As I’m making my sweet potato casserole, I’m measuring ingredients to make the oatmeal crumb topping.
“I need 4 tablespoons of butter,” I tell my mom. “Is that a half a stick right there?” I say pointing to a stumpy section of butter.
“Let me see.”
She pulls out another stick with the paper still on it.
“No, you need half.”
“But that’s not a quarter cup. A half a stick would be a quarter cup.”
“No, look. ”
The lines on the paper do say I need half of what’s on the plate.
“Is this a stick of butter here?” I ask her.
“Yes, it’s a cup.”
“No, a stick of butter is 1/2 a cup.”
“No, it’s not.”
“Yes it is.”
“Take out a stick from the freezer and compare it.”
I place the two next to each other. The frozen one is longer and skinnier.
“Oh, so this is a stick of butter! But look, 1 stick=half a cup=8 table spoons.”
“Oh!” We laughed.
“But I do need half of this.”
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“It says I need to bake it 70-80 minutes. Is that a long time?”
“It’s more than an hour,” my mom says.
“I know it’s more than an hour.” Me, my mom, and step-dad laugh. “I just meant compared to other things.”
Christmas Style!!
- Christmas!
- Christmas carols
- Thanksgiving lead up to Christmas (specifically sweet potato pie!)
- Decorating the tree
- Picking out presents
- Wrapping the presents
- Giving the presents
- And of course getting presents
- Christmas cookies!
- Christmas dinner!
I couldn’t have possibly waited until December, and not even until after Thanksgiving!!
I broke out my Christmas music!! (Yes, I’m an extremly unconventional Jew).
And I pulled out the good stuff first. Harry Simeone Chorale. Even though it reminds me of my dad and I’m mad at him right now.
Oh yeah baby. Christmas season is just about here!! I’m so excited! I’ll see about bringing my tree to the dorm and I have these pretty decorations for it. I got them last year when I was with my ex. I got gold and silver balls and then got this gold and silver ribbon that I wrap around the tree and have a bow at the top. It’s soooo pretty!!! Yay Christmas!
And now I’m starting to think about what to do for presents!! So exciting! I already got my sister her’s because I had an extra discount at work this year (meaning I could get something a bit nicer and still stay in the price range). I have to think of something for my parents next. And my niece and nephew too. But kids are easy to buy for. And then my friends. I love giving presents!
I just wonder if I’ll have to do anything for my dad’s side of the family though. If we’re still not talking…
But yay for Christmas!!! And Christmas carols!!
Avah | November 23, 2006
