!!
And, just after I texted my friend fountaingirl about the news with a request for lunch, she shows up my my door 5 minutes later. (Turns out she was on her way for a surprise anyway and just popped in. Perfect timing.) So the two of us went out for celebratory Thai and indulged in the crack addiction that is twice cooked duck salad over at Nava Thai, and I got to mail the order out. In addition, fallconsmate, the necklace for your mom is also in the mail. So, all goals accomplished! (Ok, except for laundry, but I am on that next thing!)
Oh and because she is awesome and the finder of amazing things, fountaingirl got me hooked on yet another perfume. Kalimantin, where have you been all my life?! I CANNOT STOP SMELLING MY WRIST, yo. FG, you are evil and I love you for these addictions.
So, an awesome day and needed before i head out to visit my family in PA. Here's hoping for an easy Thanksgiving. Last night was an incredible dinner with delightful friends, including firebirdgrrl and speedlime. OMG, so much nom! So much good food brought! (Marshmellows! Fall Crumble of the Gods! COOKIES! LAVENDER FUDGE!) So much deliciousness shared!
So. Much. Goose fat.
See, I had this bright idea to make a goose for a while, much in the same way catvalente does for Christmas each year. Cook a goose, I said. Be easy, I said. Er. Well, after seeing 9000 different techniques, all expounding on crazy techniques like boiling your goose 5 minutes before hand, all my thoughts of this might be easy, failed. I lost my zen and mailed catvalente in a fit of panic to get info on her time and temp, with the cry of "OHPLZJUSTTELLMEHOWTODOIT"! She got back to me just in time, and it turns out that my intuition and the Gordon Ramsey recipe I was going off of was correct. (2-2.5 hrs at 375F, until it's done, sayeth the wise Cat. I also started mine for 10 mins on 450F to get the rendering started.) No funny bird turning and no weird wrangling. It was excellent, and now I have goose fat in the freezer. Oh yeah, baby.
Tomorrow, we go to my mom's house in PA for Thanksgiving. I am definitely looking forward to seeing brother and my sister, who is pregnant with her first wee one. (I am calling it a girl, though we don't know just yet.) But I will be an aunt again, and I will have someone to spoil come early June next year.
For everyone else, good journeys if you travel, and the blessings of your hearth and home and all the love around you this holiday season.
See you when I return on Sunday!
And, just after I texted my friend fountaingirl about the news with a request for lunch, she shows up my my door 5 minutes later. (Turns out she was on her way for a surprise anyway and just popped in. Perfect timing.) So the two of us went out for celebratory Thai and indulged in the crack addiction that is twice cooked duck salad over at Nava Thai, and I got to mail the order out. In addition, fallconsmate, the necklace for your mom is also in the mail. So, all goals accomplished! (Ok, except for laundry, but I am on that next thing!)
Oh and because she is awesome and the finder of amazing things, fountaingirl got me hooked on yet another perfume. Kalimantin, where have you been all my life?! I CANNOT STOP SMELLING MY WRIST, yo. FG, you are evil and I love you for these addictions.
So, an awesome day and needed before i head out to visit my family in PA. Here's hoping for an easy Thanksgiving. Last night was an incredible dinner with delightful friends, including firebirdgrrl and speedlime. OMG, so much nom! So much good food brought! (Marshmellows! Fall Crumble of the Gods! COOKIES! LAVENDER FUDGE!) So much deliciousness shared!
So. Much. Goose fat.
See, I had this bright idea to make a goose for a while, much in the same way catvalente does for Christmas each year. Cook a goose, I said. Be easy, I said. Er. Well, after seeing 9000 different techniques, all expounding on crazy techniques like boiling your goose 5 minutes before hand, all my thoughts of this might be easy, failed. I lost my zen and mailed catvalente in a fit of panic to get info on her time and temp, with the cry of "OHPLZJUSTTELLMEHOWTODOIT"! She got back to me just in time, and it turns out that my intuition and the Gordon Ramsey recipe I was going off of was correct. (2-2.5 hrs at 375F, until it's done, sayeth the wise Cat. I also started mine for 10 mins on 450F to get the rendering started.) No funny bird turning and no weird wrangling. It was excellent, and now I have goose fat in the freezer. Oh yeah, baby.
Tomorrow, we go to my mom's house in PA for Thanksgiving. I am definitely looking forward to seeing brother and my sister, who is pregnant with her first wee one. (I am calling it a girl, though we don't know just yet.) But I will be an aunt again, and I will have someone to spoil come early June next year.
For everyone else, good journeys if you travel, and the blessings of your hearth and home and all the love around you this holiday season.
See you when I return on Sunday!