Thanksgiving 2012 Posthumous

Thanksgiving 2012 Posthumous

Well, Thanksgiving is over...over for me anyway! I'm sure some of you will be dining and visiting with relatives and friends well into the night and possibly be visiting said relations until the end of the weekend. I envy you! I wish our Thanksgiving was being spent with our families, but alas, we couldn't afford to head back to Iowa a month after our wedding and Hunny's family was split between visiting in laws and working over the holiday so we were left alone. Alone until we were invited to a Thanksgiving dinner with some families from church! I was so happy to be able to make some of the dishes I had planned to make for the Thanksgiving dinner we had planned on having with my Hunny's parents until they canceled about a week before...insert profanity! 

My Pecan Pie! I made little maple leaves for the crust by using a little cookie cutter and the excess dough. I got so many compliments and it was completely gone by the end.

My Sweet Potato Pudding with Gingersnap and Pecan Topping. Another hit at dinner! Probably because everyone at the dinner was a true Southerner transplanted to New England!

 

 

So, to wrap up Thanksgiving I write a few things I'm thankful for! 

1. My Hunny! He is a wonderful husband and I have no idea what I would do without him! He is so good to me and loves me for my flaws!
2. My Family...they are a crazy bunch of people, but without them I wouldn't be where I am today. My parents are an excellent example of a loving marriage and loving parents. We never had a lot of money growing up but I always had what I needed, plus a little more.  My brothers are all so different but that's why I love them! I know no matter what each one of them would be there in a minute if I needed them!
3. My Kitty Cats! Scout and Fizzgig are absolute nut jobs but they have so much love to give me that it can be a little much at times...sometimes I like to sit on the couch with cats on my lap...just saying! 
4. My Church Family...I am new at this church since we just moved to the area but they have been very friendly and welcoming!

And with that, I am saying good buy to Thanksgiving. I love this holiday but as soon as it is over Christmas comes running up on us and I've got a lot to do for that holiday! I need to shop for Christmas gifts for my family and get them sent out, I need to start Christmas cards, and of course, we are hosting Christmas for Hunny's whole family...his whole family(plus us) is 11...not much seeing my immediate family is 12 people! So, with the holiday celebration at our house, I'll need to start planning everything out! I decided I'll be doing the 12 (cleaning) days of Christmas. I'm going to make a list of all the cleaning jobs that will need to be done and divide it between the 12 days prior to the arrival of his family. I'll start with cleaning jobs that won't need to be done again before they come and end with last minute jobs like cleaning the bathroom...I also need to find out how many days they will all be here so I can meal plan...I'm think easy crock pot or low maintenance meals for everyday except Christmas Eve and Christmas day itself. Plus, my MIL, SIL and niece are "planning" on coming up a day earlier than my FIL and BIL so we can make Christmas cookies! I LOVE holiday baking, so I hope they come, but I know that they sometimes "plan" something but don't follow through...a HUGE pet peeve of mine! But, I'm trying to stay positive! :) 

So, I've got a lot to do the next few weeks! I'm hoping to post a holiday recipe each week! Hold me to it! Oh, and one last exciting thing! Our wedding pictures are finished and we should get them in about a week! Eeek! So, excited to see them all! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend and don't eat too many pieces of pie!