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\"advent22\"<\/a>It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas. The fridges are groaning with food and we have enough food to withstand a fairly lengthy siege. Early this morning was my final foray to the supermarket to buy a whole\u00a0salmon* for Christmas Eve.\u00a0This is my contribution to the family gathering is a whole salmon, but this forms only one small course in the feast.<\/p>\n

*The only salmon they stock at this time of year are of Biblical proportions – think either the feeding of the 5000 or Jonah – which may be no bad thing this year as we will be 26.<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition, my oranges are in the pressure cooker\u00a0for the Orange and Almond cake<\/a>\u00a0and the sauerkraut and mushroom mixture for the Pierogi<\/a> is stewing away. I’ll be making both\u00a0of those later this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Yep, it is definitely smelling Christmas-y here.\u00a0The beefy mincemeat is also probably ready to be turned into mince pies, but I may do those tomorrow, along with the the tartare sauce and the various mayonnaises I’ve been asked to make.<\/p>\n

In light of\u00a0all this domestic goddess-ing, it would seem rude not to press the Housewives Tarot into service for today’s card. Perhaps it can offer some insight\u00a0on how I can press-gang some elves (or urchins) to tidy the house for me, while I get on with the infinitely more appealing business of cooking for a small army.<\/p>\n

And the card is…the Knight of Cups.<\/p>\n

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Hmm, not much guidance on the press-ganging. He seems to be suggesting that I just crack open the\u00a0Champagne and forget all about the tidying and everything will blur into insignificance after a glass or two. Now that’s what I call good advice!<\/p>\n

I will probably save the Champagne for Christmas, but I did pick up a couple of bottles of interestingly flavoured cider earlier – a Spiced Apple and a Toffee Apple. If it all gets too much, I may just slide into one of those later.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0have told\u00a0the children in no uncertain terms that I expect them to be\u00a0useful and helpful over the next couple of days, rather than just expecting to slouch about watching TV. Although, to be fair, DD is a dab hand at making pierogi and cakes, so I won’t have any problems there. It’s just tidying that everyone hates – sadly, the children both take after me in that respect *sigh*<\/em><\/p>\n

Ho hum, back to the grind…well the mincer really, as the pierogi mix will require mincing shortly.<\/p>\n

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