[CS Lounge] Winter Veil Cheer - Cozy Up with Hot Cocoa

/me transfigures pot of coffee into a Giant pot of coffee.

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Just bought Diablo IV and the expansion. Need something different to play, other than wow or Legend of Grimrock

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Enjoy! That is a decent story that is worth playing through, and just mass killing mobs is cathartic.

One of my go to games for just stress relief.

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Thanks for the new thread, Vrak!

On the final stretch
I work tonight, tomorrow night and Sunday, then I’m off until January 3! :dracthyr_yay_animated:

Time to make the mints :dracthyr_tea:

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I made cookies today!

Tollhouse chocolate chip cranberry! Chocolate with that sweet tart cranberry is so good! Hopefully my sibling stops by tomorrow so I can give them to her family. It was what they requested.

/Sets out a warm plate of choc chip cookies by the cocoa and tea

:cookie: :cookie: :cookie: :milk_glass: :coffee:

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Love those! So yummy :man_cook:

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You should look up the cranberry bliss bars from Starbucks, you can make them at home easily and they are soooo good.

I mean, if you like cranberry that is.

I am a fan of most things cranberry. I adore the tartness in contrast to the chocolate or sweet flavors. Hence why I am always offering cranberry orange muffins in the Lounge. The were my fav seasonal one from Panera when I was out in the world.

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And they finally fixed (most) of the event treasure goblins not counting toward the FoS. That said, they’d still need to make every mob a treasure goblin in order for a player to ever reach 6,666,666 treasure goblins killed. Kinda nuts that they chose such a hilariously impossible number and then also failed to even notice no event goblins counted until now.

I feel sorry for Diablo 3 players though. Blizzard didn’t even re-enable the holiday gifts this year. Literally a single flag. :frowning:

:woman_shrugging:

Ghom nom nom


Probably way cheaper to make too. You could probably make a full panful for the cost of less than two from Starbucks.

I get the mini cran-orange muffins from whatever grocery store I can find them at. They is the num nums.

Oh, and Taco Bell’s Midnight Cherry Freeze is insanely yummy. I may have to try and see if I can replicate it with blue raspberry sno-cone mix + Torani black cherry syrup. Two of my favorite flavors together. Great pick me up treat!

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This is accurate :nerd_face:

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Well, we have hit the annual time to re-install Windows on my desktop.

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Never fails. No matter how I plot and plan - I can’t recall a Christmas I wasn’t going nuts in the kitchen until the wee hours. Nearly touching 4:30am and I’m throwing in the towel for a couple of hours.

My sister and her husband are for the holidays, so we have one side of the family’s big to-do today. But kiddos presents are wrapped. Most of the cookies baked (shortbread is resting in the fridge still). Turkey stock simmering away so I can make dumplings as the last thing before loading up to drive over and rolls are rising.

Now, I’m setting several alarms so I can catch a nap and then get up and wrap all of this up. With much, much coffee.

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I’m so tired of this year.

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I’m 36 hours out from the family dinner and present exchange, and I have yet to do anything. I’m off the hook for food, as the kids are hosting; but, man, I have a lot of presents to wrap.

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I just read a funny thread over at the EU CS forums where a player called Blizz suspending his account “theft”, “discrimination” and “victimisation” :smiley: the amount of mental gymnastics made my tiredness go away reading all that.

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Well I never :astonished:

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On the tenth day of Christmas that the forums gave to me.

Ten popcorn gifs.

Nine trolling trolls.

Eight 404’s.

Seven whales sharking.

Six bait threads.

FIVE REPLY NOTIFICATIONS!

Four quoted Vrakthris posts.

Three day silence.

Two Blizzard Entertainment News same postings.

One permanent account ban in a pear tree.

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:joy:

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Hmm. I like sweet and tart together, but usually I don’t like fruit or tart things with chocolate or otherwise non-fruit-centered desserts (see also: cheesecake - stop ruining that with fruit). But you’re making me wonder if I should try it.

I made tandoori chicken and it accidentally came out better than it might have. I got in the shower while it was baking and it got just enough charring on the edges to be good. If I’d been watching it more closely, I probably would have feared burning or overcooking and taken it out before it reached that point.

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Wishing you a wonderful Solstice! Today is the shortest day of the year. It is officially winter :snowflake: and our days start getting longer again.

Good morning all! Working on Grinch stuff with my alts, baking crusty rustic bread, prepping for sibling family visit to my house.

/Cleans up the lounge, fluffs the pillows, stokes the fire. Sets out hot vats of coffee, cocoa, hot water for tea, assorted teas, toppings, and creamers. Sturdy holiday themed mugs have appeared for your convenience and amusement! Brunch is served over on the other buffet table. Eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, muffins, fruit, toast. A small plate of bacon is set aside. You think it is destined for pockets.

:coffee: :teapot::bacon: :fried_egg: :bread: :croissant: :pancakes:

I almost forgot some holiday music!

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