Say Cheese!

Today is the day of cheesecakes. I bought a pair of 4.5" springforms last night, and today I will be baking 12 mini cheesecakes for Meg's cookie swap tomorrow. Mmmm. Cheesecake.

I don't think I have enough cream cheese. That will have to be rectified once I've got the first couple of batches going and I can better estimate the amount I need.

Turns out that if I reserve a Flexcar for a half-hour and then fill it up with gas, it only costs me $.95. Am so frugal sometimes, it hurts.

The cheesecake status

8 down, 2 in process, 2 to go.

Oi. I think, though, that I'm finally getting the hang of it. One good thing about having to do mass batches of something I've never made before? You get to find and fix your mastakes pretty damn quick. For instance, the cream cheese? Absolutely mustmustmust be room temperature. Or even a tetch warmer, if you've got a cold room. Otherwise, your cheesecake will be lumpy, and while it's still edible (I checked) it's not nearly so nice or pretty.

Am still so very bad at getting out cards and presents. Good thing am not dyed-in-the-wool pagan, or would be smacked down by goddess for not getting things out by Solstice. Goddess might relent, as she'd know I tend to hibernate in winter. Should give gifts instead for Summer Solstice, or better, birthday. Has added bonus of making sure people remember my birthday.

I've been watching alot of CSI tonight. No knitting, but it's enough that I'm popping up twice an episode to check on something in the kitchen.

I tried moving onto the last step of toilet training the kittens, but Hobbes freaked. I think the seat's too wide for him to perch properly, and I'm going to really have to look for a toddler-sized seat to put on top of the toilet. Dammit. Still, mantra: no more litter box...