#Dec 20

[fe-smashorpass]

Coconut Mall - Mario Kart Wii

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Pagan Throne – Ritual

[msbarrows]

I am woefully far behind again on Thing A Day, which I'm blaming mostly on seasonal sadness and partially on addiction to a new game (House Flipper, which has turned out to be a lot more fun than I initially expected, and was an excellent diversion from the seasonal sadness).

Did my weekly usuals of laundry and cleaning the bathroom. I meant to bake cookies but did not. But I did at least do one of my planned activities and baked a tortiere (French Canadian pork pie) for the holidays; I'd originally been thinking of making it for Christmas Eve but then decided I'd rather stick to my usual meal plans of not doing two prep-heavy meals back-to-back and made it on the 23rd instead. I had it all assembled early enough that I had some time to spare before it needed to go into the oven, so I rolled out the pastry scraps, grabbed my little tin of leaf-shaped cookie cutters, made some egg wash, and festively decorated that thing:

I'm very proud of how it turned out. Two thirds of it are now in the freezer for future meals, as is an entire magarine tub of the precooked filling, sufficient to make a second pie.

I have finally cracked the mystery of my dad's proportions; my previous tortieres have been lacking on filling compared to dad's, despite using his preferred recipe. But I had an entire 3lb club pack of pork to use up this year, which is sufficient for a triple batch of the filling by the recipe dad preferred, and half of that is exactly enough to fill a pie as deeply as my dad did. Split between two pies cut in six pieces that works out to 1/4lb of meat per slice, which is a decent sized serving.

And my little 'what have I cooked recently and should avoid cooking again too soon' list:

Dec 17 - I have no memory of this date

Dec 18 - Fish sticks, french fries, and steamed corn & squash (very new world veggies menu, much to my amusement)

Dec 19 - Hamburgers and a big salad

Dec 20 - Beans cooked in broth, with mild Italian sausages and steamed mixed veg

Dec 21 - Steak marinated in beer and topped with garlic butter, with seasoned potato wedges, corn, and a salad

Dec 22 - Chili with rice and a cucumber salad

Dec 23 - Tortiere with boiled potatoes, baked squash, and green peas

Dec 24 - Beef and macaroni stew (yay for having some lactose free cheese on hand, I used to make this frequently before youngest bro developed lactose intolerance)

Dec 25 - I will be baking a ham, roasting half a squash, and probably making a salad and mashing some potatoes

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: As you may soon be having time to awkwardly fill with rarely-seen family members, AdeptApril invites you to beat the rush and familiarize yourself with the options available today, during Games Day. This #ANSIart screen shows #chess, but the holiday was actually established by Games Workshop in 1975 so #WarhammerFantasyBattle might be more appropriate.

[bookwxrmish]

*me ordering blue light glasses so I don’t ruin my vision when I binge watch the PJO tv series*

[placeofmythoughts]

December 20, 2023

Had a quick lunch date with ate Cha at Brave Cafe. Talked about ganaps in life, future plans and everything in between.

I accompanied uncle Junjun to his appointment with his doctor. The queue was very long; we had to wait for 2 hours. I'm glad I brought my iPad with me! I was able to read "The Mountain is You." I'm almost done with the book!  

After uncle's appointment, we headed to Gab's 1st birthday at Linamon. Waah! Very busog!

Had a quick escapade at Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte with family to witness the spectacular Christmas village.

A long day, but a fulfilling one :)

[fe-smashorpass]

Forest Temple - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams

[msbarrows]

Dec 20 - first day of scanning, managed to plow through 250-300 photos; don't have an exact count since when there was a run of related photos, I'd copy them off to a named subdir, also some had writing on the back which I was also scanning. Hopefully I can knock off scanning what remains of these in the couple of weeks I'm down here for.

Nephew made a spicy chicken and vegetable couscous thing for dinner. Yummy!

[4-lemurs-in-a-trench-coat]

OMG YESSSSSSSSSSS

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: For this date in last year's ADVENT23 #AdventCalendar, @consolejockey drew an #ANSIart screen of Rodney Recloose's Ski Shop from Electronic Arts' 1990 minigame compilation #SkiOrDie.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The Charcuterie Board, as designed by your votes! Thank you to everyone who participated; this was a fun challenge!

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Type: clothing, towels, bedsheets, etc. Clothing might be separated into subcategories as well like underwear, pants, etc.

Care requirements: hot water vs cold water, tumble dry vs. air dry, etc

Color: usually dark colors vs. light colors, but sometimes specific colors like red are further separated

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[fridayagaingarfiebaby]

Friday Again Garfie Baby

[thelien-art]

Of the Three Houses of the Edain; Bëor, Haleth, and Hador

I swear! This is the last time I change Bëor´s design! I am happy with him now!

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Granite Zone - PokéPark Pikachu’s Adventure