Goodness, it's been a long time since I last posted. I hope all you kittens out there had a wonderful thanksgiving. To give you an idea of my condition today.. yesterday I started off the day with a delicious bloody mary and bagel....things only got blurrier as the day went on.
Ours was a lovely and awe inspiring dinner. Some of the in-laws were in town and it was great fun. It was so nice here in our suburban southwest town that we ate our dinner outside by the pool.
Thanksgiving was a huge success, a 21 pound turkey, two bottles of a great pinot that the husband picked out....steamed red swiss chard with bacon, mashed and sweet taters, stuffing, gravy, a million porter house rolls, peas, fresh cranberry relish, two pumpkin and one pecan pie. We also have this awesome jello mold my mother has made into a tradition. I seriously look forward to it every year. Since the jello mold has never been officially named, I asked everyone to think of a name for it. The mold itself has two layers, canned cranberry, ginger ale and jello.. the second, a mixture of pineapple/orange jello mixed with cream cheese, miracle whip and pecans.. I thought perhaps it should be called something along the lines of the "orange lady" but my sister in law came up with the best name.. "the cranberry QUEEN" which I think is an awesome name. We finished it off by watching our southwest college alumni football team get beat by some snotty boys from California.
Lots and lots to be thankful for..
