Our Christmas Kitchen

What a long day of baking in the kitchen my wife and I have just had.

I started out making bread dough for three loaves around 11 a.m. , and then into a separate batch of dough for buns called Cloverleaf rolls that are baked in muffin tins. Everything turned out great as you might be able to see from the photos. My wife made sugar cookies and I helped roll out the dough for that. They are very colourful and taste good as well.

We are busy getting things ready for Christmas dinner on Friday. I will be cooking a turkey for the first time ever. My mother-in-law bought a fresh bird for the occasion and I will be brining it in a salt/sugar solution for about ten hours and then roast it the next day. mmmmmmm...can't wait.

Tonight, Heidi also made lazy holopchi in the oven. A fantastic choice of comfort food to end our day. Tomorrow I am making doughnuts from a recipe that my mom used to make for us when we were kids. My in-laws will be over in the afternoon to snack on these with hot chocolate and marshmallows before they head out to church. Afterward were all gathering for a late dinner at my brother-in-law and his wife's home.

I'm already feeling the waist on my jeans getting tighter. :/

Ho, ho, ho, we're done!

Here I sit in W308 waiting for Journalism 1 to begin. In a few hours semester one will be over and I will officially be on winter break for three weeks. It's been a great four months that looking back have only really felt like two (sorry if that sounds "yoda-ish") The pace of CreComm has been hectic, but it's been worthwhile. I've come away with a strong grasp of the communications field of which I will officially enter in a mere 18 months. My classmates have been fantastic this first semester. Many fond memories will I carry forward.

I want to thank all of my instructors for an excellent first semester. It's been a tremendous learning curve since day one, but the improvements I've made are clearly noticed.

On behalf of myself, my wife, and our pets, merry Christmas to all!

It's deer season!

Forgive me as I speak in metaphor.
After this past week, I can almost feel that awkward sensation returning from my first day at Red River College. Exam week is upon me and my fellow classmates and I don't think I'm speaking out of turn by saying we're feeling the pressure. There's isn't a car approaching at 100 km/h ready to strike us down, but the light (exam week) definitely has our full attention.

Time to hit the books so's I can get out of the way.