The turkey is relaxing in its briny bath.  This will be my third year making the turkey this way – I follow this recipe to the letter and make the gravy too.  Our very own Bookish Girl is going to try this recipe – sans the gizzardy bits.  Maybe once she gets a few Thanksgivings under her belt, she will try the gizzardy bits.  They really do make a fantastic gravy.

Now I will begin to make the dessert.  Kathleen thinks I only dress up Costco cheesecakes …… ha!  We are actually going to a friend’s house for dessert and I will be bringing this along, otherwise I would offer to save her some leftovers.  Oh well …… I shall take a picture or two with which to torment her.  she probably doesn’t like cranberries anyway.  But I bet she’s a sucker for compote.  Check it out – cranberry cheesecake.

D#1 is home safe and sound.  And she really didn’t have all that much laundry – one load’s worth.  But we’ve already had the hot chocolate.  By the way, that machine makes wicked good cocoa. I went through ¾ of a gallon of milk yesterday.

Some was spent making lattes, but it certainly doesn’t bode well.

anyway, it is off to the kitchen for me…… I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I got a new gadget!  I have been in the market for something like this and a friend found it for me at Lowe’s (for less $$ too!).

Now I am all toked up on lattes…

D#1 gets home tonight!  I am inordinately excited – I have visions of us sitting around sipping hot chocolate wearing our footie pj’s.  The reality will be – she is going out with friends, while I fold her laundry….. and sip hot chocolate.

plus, I don’t have footie jams.  But there will be hot chocolate.

My weekend was spent doing two things ….. raking leaves and working on Halcyon.  I am thrilled and slightly stunned frankly to report that the first sleeve is done and I am onto the second.  I didn’t think I would have a chance in hell of finishing this for Christmas and it is looking like it might happen – possibly with time to spare!  hope I didn’t just jinx myself.

As soon as I finish this entry, I will be off to the grocery store to start the Thanksgiving preparations.  For the first time in maybe forever, it will be just the Boar, Girls and me.  I am so excited to have it be just us – we will be going to a friend’s house for dessert.  We have always had company, or been company.  Not that I don’t like company, but this is a welcome change.  And it is a guilt free change.  Everyone else (all the extended family) has flown the coop!

It is giving me such a happy good cozy feeling and now the weather report is for snowshowers.  That will be the icing on the cake – the whip cream on the pie – the stuffing in the bird –

all you bloggers out there, I know you take pictures of your projects, but do you save the specs anywhere but on your blog?  I am thinking it would be a good idea to keep a file on my computer.