What happens when a liberal-minded, small-town girl (who didn't know she was liberal-minded when she lived in the small town) moves to the big city (okay, Memphis), finds her Prince Charming, marries him, has two little princesses, a full-time job, two dogs and juggles everything else in between...
I am zonked so you don't get much tonight - I'm sorry!
We were up at 4 a.m. to go to Walmart.
Then, after dropping the girls off at Kid Station, me and my mom headed to Kohls, then Toys 'R Us, and Target. Took a break for lunch and a mimosa at Olive Garden, then off to the mall for round 2.
We hit Sears, Dilliards, JC Penney's and Macy's.
I am worn out - my feet are killing me and I can't hardly string 2 coherent thoughts together.
My favorite way to spend the day after Thanksgiving!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!! This will be a quick post because I have to get in bed early so that I can get us at the crack of dawn for Black Friday shopping. Anyway, here are some pictures of the day:
Charles shaking the cream to make butter - was supposed to be an activity for the girls...the novelty wore off in about 5 minutes.
Is it ready YET?????
FINALLY!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Savannah wanted to eat the turkey "bone".
Tara said "I love turkey day!"
The wishbone - About 10 seconds after I took this picture, Savannah was in tears becuase she didn't get the big piece!
So, today I was off and my mom is here, so we used the day to menu plan, grocery shop and prep for tomorrow.
We made caramel sauce from scratch for the caramel-whipped sweet potatoes. Well, actually, we made it twice because we, ahem... over browned it the first time - we were going for "amber" colored and ended up with nearly black. So, yeah, that batch went in the trash. The second batch turned out beautifully and yummy!
We baked the sweet potatoes, mixed the dough for the potato rolls and put it in the fridge to do its first rise, made the corn bread for the dressing, chopped up the onion and celery for the dressing, and made my mom's fabulous coca-cola chocolate cake!
So, tomorrow morning, I will be up bright and early to prep the turkey - 16 pounds of it!!! Once I get it in the oven, we will finish the rolls, make the dressing (Paula Deen's recipe!), make the whipped sweet potatos, make mashed potatos, prepare the "giblet" crazy, make the grean beans almondine and do the marinated asparagus - oh, and the 5-cup fruit salad. Whew! Hungry yet???
Enjoyed having the girls here all day - they played pretty good all day and did not want to go to sleep tonight - having too much fun!!! They are excited about Thanksgiving and when my mom asked Tara what she was thankful for, Tara said she was thankful for Christmas! Savannah is thankful for her birthday, which is next weekend on the 6th.
I will leave you with a little ode to Thanksgiving courtesy of Adam Sandler:
Following is the St. Jude spot on The Today Show this morning. This one really touched me - she is 3 and so is Tara. And they both have that princess thing going that I talked about here. So, it is one of those stories that expecially affects me.
Yep - been staring at the sceen a good 10 minutes. Just not that motivated tonight for some reason. I have no clue. I am letting you down, my loyal public. I have failed you.
So, for a few minutes at least, I will grace you with some general ramblings for the sole and specific purpose of having a blog post today. Cop out. For sure. Ask me if I care...
My mom and step-dad are coming to town tomorrow for Grandparents Day at St. Marys. Savannah's Senior K class has a program and Savannah is so excited. After that, they are coming to campus for lunch with me. I am hoping that there will be time for them to take a tour of the hospital while they are here. I really want them to see it.
Speaking of the hospital. Today was the kickoff of Thanks & Giving on The Today Show. You can see the spot here:
I dare you to watch it and not cry. (If you are reading this on FaceBook, you will have to hop on over to my actual blog to see the spot.) Boy, it really makes you think - I cannot imagine watching one of my girls go through something like that. Everytime I see a patient, it always goes through my mind that he or she is someone's son or daughter. And they were just going about thier life when BAM - they walk into a nightmare.
Hmmmm....I really did not intend this to turn into a public service announcement. But, I am grateful with all my being that there is a place like St. Jude for families dealing with that nightmare. This is the time of year to be grateful and to give thanks for all the blessings in your life. I know I am.
What do you know? I had something to say after all...
If I hear one more person ooh and ahh over his chest, I am going to gag! Seriously, people - you need to get out more. He is a good lookin' kid, no doubt - but have you never seen Brad Pitt? http://static.open.salon.com/files/brad-pitt1256828090.jpg
Honestly, I can't tell if all the hype is over Jacob or Taylor. If it is Jacob - Jacob's role is Bella's life is only ever secondary. He knew that - much as he didn't like it. She never led him on to think otherwise. Plus, y'all - it is a book/movie - it is not like they were ever able to actually make different decisions. And for those who call Bella a "player" or a "tramp" for leaning on Jacob while Edward was gone - get real? Have you never relied on a friend to get you though a bad time - she was never anything but honest with him.
As for Taylor - he is a good lookin' kid. But so are lots of people - I have seen better - and you know you have too - well, maybe not you, you little giggle-girl sitting behind me in the theatre, but anyone over the age of 21 has. When all is said and done, while I can admire the physique - he is just not my type.
I think I just read the Twilight series from an entirely different place than a lot of people. To me, it was only ever Edward - Bella said as much herself. I never considered for a second that she would ever be with anyone but Edward - so I guess to my mind, Jacob was only ever secondary. Bella needed him - I don't think she would have survived Edward's absence without him, but she loves him as a friend - end of story.
So, no - I will NEVER swing over to "Team Jacob" EVER!!!!
I like my guys to sparkle. So, go on...bite me, Edward!
Yesterday was the Thansksging class party in Savannah's senior kindergarten class. They called it a Thanksgiving feast and let me assure you they were right!/ When I got there, they were taking turns at the different "cooking" stations: cornbread, fruit salad and pumpkin pies. There was also mashed potatos, cranberries and, of course, turkey and dressing. They were all so cute with the seriousness with which they approached thier assigned tasks.
Then, when everything was ready, we sent them outside to play for a few minutes while we set up the "dining room" by making one long "dining table" out of ther class tables. We set the table, fixed thier plates and then called them back inside. How cute was it when they all came back in wearing thier Pilgram bonnets!
They sat down to thier meal, said thier blessing and then dug in! Yum! They had the best time and I have to say, so did I! And, thankfully, there were plenty of leftovers to feed the parents!!!
Wife, attorney and most importantly - mama to two little princesses. I used to think that made me a queen - now I know it just makes me a body servant...
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