Five things make Happy Holidays! post

[ksmith]

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! A little early, but I doubt many folks will be posting tomorrow so.

1) I like pies, quiches, tarts, but I usually eat solo so one huge whatever is too big. So I committed Kitchen Gadget and bought a Mini-Pie Maker. For those who have never seen one, it’s looks like a waffle iron or sandwich press, but it has molds on the inside top and bottom that come together to make a pie. I used pre-made crust and puff pastry. Didn’t even have to roll it out. I made two kinds, blackberry-ginger and pear-cranberry. They look nice. Not sure if I’ll take one tonight because stuff like that tastes better the next day. But, I’ll see. The night is young.

2) For ages, I swear I did not have BBC-America. It came in an extra package with a bunch of channels I didn’t want, and I didn’t want to pay $16/month for just it alone. But I was flipping through channels today and hey, I do get BBC-America. That means I can watch the Dr Who Christmas Special tomorrow night, along with everyone else.

3) It feels like a weekday. Not like a Saturday at all.

4) Finally learned how to say Kylie Minogue’s name. Well, I had been saying it, but tonight I learned that I’d been saying it right.

5) Finally treated myself to fave DVDs. Kill Bill Vols 1&2, WALL-E, and the Chris Eccleston season of Who. I’ve only seen the Kill Bills on AMC, so I am a little trepidatious about what bloody bits I’ll be seeing that had been edited out. Eyeballs and samurai trepanning. Yea!

Mirrored from Kristine Smith.

Comments

[galeni.livejournal.com]

The Ninth Doctor is rather different from Ten -- more tragic yet more compassionate. He's MY Doctor. You'll love that set, I think.

Happy holidays.

[khavrinen.livejournal.com]

Do you have Comcast cable? That's what I'm on, and I also just got BBC-America added recently to my basic package. Maybe it's just the TV season or something, but until this weekend I was feeling pretty let down by the actual programming. When I got the postcard notification that they were adding it I was all excited, then the last couple of weeks it's seemed like nothing but marathons of Gordon Ramsey ( who I really hate ) and Top Gear ( meh ). Hopefully the Dr. Who Christmas special marks the beginning of better times.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I do have Comcast, but I confess that I don't often read their News! notices. I have On Demand, so I have been able to watch all the new Whos a couple of days after broadcast. But it will be nice to watch the programs in real time--well, real time for the US--and maybe check out Supernatural Saturday.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I remember the season, but it's been years since they showed it. Looking forward to watching it again.

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

Five things for us:

1) Food. Foods we rarely/never eat except at the holidays: turkey, ham, special vegetable dishes and desserts. Gingerbread and other ginger-flavored desserts. Whipped cream on top of things. Hot chocolate.

2) Decorations. The tree, the lights, a woodsy scented candle

3) Music. Both listening to and singing with great seasonal classics. When we were both in choirs, we learned each other's anthems. Went to a MESSIAH--sometimes both a full performance and a sing-along. Now family comes along to the things I sing (it's his first year without being in a choir.) Music must include brass (and ideally also kettledrums, for which I have a great fondness.) Favorite listening includes opening section of Bach's "Christmas Oratorio."

4) Friends we always see at holidays and not as regularly in between.

5) Extra sleep.