Day 24: Thanks

I've never been very good at math so that probably explains why I said I was cooking for 8 but the actual total was 11. Silly numbers.

Here's the buffet, I personally made the turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes (never tried the southern style before) mashed potatoes with sauteed onions, gravy and broccoli with queso sauce. Everything came out perfect and all at the same time. My only screw up (besides the counting blunder) was I forgot to put out the cranberry sauce. No one mentioned the omission so I think we'll all survive.

The Roommate was in charge of setting the table. And not burning the rolls, both of which he managed to do beautifully, with flair and grace.

Katie, Donna and Heather all made pumpkin pie, thank god too, because I am not that much of a baker. And the wine flowed, wii played and the evening ended in the hot tub. Needless to say, the holiday was a raving success.

Yesterday was spent on the couch, watching movies and eating left overs. Tomorrow I'll be making turkey soup, in honor of cold and flu season.

Day 21 or some such.

The road outside my window is pretty busy this afternoon, I suspect because everyone is hurriedly rushing home from work early to start their Thanksgiving traveling or cooking. But not me, nope, I'm still here at the office because everyone else has left and all hell it breaking loose. Customers calling in because shit is hitting the fan left and right and the only one here………just happens to be the only one who is completely useless when it comes to just about anything technical. Yea me! Good thing I know how to dial the phone and then beg someone to help me. Mostly I'm calling coworkers working from home or out at other customer's locations working on their separate traumas. Fingers crossed everything just heals itself.

Making dinner tomorrow for 8. Kind of a more intimate crowd this year but then again I'm making the turkey for the first time in about 4 years, so it looks like poison control won't have to take as many calls as if I were cooking for, say 16 or more. Something to be thankful for, certainly.

Get your gobble on! Have a good one.