Rain rhymes with pain

Didn't sleep much last night. First I got to bed too late and then the cold that just showed up yesterday made it hard to sleep because my throat hurt and I just wanted to cough all the time. On top of that there was a rainstorm that lasted all night. The sound of rain against the window was so loud it woke me up a couple of times. And by the morning the change in humidity caused by the rain had made my joints hurt like hell, especially my knee. I used ot like rainstorms but not now, not when rain just means lots more pain.
On a lighter side I have now only three hooks and eyes to sew before the 1901 dress is ready to wear. My plan is to fix that today and then take photos tomorrow when Rickard is free from work. I want to take photos while it's still light outside and since it gets dark around 3pm and he quits at 4 it'll have to be when he's free. Today it's even dark outside now.

Gingerbread dough

I really shouldn't eat the stuff. The bicarbonate can upset ones stomach and teh amount of fat and sugar is enough to make it worse than eating many types of candy. But it's so yummy!
Here's my recipe:
Melt 200 grams of butter together with 3 decilitres of sugar and 1,5 decilitre light syrup.
When melted, pour it into a bowl and let it cool a little.
Add 1,5 decilitre full cream (40% fat) and 1 tablespoon ground ginger, 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon and 1/2 tablespoon ground nutmeg. Blend well.
Then you add approx. 1,2 litre wheat flour (normal wheat flour, no bleaching, no raising agents etc) and 1 tablespoon bicarbonate mixed together.
Let it rest over night.
The gingerbread should be baked in a medium warm oven (200 degrees centigrade)

Edit:
The dough is fairly soft. It should be kept in the fridge over night and at any time you're not using it. It will become very hard there so it needs to be taken out half an hour before baking.
They should be in the oven circa 5 minutes.

Fabric lust

It is mine, mine, mine. Or it would be if I didn't have too much fabric already. I won't buy any more fabric before I have used some of the fabric I already have. Really. Honest.