Christmas baking...

Ah, what a Christmassy day. I'm doing some Christmas baking, with friends coming over any minute now for a Merlin video-party. I have spots all over my glasses from whatever I've been tending on the stove - melting butter for the date squares? Beating cream cheese for the cheesecake? And I'm making an old favourite chicken dish I haven't done in a couple of years: honey-curry chicken. The secret ingredient is mustard.

I am also, as per tradition, listening to Christmas music.

Got my hair done this morning, and wrapped a bunch of Christmas presents for people I'm likely to see today. Then maaseru and I drove out to Bell's Corners to get a vitamin suppliment for the budgies. maaseru was worrying that they looked a little tired and peaked. Right now, they're singing along to the peppy Christmas music and behaving like teens at a rave - and they haven't even had their vitamins yet.

Better get back to whatever's on the stove.