Every cloud has a ginger lining.

[mrissa]

You know how sometimes you have an intense conversation with someone, and then you're not entirely sure how to go on from there without being all awkward? I feel a bit like that with this lj and Friday's post about the driveway and vertigo. It's sort of one of those, "So aaaaanyway," moments, except that with the way lj is structured, it's all one-sided. So. Hi. No more driveway adventures this weekend. Still falling from time to time. Trying to deal with some of the relevant medical personnel today. And stuff.

(I have the gingerbread -- the loaf bread kind, not the pepparkakor, which I already did -- in the oven this morning, and yet our house only smells a little like a brewery! How has this happened? I will tell you, my friends: through the miracle of modern vertigo! Vertiginous episode while measuring ginger. Resulted in ginger all over the counter, the floor, myself, and -- most fabulously -- the inside of the silverware drawer. So now we smell extremely gingery, and the inside of the silverware drawer is clean. Silver linings.)

I'm not sure whether I've done something very wise or very foolish: I made a list of the places I need to go before Christmas. Meep. It is a long list. On the other hand, organization is our friend, right? And if I didn't want to do this stuff, I wouldn't do it. It is all explicitly optional. I don't feel pressured by anyone involved. Nobody else requires two kinds of gingerbread; nobody else requires that I give them some of the gifts I'm trying to find. It's all me. I'm comfortable with that.

Comments

[clarentine]

Ginger linings sound like something I'd really, really enjoy--so much tastier than silver. Can I borrow yours?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

The lovely thing about ginger linings is that we can all make our own!

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

I require two kinds of gingerbread. Give me them.

I am pretty worried about your vertigo, and bummed that we thought it was cured and it wasn't.

[timprov.livejournal.com]

I think the quote you want here is "Your cloves. Give them to me."

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your concern, dear. I'm kind of bummed myself. Although two kinds of gingerbread will do wonders to perk a body up.

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

That it will. We only have one kind over here.

I don't suppose you'd consider wearing a helmet during the day...? *sigh*

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

Hee.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Am I allowed to shout "vroooooom!" at random intervals?

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

Are there people who don't like that?

[eposia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I've been meaning to ask, is pepparkakor a Sekrit Family Recipe or is it perhaps something that can be shared in email?

I have very fond memories of last year's pepparkakor.

[greenestness.livejournal.com]

Hi, I've added you to my friends list, I hope you don't mind. I'm a baking enthusiast also!

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

I miss my dough sheeter when doing gingerbread. Tho a silicon mat & pin works great too.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

One hears rumors.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It is So Very Sekrit that you have to look right here (http://www.marissalingen.com/pepparkakor.html) to find it, but don't tell anybody.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Of course I don't mind. Welcome!

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yah, I did the pepparkakor with a wooden rolling pin and the kitchen counter, which is still easier than it was with the humidity in the Bay Area that time of year (WOE AND DOOM), but I should probably put a silicon mat on my list one of these years.

The British and Gilligesque Isles

[jymdyer.livejournal.com]

=v= Now you see, I originally read the title using the British sense of "ginger," meaning your hair color.