White(ish) Christmas

After the heavy snow last weekend and some repeats during the last week – I think (not sure) that this might be my first white Christmas in NL.

Up not so early this morning – 0800 or so – and it had rained a bit last night. The snow in the back yard was starting to retreat a bit. About 0900 it started snowing for real – big heavy clumpy snowflakes (too warm for anything else). Has kept raining and snowing off and on this morning.

Short call during Xmas breakfast with Mum & Dad after several failed attempts my side to get through. Network is always overloaded to NZ on Xmas day.

The fam is currently settled on the couch watching “Up” on DVD. I’ll have a look at it later.

Later on the prog today is baking the Christmas bread (sweet, filled with nuts and rum-soaked raisins – El’s recipe). Bri just getting started on that now.

Meanwhile am considering whether to brew up another batch of Ginger Beer. The last round (#3 attempt) was better flavoured but:

• Go back to 50/50 split raw & white sugar to lighten colour
• Used less ginger and more spice last time – ok for taste but gave more sediment. Hmmm
• Brew time. 1 bottle had 24 hr (too little fizz) and the other had about 36 (too much fizz). Still need to get the yeast/brew time sorted out so that I get right fizz level. Too much and I lose too much drink fizzing overboard when I open the bottle.

Dinner tonight is at Ro & Jany’s – our turn again next year. Meanwhile our Boxing Day Torkey is busy defrosting in the garage…