Merry Christmas, everyone!
May you have lots of good food, good company and good cheer!
Archive for the '2006' Category
M’s gone to the deli on his unicycle, to buy me some fizzy mineral water. I’m all hot from baking.
Take a pile of ingredients.
Measure, mix, cut out, pop into oven. Voila!
Thank you to Kathryn and her co-pilot for the lovely gift, which arrived safely in the post yesterday - the perfect gingerbread man cutter! There it is in the picture just next to the cooling rack. See the gingerbread men? The zanier, more interesting ones were decorated by M. My favourite one is the KISS gingerbread man. I’ve got another batch to make, which I think I will leave to M to decorate.
Some of the finished gingerbread men.
Top row, left to right: Batman, Mario, Harry Potter.
Bottom row: Bob the Builder, Adam, Charlie Brown.
Thank you to Kathryn and her co-pilot for the lovely gift, which arrived safely in the post yesterday - the perfect gingerbread man cutter! There it is in the picture just next to the cooling rack. See the gingerbread men? The zanier, more interesting ones were decorated by M. My favourite one is the KISS gingerbread man. I’ve got another batch to make, which I think I will leave to M to decorate.
Update, Christmas Day:
Some of the finished gingerbread men.Top row, left to right: Batman, Mario, Harry Potter.
Bottom row: Bob the Builder, Adam, Charlie Brown.
Yesterday we had our annual Christmas party. My team has a nice Christmas tradition - instead of subjecting ourselves to the usual too-expensive Christmas fare (turkey/ham plus trimmings in a crowded restaurant) - we have a picnic down by the little lake on campus. We each bring a plate, and The Boss and the Deputy Uber Boss bring drinks (mainly alcoholic, with bottles of water).
This year we had quiche, chicken, cold meats, breads, prosciutto and melon, sandwiches, dips, cheeses, salads, fruit, plum cake and cinnamon loaf, washed down with a choice of white wine, Coopers’ Sparkling Ale, or water.
After eating we usually play bocce. I’m pretty bad at it - my technique consists of variations on chucking the ball - but it’s fun nonetheless.
This year is probably the last time we’ll have our picnic in this form, because from next year our little team is being amalgamated with a larger one. I don’t know if the Deputy Uber Boss will be providing us with beverages next year, either, as he’ll be officially retired at the end of the year.
There’ll be a few changes in the new year - which I won’t blog about just yet - which should make 2007 an interesting one, workwise.
Flickr friends, and family, you can look at more pictures if you’re so inclined.
