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I was kinda thinking that this Thanksgiving was gonna be a bust, starting with the fact that neither of my two brother wished me a happy birthday which was just a few days before the holiday starts.
Such is life.
I actually started cooking on Monday, thinking it was Tuesday, and then realizing that I had to pretty much dump all that I DID start and start all over on Tuesday night.
My sweet potatoes didn't last because they started drying out and I couldn't use them for the Brandy Orange Cups that I usually prepare a day in advance and cook on that day in which we stuff ourselves in order to prove that God was right when he spoke about the sins of gluttony.
I should have consulted Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice before I started anything this year!
Then I had to throw out the brine for the turkey because I misread the recipe for apple cider vinegar. I read the line for apple cider and actually put in one quart of the vinegar instead of the one cup it required.
Well, at least it was Monday and I could easily hit the grocery store for another quart and try to actually read the recipe right this time on Tuesday.
At least my son opted to make his homemade Banana Pudding in my giant-size trifle bowl instead of his incredibly soporific Chocolate-Banana-Toffee Pie. The oldest daughter opted for traditional pumpkin pie, and I took the cheap (well, not exactly), way out and bought a dozen designer cupcakes from Gigi's Cupcakes here in Auburn.
Well I AM cooking everything else!
After today, I'm a little better ahead than I was this morning. Just do not ask me why it took over three hours to get the Cranberry-Apple-Ginger Chutney off the ground which set the tone for the whole day.
Things finally achieved a rhythmic pace until I only had one cup of sugar left and we still had the orange cups, pumpkin pie, banana pudding, and God knows what else left to finish for the day.
Everything.... stopped.
Including my ability to type worth a crap tonight!
Whoever said "loves makes the world go around", was lying out the wazoo. It's sugar - let's just get that straight right now!
I was calling the hubs, who has my car, because his BMW's starter went pffffffffff,
and he's at work,
and I'm all like panicked cause there's NO sugar to be found in the house,
and I like have a GA-zillion things that need it,
and I'm out of chocolate,
and the kids are now acting like out of control crazy people - wait... they're usually like that anyway..... but they are EXTRA crazy because
WE DON'T HAVE ANY
