I’ve  finally finished making most of my Christmas ornaments and have even decorated the tree.  I’ve discovered a new Michael’s location where the employees don’t suck, the shelves are full of shiny things, and everything is on clearance.  I checked my pulse to make sure that I wasn’t dead and in heaven.  (And, it should be noted this means our living room is now decorated, as is our dining room.) And yet, I still have stuff to do.  Since some of it is food related, here’s my list that will be blogged as I make it.

1. Write post on consumer downgrading at the grocery store.  I have theories, and they run counter to what “experts” with a marketing group released.
2. Take pictures of our awesome tree so that Sebastian can post them on his blog.
3. Prod Sebastian to order the last of his Christmas gifts for family.
4. Wrap said Christmas gifts when they arrive.
5. Make mustard.  Yes, I found a mustard recipe and now I’m going to make some.  Warning to family & friends visiting, I hope you like mustard.  Because with this making more than 3 cups, we will have to share.  The condiment shelf in the fridge is already full of varieties of mustard without me getting it in my head that I can make my own with beer.
6. Make Peppermint Cookie Chocolate Bark. Yum! Probably won’t be made until Christmas Day, but oh this sounds delicious.
7. Bake for some gifts.  (Can’t post the recipes where the recipients can see them, now can I?)
8. Make tiny chocolate coconut tarts to serve.  They are just so cute in pictures that I can’t resist the chance to serve them up.
9. Finish the grocery shopping list for everything needed for this cooking, baking, and treat-making.
10. Buy flowers.  Because I have a new Christmas vase picked up from the new glorious Michael’s for $2 on clearance that calls for pretty holiday flowers.  And if I get them from Wegman’s, they will live an extraordinary length of time.  I’ve had flowers there last two weeks before showing their age.  Scary.
11. Watch an average of two episodes of Lost per day until I catch up to the end of Season 5.  (Sebastian wants me to watch the last season with him. The only problem is that I never watched Lost at all. Ever. Not even when it was crazy popular.  So we joined Netflix so I can catch up.  Eight episodes of Season 1 are completed.)
12. Make mustard!  I’m oddly excited by this because I just never thought about doing it before and the pictures just looked so cute!
13. Write post about animal rights nutcases using religion to attack meat.  And the mainstream preacher who is carrying their water for them on the topic.

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1. The Mustard Plan