lillian13 | Thanksgiving and etc. (Reply)

I spent most of Thanksgiving day cooking. I decided to cook at my place instead of my brother's, since while his kitchen is much larger, I have a much better selection of implements, pots, pans, and spices. (I buy mine at Penzey's.) The Hideously Expensive Turkey was good, but not life-changing. :-) My new green bean recipe was a huge hit. The stuffing recipe made enough for about a dozen people. It was OK, but will be better with tweaking. J, L's husband, was not feeling well--very depressed over family issues (mom's a hoarder, they have to clean out the house by January...), so we didn't go to see The Muppets like we planned.

I got up kind of late today, and after I went and fed my brother's animals I headed into the workshop. I was there about 4 hours, cleaning and smoothing metal, and putting base coats on pieces. It's very repetitive, soothing work, just what I was up for today. Ran a couple of errands and bought 2 books for less than $10 each (love those B&N discount codes). I have everything ready to make turkey soup on Sunday.

I plan on getting into the workshop pretty early and getting a lot done. I have shows the next 3 weekends--Wheatsville next weekend, and then a trunk show at a gallery the next two Saturdays.

I'm pretty caught up on Christmas presents except for the ones I'm making. The rest need to wait for a couple of paychecks and some gift cards I ordered with my airline miles. Hopefully I'll get started on Christmas cards this weekend (and if you want one let me know--if I sent you one last year, you'll get one this year).