Intruder Alert

I received my first Christmas card over the weekend. Granted it was from my sponsor child in Ecuador and the postal service is less reliable internationally so I can understand mailing it early... but still...

17 days until Thanksgiving!

Turkeys on Parade

I've been counting down the weeks/days till Turkey Day at work as well as on the blog. Each time we reach a significant mark (according to me), I add a new turkey post-it to my office door. I hope to have an entire flock by November 24th!

P.S. Three weeks till Thanksgiving!

As Seen on Pinterest

I blame my BFF. She got me hooked, and now I can't stop!

As I get ambitious enough to try some of the ideas I find on Pinterest, I will be posting them on my blog.  The good.  The bad.  And the epic FAIL.

To start off with, I'll mention a trio of recipes I tried last weekend.  Friday night got a thumbs up and a thumbs down.  Betty Crocker's Impossibly Easy Broccoli and Red Pepper Pie was a pleasant surprise, especially for my husband who eyes any meatless dish with suspicion.  For a side dish, I prepared garlic red potatoes, which sounds fantastic, but after doubling the cook time, they were still crunchy and we were hungry (which probably made the Betty Crocker pie taste that much better!).  I ended up covering the baking dish and tossing the potatoes in the back of the fridge for a few days.

The third recipe I absolutely loved because it was so easy!  Appropriately titled "Easiest Dinner Ever," this chicken, Rotel, corn, black bean, and cream cheese dish tasted great on top of plain white rice.  And the leftovers tasted good on the baked garlic red potatoes that failed the other night!  This time I cooked the potatoes on a cookie sheet like the glorified french fries they were... and next time, I won't use lemon juice to season them (odd, I know!)

Lucky Number

Only 25 days (my favorite number) till Turkey Day!  Here's some healthy inspiration for the holiday... do you prefer fruit or veggie turkey?  And thank you to Pinterest for the inspiration...

One Month!

Thanksgiving is only a month away!
 

I have a tube of sugar cookie batter in the freezer and a bag of candy corn on the kitchen counter, but I'm doubting whether or not I have the patience to sit down with a tube of frosting and put them together to make these adorable cookies...

Countdown to T-Day

Poor Thanksgiving always gets neglected between Halloween and Christmas in retail-land, so this year I'll be doing a countdown on my blog to everyone's favorite turkey-eating holiday. Only five weeks till that wonderful meal that leads to a food-induced coma!

Worn Out

What do you do when your well-loved purse has trekked all over the U.S. (in addition to half a million grocery runs) and needs to be replaced? You go to Gold Rush and buy another because three years later, the awesome purse monogramming booth is back!  And yes, I did show off the battered purse I bought from them that I was still carrying around...

Compare the holey faded purse to the crisp clean seams of the new one

I used all of my initials this time!