I woke up Thursday at 4am. I cleaned until approximately 7am, and then took a shower. Then I started cooking the 21 lb turkey my mom bought for my family of 5-whole-people who were having Thanksgiving at my house. Her justification being that it cost the same for 21lb turkeys as 17lb turkeys. Whatever. It barely fit in my roasting pan.
I fell asleep after everyone left at 6, then woke up at 3am. Then the weirdness ensued! I played Frontierville for an hour, read old Pioneer Woman posts, tried to find something to eat that wasn’t Thanksgiving-y with no luck, made hot chocolate, had my husband tell me I was being “too loud” (in all fairness it was 4am and I was talking to the dog and I did turn on every light and stick my toes under his blanket and cry about being cold for 15 minutes).
Now, I’m uploading photos from Thanksgiving and remembering how funny it was to watch my dad and little sister try to learn to play Call of Duty before giving up and playing Super Mario Brothers on the Wii. (I love that game, you can jump on the other players’ heads).
Buttered up turkey that we shoved into the roasting rack.
Cranberries
Fresh green beans, post blanching.
Cranberries with sugar on them that sort of looked like snow.
Brie and Chive biscuits that I totally botched the recipe for. By the way, at this point I was just having fun taking photos. The food was such pretty colors.
My mom cooking after I gave up and started playing Super Mario Brothers.
Watching Dad and Meg play, it cracked me up. Notice the two beast Labradors on the floor battling over a bone. This happened ALL DAY. They teased each other and warred over chew toys for hours. Since there aren’t baby cousins to run amuck all day, we have to settle for dog cousins. It was fun to watch, though.
Instigator.
Being a school employee, Mr. has been off all week and has protested shaving. He’s getting grisly. Some bigfoot jokes were flicked in his general direction. He said he’s shaving on Saturday.
Happy Dogs
Check out those white dog teeth. We’re brushers in this family. Total tangent: our dog’s all natural toothpaste is peanut flavored, but smells like mint. That’s weird, right? I try to get my Mr. to taste it and ease my curiosity, but he won’t.
Carissa posing with the family. Weirdo.
Chloe after stealing green beans. She eats anything. Weird, weird dog.
How everyone felt post dinner.
Here’s me in the mirror trying to photograph how shiny my hair is since I’ve been using a vinegar/water/grapefruit essential oil rinse. It’s totally shiny, but my hair smells like vinegar. I really only ended up with a nice shot of my Canon.
And now… Well, I’m sitting in the house and wishing we didn’t have such a big house, because it won’t get warm in here and a smaller house would be easier to heat. I’m also wearing furry boots that are pink and have silver snowflakes on them, because that is totally age appropriate… but my feet are warm finally!
Hope your holiday was just as interesting.
Shasta Betty
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