tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post52256991636329952..comments2024-03-27T22:29:34.670-04:00Comments on The Romance Dish: Today's Special - - Kathryn Caskiepjpuppymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-5400249803268039982010-12-04T18:58:06.012-05:002010-12-04T18:58:06.012-05:00Kathryn,
First, let me say that I love this serie...Kathryn,<br /><br />First, let me say that I love this series. Don't suppose you could publish a book a month so I didn't have to wait so long between books?<br /><br />During the holidays, I plan to be a plotter. Some time in November, with pen, paper, and the best of intentions, I write out a comprehensive list of who needs to receive which present to have the merriest of Christmases.Wolf Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235705185024564671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-68697618337106854772010-12-03T22:37:44.886-05:002010-12-03T22:37:44.886-05:00I try to plan and sometimes it works. Our son too...I try to plan and sometimes it works. Our son took off and drove to Colorado from TN when he was 18. He hadn't planned terribly well and had to pawn his 35mm camera , etc. to get home. He got a notice in the mail that his time was almost up to get his stuff back. He didn't have much of a job and couldn't afford it. I called the pawn shop, paid the fee and had them ship it to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-2758070705039045512010-12-02T23:23:11.171-05:002010-12-02T23:23:11.171-05:00Hi, Kathryn. I'm looking forward to reading T...Hi, Kathryn. I'm looking forward to reading TDNOS! I'm a little bit of a plotter and a pantser...I plot at the last minute sometimes. I am buying my nephew an electric dictionary that also has a calculator and an alarm clock on it. I just saw it today and bought it. Otherwise, my nieces will all get gc to a local coffee shop and Old Navy. I don't usually shop for Christmas untilDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831144769121001738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-46754340709779074502010-12-02T23:10:46.384-05:002010-12-02T23:10:46.384-05:00Thanks for being our guest today, Kathryn!
I ju...Thanks for being our guest today, Kathryn! <br /><br />I just got home from work and am headed straight to bed. I'll check in tomorrow morning to respond to late comments.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, everyone!pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-90247341195893683672010-12-02T22:40:09.626-05:002010-12-02T22:40:09.626-05:00When my mother was still with me and my son was yo...When my mother was still with me and my son was young, I had no trouble plotting my holiday gifts. Once I lost my mother and my son became an adult, and I don't have many gifts to buy, I usually just do something online or gift cards. It's so much easier and I can usually do it close to the last minute.Barbara E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10042665559975481397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-33328647944311925492010-12-02T22:16:55.460-05:002010-12-02T22:16:55.460-05:00I don't like the traditional American fruit ca...I don't like the traditional American fruit cake, but what I had in Australia and from Mom's Apple Pie here is not in the same league.<br /><br />Thanks for having me here today. Helen, I am totally going to make your Chrissy Cake!<br /><br />Our dear hostesses at The Romance Dish will be choosing the winners of the goodies. There is no way I could. You were are delightful, and taught Kathryn Caskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082130243947354667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-46932817852008172102010-12-02T21:34:03.203-05:002010-12-02T21:34:03.203-05:00Definitely a pantster over the holidays since ther...Definitely a pantster over the holidays since there are too many things that make scheduling impossible! Thanks for sharing and congrats on the new release.Caridad Pineirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566003222826223859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-53871136109447479592010-12-02T20:22:42.029-05:002010-12-02T20:22:42.029-05:00Hey Kathryn! It is so wonderful having you spend ...Hey Kathryn! It is so wonderful having you spend the day with us!!!! I have to say that I can't wait to read your latest. You know how much I love your books!<br /><br />In regards to plotter or panster, for me it just all depends on the topic. I am a list person and am married to an excel spreadsheet addict - LOL! So we have lots of lists around our house. In fact, my grocery list is Buffiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320253744501589352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-42182513606541100232010-12-02T20:13:07.161-05:002010-12-02T20:13:07.161-05:00Sheree, I think shopping for presents all year is ...Sheree, I think shopping for presents all year is the way to go. Much less stress that way.Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-40514021086418550282010-12-02T20:12:12.490-05:002010-12-02T20:12:12.490-05:00When it comes down to it, I like to think I could ...<i>When it comes down to it, I like to think I could be a plotter, but I'm at heart a carefree doer :)</i><br /><br />Gamistress, I think we're long lost twins. LOLGannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-59104593377977601252010-12-02T20:10:30.093-05:002010-12-02T20:10:30.093-05:00Helen, thanks for sharing your Christmas cake reci...Helen, thanks for sharing your Christmas cake recipe. I don't care for some fruit cakes, but this one sounds yummy! :-)Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-56596261712586645192010-12-02T19:57:52.603-05:002010-12-02T19:57:52.603-05:00Helen! Thanks for the recipe! Personally, I'm ...Helen! Thanks for the recipe! Personally, I'm not fond of fruit cake, but the rest of the family is!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653666675287477633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-69822799543578638082010-12-02T19:54:23.502-05:002010-12-02T19:54:23.502-05:00Hello, Kathryn! We're so happy you could join ...Hello, Kathryn! We're so happy you could join us today. Congratulations on your newest release! <br /><br />I am a total plotter...or should I say that I'm a lister. I make a list for EVERYTHING. Honestly, I'd be lost without one! :)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653666675287477633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-91702909192412356812010-12-02T19:31:48.166-05:002010-12-02T19:31:48.166-05:00Sheree, I think shopping all year long makes you s...Sheree, I think shopping all year long makes you someone with a lot of closet space!<br /><br />I live in a a 205 year old house, which means NO closet space. We have a cage bar in our tavern room (they used to drop wooden bars down over the bar back then to keep people from stealing the booze and valuables) and I have been stuffing everything back there. The kids have been warned, no peeking!Kathryn Caskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082130243947354667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-15859209418970775222010-12-02T18:58:45.493-05:002010-12-02T18:58:45.493-05:00Congrats on your new release! I'm a pantser b...Congrats on your new release! I'm a pantser but I shop for presents throughout the year so what does that make me?<br /><br />I don't have any Christmas recipes as my only contributions to the family Christmas dinner are salad and olive bread (in the non-snowy parts of CA, it's always salad season). Besides, if I didn't bring a salad, there will be no veggies at all.<br /><br />Shereehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205244523389110839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-14478342829212962562010-12-02T18:41:23.238-05:002010-12-02T18:41:23.238-05:00I would love to come to the Australian Romance Rea...I would love to come to the Australian Romance Readers Convention, but unless it fell over my daughter's spring break, it would be tough. But I love Australia and I have promised her that I would take her and her sister there someday soon.Kathryn Caskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082130243947354667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-43182275026894355042010-12-02T17:01:15.916-05:002010-12-02T17:01:15.916-05:00Kathryn
Yes it would be nicely mellowed by Christ...Kathryn<br /><br />Yes it would be nicely mellowed by Christmas Day if made now.<br /><br />I have visited Canberra a few times and it really is a nice place to visit lots to see there.<br /><br />It would be great if you could visit again I am helping to plan the next Australian Romance Readers Convention that is being held at Bondi Beach here in Sydney next March the first one was held in Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-62959514534972549092010-12-02T16:52:50.604-05:002010-12-02T16:52:50.604-05:00Hi gamistress66 (name?)!
I love your outlook. I ...Hi gamistress66 (name?)!<br /><br />I love your outlook. I think I am going to adopt it, at through the holidays.Kathryn Caskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082130243947354667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-78158709248096363662010-12-02T16:50:52.093-05:002010-12-02T16:50:52.093-05:00Helen, thank you for the recipe. If I made it now...Helen, thank you for the recipe. If I made it now, would it have had enough time to mellow for Christmas?<br /><br />I love Sydney, but I lived in Canberra. Thankfully I was in my teens (though I have been back to visit friends) so i didn't know Canberra was rather dull. I loved it just the same.Kathryn Caskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082130243947354667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-43748516119627448992010-12-02T16:16:08.902-05:002010-12-02T16:16:08.902-05:00I plot, I plan, I revise & fine tune & upd...I plot, I plan, I revise & fine tune & update. It can be wonderful and pratically perfect. An ideal attack all ready to go. But (isn't there always a but?) when it comes time to actually implement the plan, I start roughly from scratch, reshuffle the cards, see what happens and go off from there to where ever I end up. As for the plan? Who knows were it may be or which mental gamistress66https://www.blogger.com/profile/15832851155052440683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-17359307653588120522010-12-02T14:52:36.254-05:002010-12-02T14:52:36.254-05:00Yes PJ our Christmas cakes are yummy fruit cakes.
...Yes PJ our Christmas cakes are yummy fruit cakes.<br /><br />Kathryn WOW you lived here in Australia how wonderful. I live in Sydney where did you live while here.<br /><br />My Christmas Cake reciepe is a fairly easy one and very moist and yummy.<br /><br />Melt & Mix Christmas Cake.<br /><br />Ingredients<br />1.5 kg mixed fruit<br />1/2 cup sherry or brandy<br />1 green apple<br />1 Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-73773403648730284852010-12-02T13:28:26.515-05:002010-12-02T13:28:26.515-05:00I think the reason I managed to get all of my gift...I think the reason I managed to get all of my gift-buying before Thanksgiving is because I did something very non-pantser of me. I made a spreadsheet and put a copy of on my phone so I could update. I am sure there is a gift app, but I didn't think about that. Anyway, once I had the spreadsheet I was shopping fiend. <br /><br />TrishaM, I think you are right about lists making you able Kathryn Caskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082130243947354667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-64580088809552579652010-12-02T13:18:42.295-05:002010-12-02T13:18:42.295-05:00Kathy, I did New Year's cards last year, too. ...Kathy, I did New Year's cards last year, too. I always get behind schedule, but I think people appreciate getting a card after the holidays, don't you? Looks like New Year's cards will be in style again this year. LOL<br /><br />I couldn't be a straight up plotter either. I'm sure it may make life easier, but it's just not me. :-)Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-30153328538477107802010-12-02T12:20:58.384-05:002010-12-02T12:20:58.384-05:00Hi Kathryn!
Every year, I make a list on what to ...Hi Kathryn!<br /><br />Every year, I make a list on what to get everyone in my family and then end up buying the gifts a week or two before Christmas Day, making sure to check it off my list. I make lists for a lot of things or else I simply cannot function. Being in school and working means a lot of deadlines and if I don't write it down, it will probably not get done. I am a major TrishaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688498329119710049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57166953240040768.post-45748118013145198612010-12-02T12:12:22.655-05:002010-12-02T12:12:22.655-05:00Helen please post your Chrissy Cake recipe. I liv...Helen please post your Chrissy Cake recipe. I lived in Australia for a few years when I was young and remember a fruit cake/Chrissy Cake that was so yummy. Then I found it had been aged and had a lot of brandy in it. Mom's Apple Pie, here in Virginia, sells an aged fruit cake that is almost as good, but they use rum.<br /><br />See how I am trying to get organized for next year? Too late,Kathryn Caskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082130243947354667noreply@blogger.com