Happy Easter

I bought this new Easter outfit for Anthony last weekend when I went shopping with Rachael so she could buy shoes for her kids at Stride Rite. I found a cute pair of shoes for Anthony too, even though I wasn't looking for any, and then I had to buy an outfit to go with them, new matching argyle socks and all. Last night I threw the outfit in the wash so it would be ready for him to wear today and when I was sorting through the dryer for the clothes and I couldn't one of the socks. I wasn't planning on folding laundry then, so I kept tossing the clothes around in the dryer looking for that sock. I ended up pulling everything out one by one and still no sock. I was so annoyed. I used to joke that dryers ate socks, but I was beginning to think it really did. So I finally took all the clothes out and folded them. Still no sock. Then I took each piece of clothing, unfolded it, shook it out, and folded it again. Still no sock. Then I picked up the crib sheet and it was tucked in the corner of the sheet. So I guess the dryer didn't eat the sock and I got the laudry folded.

Auntie Francie

Auntie Nay Nay

My favorite part of Thanksgiving! (at least my favorite food)

And it has to be homemade Libby's brand pumpkin pie served chilled with cool whip!

What's your favorite?

My least favorite part about making pie is the crust! Ever since Pillsbury came out with those ready made pie crusts I haven't made a crust from scratch. They are so good, you can't even tell they aren't homemade, you just unroll them onto the pie plate. Unfortunately when I was at the store yesterday I forgot to buy a package, so when I got ready to make the pies today, I had to make a choice, go to the store again on the day before thanksgiving and fight the rush of last minute shoppers, or make the pie crust from scratch. It was also cold and rainy outside so I decided to go for the old fashioned method and make my own. It wasn't as bad as I though it was going to be, and I forgot how good leftover raw pie dough tastes. You know, the part you cut off the edges.

This year we are having Thanksgiving at my sister Rachael's house, my mom and step-dad are here from New York and my sister Shannon and her family are also coming from New York. Francie and her boyfriend will be there, as will myself and Todd, and my sister Natalie will be here for the weekend. This is the first year since Todd and I have been together that we are having Thanksgiving with my family. The problem is, my whole family is vegetarian and Todd is not. So I figured I should try and make him a turkey right? It would be the nice thing to do. However, me making a turkey for the first time on Thanksgiving would probably end in disaster, a lot of time wasted and still no edible turkey. So I was at work last week and a few of my coworkers were talking about the different ways to make a turkey, one of my coworkers described his method and it sounded so good it almost made me want to eat turkey. Not really, but I did ask him if he would make a small turkey for me so Todd and Jason (Francie's boyfriend) don't have to have a vegetarian Thanksgiving. He willingly agreed, and I hope he doesn't forget, I am supposed to get it from him at work tonight, all seasoned and stuffed, ready to put in the oven when I get home from work Thanksgiving morning. Hopefully I can manage the baking part.

I offered to pay him, but he refused, so I am baking him a pumpkin pie for payment. And since you can't make just one pumpkin pie, the recipe always makes 2, I will take one to work and have a little pre-Thanksgiving desert with my coworkers.

Were expecting our first snow here in Michigan on Thanksgiving morning. Our county is under storm watch for lake effect snow, with chance of lots of snow accumulation in a short amount of time. How great would that be to have a white Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!