Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Oh for goodness sake! The past 24 hours have NOT been great days in the kitchen. I have screwed up so many of my recipes the past week or so. It's really starting to be a drag. First the bread, now the peppermint bark. So, early this morning I figured I would make the bark to give as gifts. Well, the melting the chocolate went okay (although I really suck at tempering chocolate) then I melted the white chocolate. As I was spreading it on the chocolate a little bit of the dark got mixed in with the white. No biggie. Then I go to sprinkle on the crushed candy canes that I had prepared earlier in the evening and somehow water had gotten into the bag (through the tiny holes from crushing the sharp candies). Most of the candy was one big, gooey mess in the bottom of the bag. Aaargghhh. So, I had to hurry hurry to unwrap more candy canes and that took forever. I just could not get them unwrapped! So, luckily the white chocolate was still warm enough that the candies stuck but GEEZ, I'm a little afraid to try to cook anything else!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter But at least I have prevented a mini disaster in the Whiny-Butt Crybaby thread, so I guess I don't feel so bad after all.
Originally Posted By pennyring My eyes are kinda puffy and my eyelashes are sticking together. :blink blink blink:
Originally Posted By wendebird I'm sick as a dog. Can I come in here for a bit & feel sorry for myself? I'll just plop myself over here in the corner with my box of tissues. Besides my sobs, I won't really be much of a bother.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Aw, wende. You should definitely plop yourself on the comfy cushions over in the corner. Feel free to whine or moan whenever the mood hits you. Sometimes moaning actually does make you feel better. Have some hot tea.
Originally Posted By smedley Why am I not better today?! I have taken a whole days worth of my antibiotics, should I not be cured!! I'm still hacking up. Oh and I've developed a heinous eczema patch on my right elbow, which looks like a bee has stung me or something, I've been lathering it with E45 cream and it's not really improving, and it's hurting when I wrap Christmas presents! Yeah, yeah I'm still wrapping Christmas presents. I'm thinking they might all be done by Christmas day if you're lucky.
Originally Posted By smedley Aarrghhh! I have hit the 'worse before you're better' stage. Could whomever it is that's bouncing up and down on my head please stop? Oh yeah and my face looks like the stay puff man's, nice...
Originally Posted By smedley It's no good, posting is making the pain worse! I am going to take a hot lemon and wrap myself in my chenille throw on the couch. If anyone's looking for me I'll be the pathetic one in the corner... I am such a bad patient, oh yeah and I have to go food shopping tonight, what an amazing whole heap of fun that's going to be, I'm waiting till 10pm in the hope that everyone else will have finished theirs and gone home. Wish me luck people
Originally Posted By disney pete marie sorry if i passed any of my germs onto ya ive still got mine full on and got to start nights tonight lets hurry and get rid of these bugs.
Originally Posted By smedley Pete, started mine about 3 weeks ago, so if anything we must have been sharing them! I start nights tomorrow night for the entire Christmas weekend ho ho ho! Will be thinking of ya bud! Get well soon.
Originally Posted By smedley We'll suffer together Pete lol! I finish on Boxing Day morning, then I don't go back until the 4th Jan, back for 10 days then off to Canada!! Woot!! Let's hope this ick has disappeared by then!
Originally Posted By pacomama Why, oh why did I bother coming to work today? Nobody else did so now I'm sitting here all alone and the email saying we could go home still hasn't come! And what if it went to one of the bosses who didn't bother to come in today? How will I know when I'm paroled???!
Originally Posted By bubsmom Can I whine and say that I have a terrible cold..? I've not left my room all day... : (
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I was going to whine about the fact that my husband went to bed at 10 pm and I am still up to fill stockings, make quiche and to make the eggnog. Well, I made the eggnog and spiked my glass heavily. Now I'm having a darn good time sitting up by myself. LOL
