Happy Thanksgiving!

We ate toooooo much food. I wish I had a picture of my turkey. It looked like it could be on the cover of a magazine. 

We are so full we have to eat pie later. We had a baked turkey (made by me) and a smoked turkey (made by Bob). They were both superb, juicy and flavorful. We had 2 kinds of stuffing, corn, mashed and sweet potatoes. This year I tried something new and made roasted beets and carrots. They were horrible. I won't be making those again and we didn't even save the leftovers.

The weather is so pleasant here in Indy. Dad and I took a 2 mile walk this morning and after dinner we read the paper outside!  

That's Leah relaxing.  I hope all of you had a great thanksgiving! Maria didn't get to come home and we miss her terribly but we will make up it on Christmas vacation!

Delicious brussel sprouts!

Undeniably my favorite vegetable is the typically loathed brussel sprout. I could eat it boiled, fried, microwaved, and even raw. Bob and the girls are good eaters. They aren't picky and will try just about anything. They eat all vegetables including brussel sprouts. They really only like them cooked like you see in the picture above. First I boil them until they are tender. Then I cut them in half and sauté them in bacon and shallots. Delicious! The only problem is that they tend to smell up the kitchen like a cabbage. Yuck! 

Morning

We had one of those mornings where the twins were just a little rushed to get out the door. They ate their toast and drank their juice but forgot their tea. Today's flavor was fruity and mild. 

So I thought I would just make iced tea   But while getting the pitcher out of the pantry, this happened...

Toothpicks everywhere!

This prompted me to get this from the garage for clean up...

While in the garage I remembered it is garbage day. So after I cleaned up the toothpicks I cleaned up the garage and filled the garbage and recycling bins with anything that needed to be tossed. 

All that and a blog post are done by 7:12 am!! 

I need a cup of coffee!