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I don't want to post all the stuff I received for Christmas, as that would be too much to digest.
The highlights then:
On the whole, and aside from some morning excitement, a fairly relaxing and fun Christmas.
Oh, and the excitement was our turkey.
Apparently, it was over 4 kg and we didn't use a big enough baking dish, nor did we manage to keep it basted.
(due to a misunderstanding of how large the turkey was, we started cooking it the night before, cooking it for about four hours at 400°F, then cooking it slowly on 200°F overnight until dinner time)
The resulting spill managed to hit the lower heating element in the oven (ours is electric) and caught fire for a bit, before going out on its own.
The only "damage" was the puddle of turkey juice in the bottom of the oven and the spill-over into the drawer beneath the oven.
For those of you who are unaware, up here in Canada, our retailers have a Boxing Day tradition of having "Boxing Day" sales and some prefer to have the event last the week (a "Boxing Week" sale).
Typically, these sales knock quite a bit off prices, and sometimes they're even below cost.
Only problem is, I can't take full advantage of much of it.
The problem?
My birthday is on January 2nd, so I have to wait for another week until after my birthday (and have received all the gift from my relatives) before I can go back to stores and buy things I'm interested in again.
For instance, I had posted a while ago about the ProMini Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad from ThinkGeek.
This is one of the things I'm planning on ordering once I'm finished getting gifts.
(unless, of course, I receive it as a present. Possible, but not terribly likely, given the family I have. Plus I don't have any friends close enough that would know about or give me gifts)
The highlights then:
- The Thin Man boxed set, which includes all six movies and a documentary each on William Powel and Mirna Loy
- Some British snack called Hula Hoops (these are BBQ Beef flavoured)
- A bunch of Sudoku, Kakuro, and "Sum Doku" books (I like number puzzles)
- A ticket to the Royal Canadian Theatre Company's production of Alice in Wonderland
- Some chocolate (not as much as last year, thankfully)
On the whole, and aside from some morning excitement, a fairly relaxing and fun Christmas.
Oh, and the excitement was our turkey.
Apparently, it was over 4 kg and we didn't use a big enough baking dish, nor did we manage to keep it basted.
(due to a misunderstanding of how large the turkey was, we started cooking it the night before, cooking it for about four hours at 400°F, then cooking it slowly on 200°F overnight until dinner time)
The resulting spill managed to hit the lower heating element in the oven (ours is electric) and caught fire for a bit, before going out on its own.
The only "damage" was the puddle of turkey juice in the bottom of the oven and the spill-over into the drawer beneath the oven.
For those of you who are unaware, up here in Canada, our retailers have a Boxing Day tradition of having "Boxing Day" sales and some prefer to have the event last the week (a "Boxing Week" sale).
Typically, these sales knock quite a bit off prices, and sometimes they're even below cost.
Only problem is, I can't take full advantage of much of it.
The problem?
My birthday is on January 2nd, so I have to wait for another week until after my birthday (and have received all the gift from my relatives) before I can go back to stores and buy things I'm interested in again.
For instance, I had posted a while ago about the ProMini Wireless Keyboard with Trackpad from ThinkGeek.
This is one of the things I'm planning on ordering once I'm finished getting gifts.
(unless, of course, I receive it as a present. Possible, but not terribly likely, given the family I have. Plus I don't have any friends close enough that would know about or give me gifts)
