On Top of the Game

I'm so on top of the game this year, I surprise myself!

Today, I made the Christmas cake and the filling for the tourtiere. The house smelled so good! The cake will get triple wrapped and put in a tin to age for a few months. The tourtiere filling is already in the freezer.

I made Marion's (from Marion's World YouTube channel) recipe again. It was a great success last year but this year I left it in the oven for an extra half hour to ensure a thorough baking. Can't wait to dig into it, alas, a few months away.

The tourtiere filling is my own take, based heavily on what I grew up with. Allspice is the predominate spice with plenty of black pepper. Here it is simmering down.

An update on the living room wall. The contractor finished his work but I waited a week before painting because the paint store was having a sale that started yesterday. 40% off, and I wanted to take advantage of it because at $93/gallon, that's quite a big savings. This is what it looked like when he left. Just today, I primed the walls. Tomorrow I'll start with the paint.

Due to the house being in such a state, what with wool and wheels moved all over, there hasn't been a lot accomplished on the fiber side of things. A bit of spindle spinning here and there, but that's about it.

Oh! I forgot to mention my new car. This is a stock photo, but it's the exact make and color of mine. A red Hyundai Elantra, 2025 model. I've decided to try leasing seeing how I don't travel as much as I used to.