They were so incredibly good. I don’t know if there’s a point where you can eat ‘too many’ cranberries, but we’re about to find out (no worries about the copious amount of sugar on them, the limit does not exist).

If my turkey doesn’t manage to cook, at least we’ll have sides. Greens, stuffing, and gravy on the stove. Mashed potatoes ready for the oven swap.

This jerk. Has been in my fridge. ‘Thawing’ for FIVE days. Solid as a rock. Happy Thanksgiving.

#Recipe #Help #Vintage #Food My grandmother used to make a sweet potato dish only at thanksgiving & eater. The recipe has been lost to time. It was a very light, fluffy soft sweet potato shaped into a ball with a marshmallow in the middle & rolled in coconut flakes. Does anyone know the name?

If anyone needs me, I’ll be destemming greens for the next 75 years.

Breaking a cardinal rule of Thanksgiving- experimenting with a never before tried recipe. Candied cranberries.

My mom‘s work sent out a ‘restructuring’ email. Everyone that wants to continue to work there has to go to an internal portal and reapply for the job they’re already working. They did not share how many people they’d be ‘hiring back’. Rumor is this is to lower pay and stop pensions.

Remember when there was such a thing as a ‘slow news week’? I worked in my college‘s student publication department all four years. My dad worked at a tv news station for 30- I very much remember the reaching and struggle for something to fill a spot/time.

I should really get started on my mashed potatoes and other preps today…..instead I’m ordering take out because I have a coupon (and I just really don’t feel like dirtying the kitchen).

This just in: you can buy ham bones (with tons of meat still on it), from honey baked ham. I got a medium sized one for $9- and it will go from soup to collards to beans this week.

The world is falling apart, and I’m sitting in bed studying for a certification for work (that’s newly required), and will cost me $250 to take. I’m about 90% sure I’ll be laid off by January. What is even the point?

Happiest dog in the world. The sun has moved back to the perfect spot for naps.

Some of the wreaths we made at our crafternoon!

We had a crafternoon today. Everyone brought the bits and pieces of craft supplies that have been hanging around their house. I put the snacks everyone brought on a fancy tray and we had a party!

I just paid $194 to take my daughter to the doctor for an ear infection. We haven’t even been seen yet. I pay $300 a month for insurance already.

They’re not going after criminals. “Criminals don’t get up and go to work and pay their bills.” These are not criminals; they’re hard-working people. EVERY LAST WORD OF THIS🔥

Just ordered a bulk pack of whistles. My god- what has the world become.

Opened a bag of cheese I bought yesterday. Full of green mold.

Just did the math- it cost $110 a day, with no frills, for my kids and I to live. Thats so fun.

I don’t think I’ve ever decorated for Christmas this early. I’m normally a strictly ‘not until December’ person. I wonder if that’s why I’m having such a hard time getting into it? Nothing looks right.

‘Too good to go’ is finally in my neighborhood!!! Got a mixed dozen bagels for $5! You’re not wrong, you’re counting 11. One is already in my belly.

We had flurries two days ago.

It’s -20 outside (like 40) and I’ve been sticking my head outside every 30 mins to check for the northern lights. I still missed them.

Making my teenagers do turkey handprints with me. Last one we did was five years ago. It’s taken me that long of asking, bribing, begging and threatening to sing at them to get them to make one again.

Teddy bear cloud!!

I’ve been laughing since I bought this at 10 am. I’ve even shown up at my friends & family’s places of employment to deliver their personal cans of corn. While that means I now have fewer family & friends, it was worth it. To share real cans of food with your community: www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org.

I’m planning a crafter-noon with fellow moms in a couple weeks & I’m not sure what to feed everyone. We agreed on ‘just snacks’. There will be church punch, coffee & sausage balls (you’re not allowed to host without them in the south, it’s a law). But what else? I want something seasonal.

Wrapped a birthday gift from leftovers around the house- I think it’s the best wrapping I’ve ever done!!

It’s November 5th and there’s already a ring around the moon!! Come on early snow!

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Why are my glasses always smudged!? I would think I’d notice if I was poking myself in my own eyes, CONSTANTLY, all day. Am I entering a fugue state & licking them? Are there tiny grease gremlins that smear them every time I blink? What is this madness.

To the tune of ‘We’re in the money’ 🎶We’re in the bubble! We’re in the bubble!we’re in the tech bubble buddy and it’s gonna burst!🎶 youtu.be/Bm9hySTVKtY

Swapping Halloween decorations for Thanksgiving today. I’m also donating to Feeding America & World Central Kitchen. Both have excellent ratings on Charity Navigator. I like that they spend .01/.02 on advertising for every $1 they earn. Everyone deserves food, & they do their best to provide it.

The end of Halloween

I wish I could send a thank you card to everyone that treated my 14 year old kindly when he showed up to trick or treat. He hasn’t gone in a couple years now, he was afraid people would be mad because he’s tall & would think he’s too old. He had a bad week & this turned everything around.

Happy Halloween eve! (Very) Cheddar potato soup.

Pan Drippings+Apple cider vinegar +honey+corn starch+garlic and it made a delicious, delicious sticky fall sauce for our chicken. I felt like a chef! If you don’t count the frozen vegetables beside it.

My teenage daughter bought me a magnet while she was out with her friends. She just thought ’Hey- mom would like this’ and I'm not crying you're crying!

View from the soccer field.

During our historic ghost tour last night, our guide said ‘You’re now standing in a building older than America’. I thought about it all night. I hope America is still here for the tour next year.

North Carolina has its own Salem! Founded by Moravians pre-revolutionary war. Took the kids on a ghost tour there tonight. I think it’s state law that all elementary school kids have to go there on a field trip at some point to make candles, bake bread, and trip over cobblestone.

Continuing on my ‘Stock the freezer Quest (which sounds more fun and less laborious than ‘meal prep’)’- Roasted carrots and baked garlic blooming onions. They’ll be frozen with a smidge of chicken stock on the bottom of the pan to help it steam with a little bit of moisture when they’re reheated.

$138 worth of groceries in North Carolina for a family of three, with an already fully stocked pantry and herb garden.

It’s all about balance.

The Most adorable and well done mummy hotdogs and pumpkin bread. I truly am a rare talent. Psych. They’re burnt.

There’s a subset of bots broken on twitter right now- they’re posting and not tagging or ‘@ing’ correctly. Just floating bot noise lol.

I only have 30 min dinners so I’ve prepped multiple chicken & spinach Alfredo’s, spaghetti & meatballs, chili cubes, pot roasts, chicken & gravy, pot pies, enchilada casserole, tacos, meatball sliders, bbq meatballs, roasted broccoli green beans potatoes carrots. Soups & vegetarian meals are next.

Prepped a TON of meals and sides for my schedule change. Now I just have to hope we don’t lose power.

I applied for a new job in Vancouver. It’s a stretch for me to be qualified for, but I think it would be worth it. Fingers crossed. I mean going from living in NC my whole life to BC, no biggie. They’re practically the same.

It needs a sauce, like a maple mustard something or a creamy garlic doohickey? Any suggestion?