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Holiday baking time! With the batula that Kambriel very kindly gave me!
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So, the holiday season is going to be rough for me this year. In addition to the obvious pain of it being the first Christmas without Mom, there's the fact that things are tight this season. Plus we're not putting up the tree this year, as a decorated tree + two energetic and mischievous babycats = disaster and everything breaking. So, no tree.
But. I am doing everything I can to find my holiday cheer:
- Dad and I are going to keep our holiday tradition of the Father & Daughter shopping trip; we'll just be present-shopping for our other loved ones. (We always went shopping for Mom together, and it's been a tradition since I was five or six, I think.) It's an important thing for both of us, even if it will be emotionally-wrought for a while.
- On Saturday I went to Wight's Nursery with Thea and Eric. They are THE store of holiday decor around here, and have 31 different decorated holiday trees. Going to Wight's is kind of like mainlining Christmas decor and glitter into your brain, and going there always boosts my holiday spirit.
- Last night was the neighborhood Christmas caroling event at the park down from my house, put on by the local Salvation Army. While I DO NOT support their stance on a lot of issues (especially LGBT ones), the local group is full of nice people, and spending a cold, crisp evening singing carols (which I love) with my neighbors is fun. They make fresh donuts and hot cider, there are horse-drawn carriage rides, and the organizers are always genuinely happy to see me. One little girl looked at me (top hat, full skirts, red ringmaster jacket, stripy tights, glow-in-the-dark skeleton boots and gloves) and asked if I was from Halloweentown, which made my night.
- I spent today doing holiday baking. Two pans of marshmallows (rose and violet) are chilling in the 'fridge, there is a batch of Chex mix in the oven, and soon I will make the dough for the gingerbread bats.
So I'm slowly getting into a cheerier holiday state of mind. Soon will be the traditional watching of Nightmare Before Christmas, and the singing along to "Fairytale of New York", and those will help, too.
But. I am doing everything I can to find my holiday cheer:
- Dad and I are going to keep our holiday tradition of the Father & Daughter shopping trip; we'll just be present-shopping for our other loved ones. (We always went shopping for Mom together, and it's been a tradition since I was five or six, I think.) It's an important thing for both of us, even if it will be emotionally-wrought for a while.
- On Saturday I went to Wight's Nursery with Thea and Eric. They are THE store of holiday decor around here, and have 31 different decorated holiday trees. Going to Wight's is kind of like mainlining Christmas decor and glitter into your brain, and going there always boosts my holiday spirit.
- Last night was the neighborhood Christmas caroling event at the park down from my house, put on by the local Salvation Army. While I DO NOT support their stance on a lot of issues (especially LGBT ones), the local group is full of nice people, and spending a cold, crisp evening singing carols (which I love) with my neighbors is fun. They make fresh donuts and hot cider, there are horse-drawn carriage rides, and the organizers are always genuinely happy to see me. One little girl looked at me (top hat, full skirts, red ringmaster jacket, stripy tights, glow-in-the-dark skeleton boots and gloves) and asked if I was from Halloweentown, which made my night.
- I spent today doing holiday baking. Two pans of marshmallows (rose and violet) are chilling in the 'fridge, there is a batch of Chex mix in the oven, and soon I will make the dough for the gingerbread bats.
So I'm slowly getting into a cheerier holiday state of mind. Soon will be the traditional watching of Nightmare Before Christmas, and the singing along to "Fairytale of New York", and those will help, too.
Today was Gingerbread Bats day. Oh yes.
The bats about to go in the oven.
Freshly-baked bats!
Now to go brew myself some herbal tea, nom some bats, and go over the comments from my beta readers for tomorrow's GCS post. (Hint: it has a recipe!)
And then later on, bundle up, walk down to the park, and join in the community Christmas caroling event. Yes, this time I will be a caroler, so the standard comment will be appropriate. ::grin::
The bats about to go in the oven.
Freshly-baked bats!
Now to go brew myself some herbal tea, nom some bats, and go over the comments from my beta readers for tomorrow's GCS post. (Hint: it has a recipe!)
And then later on, bundle up, walk down to the park, and join in the community Christmas caroling event. Yes, this time I will be a caroler, so the standard comment will be appropriate. ::grin::
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Realizing that I have all the ingredients to make a batch of vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting? Perhaps dangerous.
Perhaps.
But it gave me an excuse to use my bat-festooned cupcake wrappers.
Perhaps.
But it gave me an excuse to use my bat-festooned cupcake wrappers.
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Sugar shock! Yes, that is a bowl full of rose and violet marshmallows. I used the recipe that
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evaria posted, and used rose and violet liqueurs for flavoring instead of rose water. http://evaria.livejournal.com/489417.htmlGingerbread bats, pre-oven:
Gingerbread bats, post-oven:
Rose marshmallow fluff:
After the marshmallow fluff sets enough, I need to cut it into cube-ish shapes and dredge it in a powdered sugar/corn starch mix.
For those that are interested, the recipe for Perkygoth Gingerbread is here: http://cupcake-goth.livejournal.com/187175.html#cutid1
Gingerbread bats, post-oven:
Rose marshmallow fluff:
After the marshmallow fluff sets enough, I need to cut it into cube-ish shapes and dredge it in a powdered sugar/corn starch mix.
For those that are interested, the recipe for Perkygoth Gingerbread is here: http://cupcake-goth.livejournal.com/187175.html#cutid1
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