Knitpickity: November 2007

Pictures of the guys in my life

The list prevailed and Thanksgiving was lovely - here is what the table looked like:

I was proud of the centerpiece

But the real point of this post is pictures of my guys:

Posted on November 26, 2007 at 09:10 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Are you a list person??

I am a list freak - have to make lists to figure things out and they are living documents that change and I scribble on

Here is today and tomorrow's list

and yes Boomer is on my lap helping me make my list

Appetizers:

Sage Sausage Bites with Balsamic Apricot Dip – Thu

Pumpkin bread – wed

Baked Brie w/ homemade Cranberry Sauce (Cran sauce wed)

Thanksgiving Dinner:

Turkey

– Thu – Main oven

Ham - Mumsie Bringing

Dressing – Thu (inc Broth) – second oven (make cornbread and white bread crumbs Wed)

Mashed Potatoes – Thu - stove

Sweet Potato Souffle – Thu – second oven

Green Beans – Thu - stove

Purple

Hull

– Thu - stove

Butter Beans – Thu - stove

Olives - Thu

Pickles - Thu

Scallions – Thu

Cranberry Sauce – Thu

Jellied Cranberry Sauce - Thu

Crescent Rolls – Thu Main Oven

Dessert:

Pumpkin Pie – Wed

Pecan Pie – Wed

Wed

CLEAN HOUSE

Buy Patrick Dress Shoes

Liquor Store

Bank

Make Cranberry Sauce, Pies, Pumpkin Bread, Cornbread and White Bread Crumbs

Centerpiece and figure out table setting

Fresh flowers

Get fireplace ready

Thu

Start preparing 7:30am

Make Broth – 8:00am

Chop Onions/Celery/butter pats etc by 8:30am

Set Table

Turkey

in oven by 9:30

Shower and get dressed 9:30 – 10:15am

Sweet Potato Souffle on by 10:30

Saute Celery and Onions for Dressing by 10:45

Beans etc on by 11:00

Kids Freshen up House - light candles

Sausage Bites by 11:30

Bake Brie 11:45

Potatoes on by 12:15

Dressing – assembled and in oven at 12:30

Get Olives/Pickles/Scallions/Cranberry Sauce Ready by 1:00

Turkey

Finished 1-1:15

Crescent Rolls in oven 1:30

Mash Potatoes 1:30

Carve

Turkey

Toast Marshmallows on Sweet Potato Souffle

Serve Dinner around 2pm

Posted on November 21, 2007 at 08:42 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

There is no pleasure

Quotes for today:

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

Mary Wilson Little

Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.

Woody Allen

I have a tendency to get caught up in *THAT WHICH MUST BE DONE*

and when that which must be done is lots and lots then I have a tendency to become bogged down in it and get really wound up and irritable and well an uptight bitch

One of the hardest things for me to do is let myself go and just have fun

Tonight I did and I feel so good - I needed to do dishes and laundry and clean and even catch up on the sleep that I am running a huge deficit on . . .

Instead the kids and I played Karaoke Revolution and had a blast

Hey and singing in the car constantly has helped - I got two diamond records (ok it was on easy but I did get a platinum on medium lol)

But it is moments like this that I remember what I need someone else to bring to my life

A reminder to play, to sing, to laugh, to have fun.

This week Boomer was crawling on my face and I dissolved into giggling - how can you not when you have warm wiggly wet puppy kisses all over your face.

Catherine and Patrick were shocked. They had never heard me giggle. Ever. I really felt bad. I do love to laugh and have fun and be silly. I am just not naturally very good at it. They are used to the funny sometimes sarcastic side of me but my kids did not know how very silly and childish I could be. I wish there was some way to teach it to come more easily to the surface.

So I still have dishes to do and laundry and I am probably not going to catch up on the sleep.

But I feel like I have had a vacation already.

well here are the current Boomer the Boo Dog, Boo Doggles pictures