It is cheesy -- it has the texture of whipped cream cheese -- with slivered almonds. SO GOOD.

Crab dip? Now I'm really hungry.

I meant to sleep in till one p.m. but I did not factor in the church on the next block. Someone gave them a memorial gift last year, to update the software and refurbish the carillon. Yay. Twenty minutes of chimes, interspersed with tunes that are either patriotic hymns or utterly unrecognizable, at noon.

I'm going to try to make bao for NYE, too.

I've had the Christmas cold for about a week. On the bright side this has led to some awesome soup recipes. (My favorite Turkey noodel: turkey medallions cooked in soy milk and chicken broth with onions, mushrooms, spinach, garlic, lime juice and a bit of wine and honey. Umm obviously noodles got added at some point.)

I have absolutely no plans for NYE food. And it turns out I have people coming over. Admittedly, low key kid type people, but still! We used to fondue as a family every New Year. It actually started as a friends tradition with my folks' friends back in the seventies when such a thing was first cool. But we just never stopped doing it (possibly because I loved it so much. I mean, seriously, people, fried cheese! And okay, also beef and shrimp and battered mushrooms, but mostly, fried cheese!)

And then a couple of years ago, a group of our friends got together for a big fondue party and I felt all aww nostalgic about it. Like these were my awesome friends like my parents' awesome friends who stayed their friends their whole lives.

So anyway, maybe we should fondue!

I am eating the last of the crab dip. Man, I'm glad I came to work!

Sparky, what you describe is exactly what we are experiencing. The days just fly by in a haze of nursing, pumping, eating, changing diapers, trying to sleep. I will be happy when this part passes. But it does seem to be working. Shanie slept when he was supposed to all night and never cried. Ate and slept like a champ. Thankful. We are also enjoying all the newborn stuff you passed on. Thanks again, lady!

Glam the first 10 weeks or so go that way. By 12 weeks, they really settle in and you feel like a normal person again. Sounds like you're doing just great!

We used to fondue as a family every New Year.

So did we. Only we had the melted cheese fondue into which we dipped various things, rather than the fried cheese.

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