JD you have more patience than I do.  They look great and I am sure GD will love them.

Last night dd made pineapple fruity dream. An unusual choice of fruit but it worked well.
Tonight I will make a basil, spinach and feta pull apart and a beetroot salad to have with the last of the left over turkey and ham.

Thanks Frozzie I meant calico not muslin.  I soaked and boiled the calico as per JD's post and then rubbed flour into it but it still stuck.  I will have another go over winter so that I can perfect the technique for next Christmas.

I agree with you Cookie Boxing Day is usually my favorite as well.  Christmas day has always been just the family, me, DW, and 2 DDs. Then on Boxing day we would have DWs father and Grandmother when they were both still with us.  Eventually it became DWs sister and nieces and nephews plus our friends for a campaign brunch.

DW loves Christmas so there is always a theme for both Christmas day and boxing day. Having a big day on boxing day kind of stretched out the holiday so all the preparation didn't seem like it was for a few hours on Christmas day. We never really drink on Christmas day but seem to make up for it on Boxing day.

This year however it is just the four of us for today and while it is nice and quite it does seem strange. I didn't have to jump out of bed and start preparing food and we had brunch a bit later than usual.

All in all it has been a lovely couple of days with the girls back home. 

We just had the four of us DW and 2 DDs. Started the day with lots of cookies and other treats while w opened presents.  Then had croissant for breakfast.

Then had traditional turkey and roast veg for late lunch (3:30ish) Finally finished off with plum pudding made in themomix a couple of weeks ago and custard made by DD2 in her new thermomix she got for Christmas. 

It has been a nice quite Christmas for us.  Tomorrow will be pretty quite too with just the 4 of u intil later in the afternoon when DD2's boyfriend arrives.

Sounds like everyone had a lovely Christmas.

For those of you based in Perth. I have bought Kale at Organic on Charles. I can't remember the address but it is in a little group of shops with an growers market.  I pass it coming off the freeway heading up Charles toward Dog Swamp. It is not as far as Cyclemania which is about 395 Charles.

I may have to grow some myself because we don't get anything exotic like Kale in our small country town.

I needed a login name for m Nike plus account. I was trying to think of something to using my first name. My job is white collar and I always try to dress well unlike many people that I work with.  I usually wear a suit or at least a shirt and tie and always wear a hat. I have a couple of trilby style hats that I alternate between.

The people that I work with and my 'clients' (I am a public servant with the department of education) often tell me I look dashing or smart.  So being a runner I came up with Dashingden.