... for the time being. (Ex-)colleague Kate promised to drop by and take a look at the state of things, especially those that might block my access to the dratted customer's gateway. It might not be entirely my fault, as the physiotherapist lady apparently has the same problems, and she's way more technically savvy than I am. We'll see ( Read more... )

Also, Christmas Eve this year. I hope you all are having a peaceful, lovely evening ( Read more... )

I've packed my last surprise gift box and finished my last Christmas card. I hoped to make a round number - that would have been 40 - but I seem to have lost motivation to make a mad dash one day before the fair. So, it's 39 cards; I'm sure noadvertising will approve. *g ( Read more... )

Today was mostly a day of preparation for the upcoming Christmas events, aka the charity fair and the big baking frenzy (which is scheduled to start on Saturday ( Read more... )

I was lazy today. Very, very lazy. At least compared with the week behind me, that is ( Read more... )

Not much anyway. At least I decided to sleep a little longer today than originally planned. That means getting up at 8am instead of 6:50. Grocery shopping could wait. Of course, when I got from Aldi to Lidl and reached the cash desk in the latter, I discovered that the mincemeat I snagged from the shelf wasn't the mincemeat for the reduced price, ( Read more... )

Today I made Shepherd's Pie and savoury scones; partly because those are food items Mum likes very much and even can eat with the couple of teeth she has left and partly because I wanted to warm up the flat a little by having the oven running for twice an hour or so ( Read more... )

Let's start with Frosty, the snowman, aka Christmas card #28. I'm quite content with this one:


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... because tomorrow I'll have to do the last leg of the cleaning-on-my-own and won't be able to do anything else afterwards than drop to the floor and try to breathe ( Read more... )

... is not a festival but a German food brand. The Lidl supermarket at the corner sometimes has a German week, and then they offer Alpenfest products. Today I went really wild with them. I bought Spätzle, both fresh and dried ones, Semmelknödel, Dampfnudel and Almdudler lemonade. Mum and I both love traditional German and Austrian food (sorry, noadvertising). ( Read more... )