November 27, 2008 at 9:07 pm (Daily Writing, Thanksgiving)
Their name says it all!
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I have missed cast iron corn bread, this was soooo good!
[caption id="attachment_456" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="This is turkey #1. It was nice and juicy. We ate this one with our dinner."]
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Blessings & Happy Thanksgiving,
Mama
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November 27, 2008 at 7:36 pm (Thanksgiving)
Today has been a great day! I am exhausted and my body hurts and and and, LoL. However, it has been a wonderful Thanksgiving!
All of us except for Alex, Allie & Chris are hanging out watching Chuckin’ Punkin’s. I don’t know what Chris is doing, and the other two are at Allie’s parents house for their 2nd Thanksgiving dinner. We had all 10 of us at the table and I so enjoyed it. I love having the whole crew at the table. We might end up keeping the 2nd table handy to use on evenings when everyone is here.
All of the food turned out perfect and I took some pictures which I will post a bit later. The only thing I burnt was the cornbread when I was reheating it. 
Pam & Andy LOVED the sweet potato souffle! Which I was glad for because I don’t really eat it so I didnt taste test it.
After dinner we all hung out at the table for a while, then everyone helped clean up. Marc & Chris did the dishes so I didnt have to. It was soooooo sweet of them. We then played in the pouring rain (I don’t know how long it has been since we have had a great rain, but we finally got some today). It made for great memories. We are dessert later on and then made orange / clove balls. Now they are all watching the punkin tossing contest and all is well at The Pitcher Homestead.
It was a totally wonderful day, which I am glad to say included my sister and my niece.
I hope your day was as wonderful as ours!
Blessings,
Mama
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November 26, 2008 at 10:51 pm (Thanksgiving)
Mamas Thanksgiving Day Schedule
6:30 Get Ham into the Crockpot
7:45 Prep the Turkeys
8:15 Turn oven on to 325’
8:30 Put Turkeys in the oven
Take a break
9:00 Make a bunch of sweet tea
9:30 Take a shower & relax for a few minutes
10:30 Get munchies put out for the starving teenagers
Take a break
11:00 Put needed things onto table and get it all set
11:45 Put Sweet Potato Soufflé into oven
11:45 Put stuffing into oven
Take a break
12:00 Get beans heating on stove
12:15 Marshmallows onto soufflé
Take a break
12:30 EVERYTHING OUT OF OVEN
12:40 Rolls & cornbread into oven to warm up
Mamas Helpers Tasks
10:50 Get China out of cabinet
11:00 Help Mom get stuff onto table & help set it
11:45 Get butter, cranberries, pineapple, condiments, etc… out of fridge
12:00 Put 8 cups of water on to boil for potatoes
12:30 Ham out of Crockpot
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November 26, 2008 at 10:07 am (Daily Writing, Thanksgiving)
Well, it’s only 10am and I am absolutely exhausted! I have to stop for a couple of hours and rest. I haven’t even done that much. I have decided that I’m doing half-way instant potatoes. At least he sweet potatoes are cooked.
Okay, so I’m going to put my leg up and try and gain some energy. I’ll see y’all in a few hours.
Blessings,
Pauline
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November 26, 2008 at 9:02 am (Daily Writing, Thanksgiving)
Okay y’all, here is what we will be having for our Thanksgiving dinner.
2 Turkeys
1 BBQ pepsi
1 Lemon & Pepper (unless I change my mind on how to cook this one, LoL)
A Honey & Pineapple glazed spiral ham
A pizza for those who don’t like meat
Mashed Potatoes w/ giblet gravy (I do have jars for backup in case mine sucks like it usually does)
Sweet Potato Souffle
Bean & Corn Casserole Stuff
Boston Baked Beans
Tossed Salad
Jellied Cranberries
Stuffing of course
Heat N Serve Rolls
Pull Apart Rolls (if I’m up to making them)
Cornbread
Our deserts (My awesome sister is making all of these)
Oreo Cake
Pumpkin Pie
Fudge
& my favorite….snickerdoodles
What are all y’all having?
Huggles,
Mama
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November 26, 2008 at 8:10 am (Daily Writing, Thanksgiving)
Wow! Thanksgiving is tomorrow. We will be having somewhere from 10-15 people here tomorrow. The kitchen is in shambles and the house hasn’t been dusted in weeks. The windows are dirty too. Boy, are these boys going to be busy today.
I know that I am supposed to be taking it super oober easy, but there is so much I feel I need to do. I will be having the guys (Jessica is @ school) do a bunch of it for me, but some things a Mama has to do. (Like the cooking, or we would be eating pizza and hot dogs for Thanksgiving) LoL
It is 8am and I’ve already made sugar cookies, done some of the animal care, made coffee, gotten Jessica off to school and Marc off to work. I also have my list for today done and gathered the rest of the recipe’s that I will need. I also got to watch/listen to JHM and watched am episode of Clean House (whooo wants a clean house).
Next comes cuting and boiled the sweet potatoes for the souffle and doing the dishes.
I have a big ole list after that still. But, I’ve got some cinammon and cloves onto boil so the house smells like the holidays and I am getting to put some holiday music on.
I will update as I get a chance. I am sitting and resting for 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off so today will probably have a bunch of posts. Hope y’all don’t mind.
Blessings,
Mama
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