Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Friday, December 20, 2013
Christmas a Longwood Gardens
When I was little, every Christmas Eve day my parents would take me to Longwood Gardens to look at the flowers and the Christmas trees. I decided to resurrect the tradition by taking Nate to Longwood Gardens today to see their Christmas display. It was beautiful as always. When we got home I asked Nate what did he like the best and he said he liked it all the best!
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Winter Break
So I am officially on break and I have cleaned out closets, dropped off at Goodwill, cleansed, hung new curtains, baked, cleaned some more, wrapped presents, oy… it never seems to end. Anyway, I need to take a page from Nate's book and learn to hang out in my PJs a little more.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 30
I am thankful for home. With the people I love, comfy couches, warm blankets, snuggily puppies and maybe a slice of chocolate pie.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 27
I am thankful for small, niche businesses. Bog box stores would never carry a bung and an airlock, but the Brew Your Own Beer" store had exactly what I needed with some helpful fermentation advice to go with it.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 25
I am thankful for modern transportation... ie cars. I would not be able to cram as much into one day as I do if I had to do it with a horse and buggy.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 24
I am thankful that Starbucks offers a soy milk option. I have grown rather fond of my daily latte, but am trying to avoid milk until this cold is gone. The soy milk option makes that possible. Thanks Starbucks!
Saturday, November 23, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 23
Today I am thankful for salt. I had no idea that I even liked hard boiled eggs until I put a little salt on one at lunch today. In fact, moments before biting into the egg I though to myself, jeeze, I really don't like hard boiled eggs,but oh well, it's what I got! Magic I tell you, salt on a hard boiled egg... something to be thankful for.
Friday, November 22, 2013
A Month of gratitude -- Day 22
I am incredibly thankful for a washer and dryer in my house and not having to schlep things to a laundromat. It makes cleaning up messes that much easier!
Thursday, November 21, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 21
I am thankful for Amazon prime. Seriously, I can order pretty much anything in existence from my bed and have it delivered to my door in 2 days or less for free. Sorry but that is really amazing!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 20
Today I am thankful for paid sick time. Which in turn means that I am thankful for labor unions who fought for my right to have paid sick time.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 19
Truthfully, today I am thankful that my mother feeds Nate lunch and dinner so that I dont have to pack him a lunch every single, stinking day. Thanks mom!
Monday, November 18, 2013
A Month of Gratitude -- Day 18
Today I am Thankful for unseasonably warm weather... the last I am sure we will see for a long time.
Thinking About Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving is, hands down, my favorite holiday. It completely gets over shadowed by Halloween and Christmas, but it is still my favorite.
I have been hosting Thanksgiving dinner for 2 years now, this will be the third, and I take pride in the fact that everything is made from scratch. This year, however is going to be a little different. For one thing, not only is it Thanks giving, but it is also the first night of Hanukkah, and my birthday. Something different had to be done, this was no ordinary holiday... this was the holiday trifecta!
Since it is the holiday trifecta I started joking with my husband that I was going to just order the whole dinner from Whole Foods as a birthday present to myself. The more I said it however, the better the idea sounded, until he finally said, just order it and I'll pay for it!
Done and done! With a few modifications...
We will have:
A roasted Turducken (ordered online, cooked by me)
A smoked turkey (fresh from Whole Foods, smoked by Jon)
Mashed potatoes (Whole Foods)
Mashed sweet potatoes (Whole Foods)
Glazed carrots with candied pecans (Whole Foods)
Roasted green beans with shallots (Whole Foods)
Biscuits (Baked by me)
Gravy (Cooked by me)
Potato latkas (Cooked by me)
Jellied cranberry sauce (From the can)
Whole berry cranberry sauce (From the can)
Creamed onions (Frozen)
More cooking than I had originally anticipated but that's ok... Still less work and cleanup than previous years.
I have been hosting Thanksgiving dinner for 2 years now, this will be the third, and I take pride in the fact that everything is made from scratch. This year, however is going to be a little different. For one thing, not only is it Thanks giving, but it is also the first night of Hanukkah, and my birthday. Something different had to be done, this was no ordinary holiday... this was the holiday trifecta!
Since it is the holiday trifecta I started joking with my husband that I was going to just order the whole dinner from Whole Foods as a birthday present to myself. The more I said it however, the better the idea sounded, until he finally said, just order it and I'll pay for it!
Done and done! With a few modifications...
We will have:
A roasted Turducken (ordered online, cooked by me)
A smoked turkey (fresh from Whole Foods, smoked by Jon)
Mashed potatoes (Whole Foods)
Mashed sweet potatoes (Whole Foods)
Glazed carrots with candied pecans (Whole Foods)
Roasted green beans with shallots (Whole Foods)
Biscuits (Baked by me)
Gravy (Cooked by me)
Potato latkas (Cooked by me)
Jellied cranberry sauce (From the can)
Whole berry cranberry sauce (From the can)
Creamed onions (Frozen)
More cooking than I had originally anticipated but that's ok... Still less work and cleanup than previous years.
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