Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving to all!!
We have so much to be thankful for and it is important that we not forget our blessings.




We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year... for the first time. I am typically very involved in the cooking process, but we've never hosted before.



Especially since I just hit the 9 month mark... I definitely could not have done it without the help of the hubs and my mom. They were unbelievably instrumental in helping getting the house rearranged and tables set up for dinner.


"Please drop something....Please drop something!!"






The "adult" table... (ha! It's my house so I made the cut!!)



The table for the kiddos.



We always have a buffet line of sorts. So, here is the table before it has been loaded down with the delicious Thanksgiving feast!



Amazingly, DM actually picked up the camera. He was kind enough to grab a few action shots.



Of course, he snagged one of the rapidly expanding belly.... I'm not even sure if this picture really does it justice!



Thanksgiving Creme Brulee.... YUM YUM YUM!


My beautiful sister (and mother) helping out making some appetizers for the youngsters.



Speaking of youngsters... here they are lined up for dinner!



An attempt at a smile... no such luck....





I hope your Thanksgiving was as wonderful as ours!

Beautiful Sunset

We are gearing up for Thanksgiving around here! I'll be honest... I'm so tired that I can hardly think straight so I thought that instead of bothering you with my incoherent ramblings I would show you a picture. :)

I hope everyone is happy and healthy and has a lot to be thankful for this year!

m.e.s.s

Since you've been so kind thus far to indulge me in my life that revolves around food... I thought I should share a tidbit with you. You know, to keep things honest around here.

So, this was my kitchen after making a few different things the other night. Like Woah. This is what happens when your dishwashers are already running and you scarcely have a moment between things to do for the different recipes.


I'm a little scared as to what Thanksgiving will bring.

Thirty

30...



30 days...



30 days and counting.

Cheese Wafers

I know... food posts... Sorry, I can't help myself. These were actually supposed to be for last week but, as I mentioned, Blogger hates me and wouldn't let me upload photos.

Anyway, someone in town makes the most delicious cheese wafers. Whenever I'm in the mood and I think about it, I will try to recreate them. Honestly, I've only done it a couple of times because I have the memory of a walnut. But that's not the point. I decided to make a few the other day (in two different flavors...hence the different colors) and they aren't as great as the mystery person's wafers but they are pretty good.



So, I think I'll keep 'em. And gorge myself on them.

Aaaaaaand you might get out of more food posts in the near future but since that is what will be driving my existence over the next few days.... you might not. Just think of it as a Thanksgiving teaser!!

Cornbread Stuffn'

I may have mentioned... but I'm not a huge stuffing fan. So, I'm testing and tweaking a couple of recipes for stuffing this year and I found one I really like. Sure, everyone else might think it tastes like a foot but who cares?! Last night (EDIT: Tuesday night. Blogger hates me and has decided not to let me upload photos at my own discretion) I decided to try out a new recipe- with a few changes to fit my personal taste (are you noticing that it is all about me? I should seek some help.) It's a cornbread stuffing so that is what I had to make first. I choose to make my cornbread in a skillet. Because I live in the middle of nowhere and it seems like the right thing to do. Plus, it makes me feel all farm-y and like I belong on a giant homestead where Maw makes her cornbread in the skillet while Paw rounds up the cattle for feedin'.

Sorry. I have a vivid imagination.

Look, I'll show you a crappy picture because it was nighttime and the lighting stunk but I was too lazy to do anything about it (I'm nothing if not honest...)



Moving on, my cornbread underwent a transformation and became stuffing. The end.


*I should really work on my story-telling skills....

Much Better!!

Things have been super duper busy around here. The nursery has been painted and everything has been ordered or is in the process of being made, the carpets and upholstered furniture have been cleaned, we are finally organizing the bonus room, we finally have a carpet plan for the living room, we are working on one for the den, we think we have a carpet solution for the stairs, we will have several of our light fixtures changed this week, I've re-organized our laundry room and done approximately 1,527 loads of laundry, I have our Christmas cards designed (just waiting on ordering!), I've cleaned out my closet, we've re-organized the other guest room closets to accommodate Baby, I've scoured the refrigerator in anticipation for Thanksgiving and I just finished cleaning out my spice/baking/etc cabinets in the kitchen. Whew! We've managed to complete a lot but there is still so much left to be done! I have so much to do before Thanksgiving arrives it is terribly frightening! So. Much. To. Do.

So, to make myself feel better.... I'm going to show you the picture I just took of my clean cabinet.



I didn't take a before picture. Possibly because I forgot. Possibly because I was too embarrassed to show you what it really looked like since the door wouldn't fully close. Possibly a combination of the two. But look at it now! There is even a giant section of free space (that was once inhabited by my twelve million types of different flour)! In conclusion, I am awesome. So awesome that I will never again need to buy Farfalle noodles (take a gander at the top shelf... I think they were on sale...)