This week has whooshed by and I
believe at one point a whirlwind picked me up and deposited me in an alternate
reality. Was I really baking 8 dozen
cookies? Was that 22 pound turkey really
in my oven? Did I really prepare 7 side
dishes in one day? And why does a 22 lb.
turkey weigh 50 pounds when you take it out of the oven for basting? Whew! It was a beautiful Thanksgiving, and I hope
each of you had the same loving, happy, laughter filled day.
I really didn’t bake 8 dozen cookies
myself. Samantha did most of the work
while I supervised. She had great ideas
of what to do with a basic sugar cookie recipe and iced tons of them in her
unique, artistic style. She has pledged
to help bake Christmas breads and cookies too.
I can’t wait.
As DIL Nok and I were cleaning the
kitchen after Thanksgiving dinner we looked over the bar and commented on the
perfect sight before us. The family members were watching football, sleeping or...texting?
The final gotcha’ for the day was the
6 pies that materialized in the kitchen.
There were lemon meringue, chocolate, banana cream, apple, pecan and
pumpkin. You wouldn’t believe how many
people tried to sample a piece of each.
No wonder they were sleeping—they couldn’t move if they tried!
Now on to Christmas. I have a list of must do items and watch out when
I have a list. I don’t go out on Black
Friday but I have been known to hit the stores the next day, which I like to
call crazy-lady Saturday because you have to be crazy to go out and risk
getting run over by all those people coming back from Black Friday. DH said I need to go buy a new mop to replace
my beat-up old Swiffer. He suggested
that I might check out the reduced prices on steam mops. “Well,” I said, “I do have a coupon.” We all know what happens when we have a
discount coupon.
The pups are enjoying the cooler
weather and playing in the yard. Macy is
greatly disturbed by birds mating on her patio.
What an insult! I think I heard
her mutter, “Get a room!”
Life is good.
