Sunday, November 23, 2008

The Weekend Before Thanksgiving

After a couple of weekends of much needed couch potatoing, this was the prep weekend. Hubby was up and out of the house at 6:30AM Saturday for his lodge meeting and I decided to just get up and move along with him. The Saturday activities were a study in ADHD housekeeping. Each task led me to another...a lot got done, but in a strange order.



Sunday? Well Sunday was all about the kitchen.


Step 1. Some stirring broadway music on the CD Player.




Step 2. Sort out the old recipe box.




Hint: In my (I mean Hubby's) kitchen, the recipes with the most wear and the smeared writing are always the best.






Step 3. Gather ingredients. (Yes that is a purple wall in my kitchen - I LOVE IT)







You can tell it's Thanksgiving when you see these ingredients in the pantry.








Step 4. Mix, simmer, bake your ass off.





For some of my favorite holiday recipes...see last year's post.

7 comments:

Pat said...

I'm sorry you were prepping all weekend, but I can't wait to join you all for Thanksgiving. I hope you enjoyed the cooking and baking part at least.

Mrs. G. said...

I bet it smells good around your house!

Mama Lou said...

I think I spy a couple of recipe cards from my file,
Can`t wait for the yummy meal and special treats.

Stephanie said...

I can smell those cranberries simmering. Yum!

A's Mom said...

Mmmmm. yummy cookies. Little Man will LOVE them!

Can't wait to see everyone!

Jenn @ Juggling Life said...

How funny to see a preview of my day on your blog--I'm just about to get started.

KiKi said...

mmmmm
I'm coming over!