Christmas Puddings!

Yesterday was a busy day. Having got up later than planned and taken DD to work (or rather, letting her drive herself to work for the driving practice), I was busy taking photographs of some items to add to my Etsy shop. It seems to take such a long time to get each item added that before I knew it, it was mid-afternoon and time to start making this years Christmas Puddings.

For those of you who follow tradition, I know that last Sunday was Stir-up Sunday, and I'm a week behind. For those of you who don't follow tradition, my puddings now have 3 1/2 weeks to rest and mature before being steamed again on Christmas Day. And at least they're made now. My Christmas cake that my mum made is being fed on a regular basis to make sure it's nice and moist by Christmas too.

I had a couple of Christmas Puddings left last year and they've been kept sealed in the garage, so I decided to cook one of them to have for dessert last night, and even though it was made 12 months ago, after another couple of hours of being steamed it tasty really good. Can't wait for this years!

Last night I also decided to make some Fimo beads as I've not made any for a few weeks, forgetting how long it takes to make them. So, at 9.30pm last night I was taking them out of the oven!

A busy day all round ......