Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, eat lots of yummy food, and most importantly enjoy the one's your with!

Blessings!

Tuesday at the Table

Well, I was all excited because I thought that I had forgotten to post stuff about the food I made while Nat was here (because she told me I didn't) BUT I scrolled down, and sure enough I did post. I made a chix pot pie that was really yummy...so go take a look down at some of my older posts for the details about that. Here is one pic of me putting the finishing touches on it.

Okay, so that is the only picture I have today, but I did make a few things that were really yummy, I was just lazy and didn't take pictures. The first were buckeyebars!! They were SOOOO good. I made them in celebration of OHIO STATES victory over MI!!! WHOOO HOOOOO! While I don't have my own picture, mine looked very much like the ones on the original link, so just go with that.

I also made some chicken chili the other night which was VERY good. It wasn't a white chix chili, it was tomato based and it turned out really good, again, no pics of my own but you can find the recipe and some pictures HERE. I give it 2 thumbs up, and even better, it's super easy. Also, it can be improvised. Some of the stuff I didn't have so I just used things that were similar. Like instead of a can of fire roasted tomatoes, I just used regular diced...things like that.

And last but not least, I couldn't wait and made some pumpkin pie this week as well. Nothing special, you can find about a million recipes for it, so I'm not going to link, because I don't even remember which one I used. Standard filling in a homemade pie crust...mmm mmmm good!

Okay, well that's it for this weeks TatT. Hope you enjoyed. :)

It's Turkey Time...almost :)

Well, as we are all aware Thursday is Turkey Day, so I found this survey about the big day and figured that would be more fun then just listening to me ramble. Hope you have a good day.

Where will you spend Thanksgiving? On the actual day we will be with my Grandma and family in MO, then on Saturday I'll cook our own little mini-dinner so we can still have some of our favorite fixin's that we won't be having down there...really just another excuse to eat too much two days instead of just one!

Do you want to be there? Sure, it will be nice to see family that we don't usually get to see, and my grandma

Who are you looking forward to seeing the most? My G'ma I guess

The least? no one...they're all cool enough. Really I don't know them well enough to NOT like any of them

Who makes waaaayyyy too much food? Usually me!

Who eats the most? The hubs can put it away!!

Who's most likely to fall asleep after dinner? The hubby and the boys

Who's most likely to get drunk & fall off the couch? Ha, probably no one in this crowd!

Are you perpetually placed at the kids table? Haha, not anymore. Now that I have kids, I get to sit at the grown up table!

If you're not the host, will you help clean up? Yes, but this year we are country clubbin' it for the big day so no one gets stuck with clean up duty!

Will you be eating turkey?Of course...yum!

Will green bean casserole be served? I'm sure there will be some version of it

Mashed potatoes, lumpy or smooth? either - or, I'm easy to please

Gravy or no gravy? yes please, but not too much

Is it Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie? NO WAY!!

What is your favorite pie? any kind with a good home made crust

What's the best T-Day dessert you ever had? I love pecan pie, even better...sweet potato pecan pie

Is it: stuffing or dressing? Stuffing....dressing goes on salads.

Do you like candied sweet potatoes? I love sweet potatoes any way I can get them!

Jellied or whole cranberry sauce? I'm a freak and actually really enjoy the jellied cranberry sauce

What is you're favorite dish? the stuffing!!!! And sweet potato souffle!

Least favorite? I love it all, but the part that i could actually do without...the Turkey...go figure

Weirdest dish? that pistachio jello stuff with the marshmallows and pineapple...My Grandma used to make it...really yummy

Do you watch the Macy's parade? Sometimes

How bout football? Definitely. It isn't Thanksgiving without football!

Do you watch the Peanuts special? haven't in awhile, but now with the kiddos I'm sure we will be doing it again

Do you, or anyone you know have a singing turkey decoration? Not that I know of! Haha

Have you ever dressed like a pilgrim? I think as a kid for school

Do you put up decorations? Sort of...I have fall stuff that I put up between Halloween and Christmas, but it's not necessarily Thanksgiving-specific.

How much to you think you will eat? Way too much, but that's okay because on Thanksgiving calories don't count!!!

Funniest T-Day moment? I can't think of anything.

Worst Meal EVER???? Never a bad meal! Thanksgiving is awesome!

If you have pets, do you share with them? Yes, the girls always get some turkey.

Will someone say grace at the table? Yep

Do you remember the story of Thanksgiving? I guess so.

What are you most thankful for? How fortunate I am to have such a wonderful family and friends.

Slackey McSlackerson

Yes I am. Sorry about that (again). It seems like every time I post here these days I start out with an apology because I haven't posted in such a long time.

Okay, so I started writing this on MONDAY!!! Yes, as in 4 days ago. Things have just been so busy here recently that everyday I have the best intentions of blogging, but then, something always comes up, and before I know it, another day has gone by. So, I am going to try and be better, but I have to warn you, the blog may not be updated as much as it has been in the past. My daily "free" time has dwindled down considerably. Hot shot no longer naps, which means that my once 2-4 hour window that I used to have while they were both napping, is now, well pretty much non-existent. I still have him do "quiet time" while the munchkin is napping so I can get work done on the computer, but that only lasts between 1-2 hours which doesn't usually give me enough time to get over here and blog. I know...sad. But, I am here NOW so lets make the best of it shall we!?!?

My trip to CT was great. Sadly we didn't take too many pictures. Okay, well that's a lie, I took LOTS of pictures while I was there, but none that included myself! I took pics for both Sam and Dawn of their kiddos and such, which was a LOT of fun to do, and I was happy that I got some good shots for them! The weekend went by too fast and before I knew it I was on my way home. But I was really glad to see Sam and the boys before they take off.

Last weekend (Saturday) was my 5 year wedding anniversary with the hubby! Yea, happy 5 years baby! It's been fantastic and I look forward to a lifetime more! Sadly the hubby had to work all weekend...yuck. But we still managed to go out to dinner Sat. to celebrate! I'm a lucky gal!

I missed Tuesday at the table (again) but I did actually do some baking this week! In attempts to get the leftover Halloween candy OUT of the house, I've been baking with it and then sending the finished goodies out with the hubs to his work! This week both boys helped me so I have a few pictures of that. We just made good old choc. chip cookies. But substituted an assortment of M&M's in place of choc. chips! They were very good, and I have to say one of my best batches of cookies EVER! Maybe it was the cute little helpers I had??!?! I also have some stuff from when Nat was here that I never posted, but I'm going to save that for Tuesday...

Ready to help

Hot shot and his "taste" spoon...don't worry there was NO double dipping!

They are so fun! Yes, the munchkin is sitting on the counter, but I didn't leave him up there unattended. He likes to hang there and sample the goodies while I cook.

So, I'm going to run now that I have given ya'll some sort of an update in our crazy lives. The hubby and elder just got back from a Starbucks run. He's home early from work, because I had a dentist appointment earlier and they told him not to worry about coming back in because he WAS there all weekend! I had to get a filling in my wisdom tooth complete with 4 SHOTS of anaesthesia! I went in last month and they couldn't get me numb, so this time they didn't take any chances. I even had to get a shot on the roof of my mouth...OUCH! That one hurt. Okay...I'm really going now!!

time for an update!

Wow, I've been slacking again! I feel like after I got back from MCM all I have been doing is playing catch up with everything from work to home and in between! I think I am finally on top of things again, but I am going out of town this weekend as well, so who knows. But I am looking forward to my weekend, I'm going to visit my girl Sam for a few days before they fly off to live in Guam for 3 years.

Anyway, things have been busy. Work has really picked up which is awesome! I just updated my sight tonight, so you should check it out here. Lots of new stuff up! The fam is doing great. My mom came for a visit last weekend which was really nice. It was good to see her. Halloween was a blast, and the big kid was really into it! Here are a few pictures:

Carving Pumpkins

The Star Wars Family

Grams and Luke

baby Yoda

Other than that, we've just been enjoying what's left of the fall weather and hanging out as a family. Okay, I was hoping there would be more substance to this post, but I'm too tired to come up with much. I hope that all of you out there are having a nice week so far, and I'll try to be better about posting again...