Happy Boxing Day To Me.

My karmic reward for running around, using my imagination, gift wrapping it all and getting it to the Post Office by December 16 was personal checks from every last member of my family, one of which arrived today, one my father couldn't manage to get into a mailbox before December 23 and still hasn't arrived. Slackers. ;-P

mamapduck  loves me though. She gave me a stocking with mochi in it! And chopsticks. And sake cups with fish on 'em, and green tea candies. I had a very relaxing, enjoyable time with her and her Boys for the holiday, watching such seasonal fare as "The Ref" and "Die Hard 2," and playing with their wacky dog Lily.
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And the "Starlet" dress arrived on Christmas Eve from the eBay seller. It was still in the original J. Peterman bag, with tags and extra buttons and so forth. It's enough to make one long for summer Right Now.
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If ginger cheesecake is a winner, how much more so would chocolate ginger cheesecake be? I took the ginger cheesecake recipe I've been using, melted a bag of semi sweet chocolate chips and poured them into the mix and it's in the oven doing it's thing right now. We'll see what the gang at karisu_sama  and didjiman 's party think of it tonight. (It certainly smells good right now....)