Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Stuffed

 The reason I haven't got my holiday bake on yet is because I am still deep in the gingerbread stuff. We had our first practice with all the scenery on Sunday. Getting it there and back was no fun. That's a lot of scenery.


I had a bit of a disaster that morning when Hoover decided to take a pee pee on one of the costumes as it was waiting its turn to get packed. Lucky for me it was the kind of material that could stand a quick wash and dry. Damn cat.


 There were also a few glitches in the construction of the houses that made it take a long time to set up at the rink so I had to come home and rethink the frosting snow. I hated to do it but there was no choice but to sew it all down. That's 18 feet plus the roof. What a job.



It took me one movie per house and a half a loaf of my "healthy" fruitcake so it really wasn't such a terrible chore. Let me tell you about that fruitcake. One word. Yummo. Major yummo. The golden syrup and the rum/brandy mix makes a perfect glaze. It's not as sticky and sweet as the corn syrup, jelly and booze mix that I usually use. It's going to be hard to not eat this all gone before Christmas. Real hard.

7 comments:

  1. I love fruitcake! Yours looks REALLY good.

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  2. The stress of seeing all his scenery leave was too much for him....
    The adjustment on the gingerbread house was hard but I am glad you found the right encouragement! You are tempting me to try some fruitcake!

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  3. Damn... now I'm going to have to go buy another fruit cake

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  4. Oh dear. Cat pee....the worst!

    Looks like you are as busy as Santa this year!

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  5. You are full of sweet goodness -- ahh golden syrup. You have a lot on your hands, but I'm glad you're working stuff out to make your production go smoother.

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  6. You are so funny about that cake! LOL

    Oh Hoover .....you might be heading into kitty "timeout".

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  7. I enjoy reading your Fruitcake Weather every year. This year looks the best yet!

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