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Pilgrims Rock

December 3, 2010
Pilgrims Rock

People. Check this out. We’ve officially successfully had 4 (that’s f.o.u.r.) Thanksgivings at our place in Chi-town. It’s been freakin’ awesome. Here’s a peek at what goes down. I make deviled eggs. They are the first thing to get eaten in their entirety, and this year I made extra. It still happened. Just like the sweet potatoes, I wonder why I don’t make this delicacy more often. We also had a lot of other awesome food. I made the usual offenders – the sweet ‘taters, green beans, cranberry sauce, bread for snacking, eggs, blah blah blah. Oh. and homemade rolls. Awesome. Homemade. Rolls. Cheryl brought all of her shortening-laden pies (yum!) and Jennifer brought the usual mashed ‘taters and broccoli cass. Jon’s sausage-cornbread stuffing was the second thing to disappear, and Brook/Katherine brought snacks, pork (more meat!) and a damn good salad. Hubs made an awesome turkey and of course,...

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Wild Wild West

September 10, 2010
Wild Wild West

This poison oak is healing so slowly I think we might have our next vacation right around the corner before it’s all gone. Seriously – I can barely bend my arm because my skin is tight and swollen, not to mention blister-laden. But I continue to nurse the wounds by applying calamine lotion liberally a few times each day, wrapping it in bandages, and staring at it constantly – but like watching a pot of water and willing it to boil, it doesn’t help. Slow and steady wins the race, this time. Fortunately I have the Hubs around to help out with the things that seem really easy but are much harder when you only have one arm that works in its entirety – doing extra dish duty, cleaning up after me, fastening bra straps, etc. Good times. But just look at him and that cute little smirk on...

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