Tammi's World

A Little Different This Year

Today is MY Thanksgiving. Today is my day to cook and fill my home with people I care about.

Last year was a bit of a challenge. The Postage Stamp house was even smaller than The Belfry is and the weekend before I had my dinner I decided to move boxes, effectivly trapping myself in the house.

This year? This year is different. I spent yesterday cleaning up a bit and prepping. My Pumpkin Pies look fabulous. No bad baking rays at this house! My Peanut Butter Pie looks devine. Relish tray is simple but yummy. Just different kinds of peppers, radishes, carrots and celery. Oh and pickles. Gotta have the pickles. Deviled eggs - done. Stuffing is in the crockpot and smells incredible. The turkey is prepped and ready to go in.

I'm doing my sweet potaotes a little different this year. Gonna roast them in nutmeg, cinnamon and butter. With just a bit of brown sugar at the end. We're going to have rolls instead of homemade bread this year, but that should be fine.

TnT is bringing the green bean cassarole and I'll have corn and mashed potatoes with gravy to close the deal.

Right now, I'm just sitting here sipping coffee and laughing as I remember everything that went wrong last year and how HARD it was to pull everything together. Sometimes it's easy to forget, when you get bogged down in the day to day stuff, that life is better. I have a better home and a better job. Yeah, it's much better.

We'll be missing some folk - Dude, seriously, it isn't the same without you. But it'll still be a wonderful day. How can it not be? Good food, good friends - good times. Just a little different, that's all.

Posted by Tammi at November 26, 2006 06:01 AM | TrackBack