Maybe its because I made granola? Maybe its because I told myself its ok to chill and go with the flow? I'm straightening up here and there, but I know its just family coming. I have to leave some dust for them to feel at home. (No offense to my family bloggers!)
Maybe I'm feeling better because I'm getting girly. I put on Sarah McLachlan's Wintersong CD. I just love her version of the Joni Mitchell song, River. The Christmas music inspired me to make room for the tree, so it also feels good to redecorate.
Outside I rolled the pumpkins into the unofficial compost corner of our lot. They were partly frozen, partly decayed moldy messes. I couldn't lift them, but I pushed them using my feet. It gave my legs a workout. They should make exercise balls like this. I felt it not only in my legs but my lower abs as well.
I checked on Turkey Tom and he still felt very frozen. I thought I had calculated correctly. One day of thawing in the fridgy for every 4 pounds. Our bird is almost 20 pounds so I moved Tom from the freezer on Saturday. He still felt hard as a rock and we only have one more day of thawing. Hmm.....Do I risk using the sink trick?
Tomorrow I'll whip together the sweet potato casserole. I don't exactly have the recipe. Every year I end up asking my MIL, "What's the recipe?" I found three different recipe notes, each from the past three years of me asking for the recipe. Each one is different so I'm not sure which to use, but I do know it must have the corn flake/brown sugar/pecan topping! Forget the marshmallows!
Last night we all played Can't Stop. You roll 4 dice and come up with two sets of numbers 2 through 12. You roll until you decide to stop or until you bust because you didn't roll the numbers you expected. You have markers to keep your place and if you bust, you lose your spot allowing someone else to steal it. I'm probably not explaining it very well, but its really fun except if your husband is like mine and adds your dice instantly. It seems like my dice are just coming to a rest and he's telling me what my numbers are before I can finish adding them up! At least I won the second round.
Hmm.....my teacup is empty. I suppose I've done enough babbling. If you don't hear from me tomorrow, know I'm in the kitchen! Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
8 comments:
I'm glad you're feeling groooooooovy. :) Your blog made me smile today knowing that. :)
I've been listening to Tran Siberian Orchestra and they've been getting me more in the mood to decorate. The Xmas movies haven't hurt the mood either, but I have yet to make a move to the shop to pull my decorations out. :)
About Tom Turkey: You may have to try the sink trick if he's still frozen..........If you had a large enough crockpot (do they make them that large?), I'd suggest maybe putting Tom in there and cooking him on low to get him thawing..........I'm sure someone else will offer up a better suggestion for ya. :) Good luck with him!
MMMM..........sweet potato casserole. You got me drooling on that one! :)
....I wish I had a river, I could skate away on.......Maybe that is what Winter is for. Slowing down and reflection. Glad you are feeling a little better.
l don't know how my family survived, l used to defrost everything on the kitchen counter. Then all of a sudden it was a no-no. Good luck with it defrosting.
Glad you're feeling better. Hope your turkey thaws out. Never heard of Can't Stop. We play lots of games during the winter. Too cold to go out. Have a great Thanksgiving!!!!
Thanksgiving?? Oh yeah...I forgot about that celebration. Heheheheh....
Nope. Don't miss it down here in Oz. But have a happy one up there anyway, Dawning.
Happy Thanksgiving! Glad you're feeling better! : )
Hope you have a great day!
x Shoshana x
I haven't seen that Can't Stop game since I was a kid. Where did you find it? It was one of the greatest family game night games ever. Happy thanksgiving from our home to yours.
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