****is it the lack of sleep or the incessant screaming of the day that have led me to the insanity that is this post? we may never know***

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Ok, so I have to tell my sad sad turkey story from Latvia.  So, Thanksgiving is a very important holiday
to me… it has always been bigger to me in many ways than Christmas (probably
because it focuses on food ha ha ha) turkey is also my absolute favorite diner
(but only homemade!!) anyway… My first Turkey
day in Latvia
we celebrated curried turkey.. hum… yeah, not quite right! (though that was the
first night that Sam and I started flirting with each other, and I realized he
might be interested…so, wasn’t a total lost!!) 
I had searched the central market looking for some turkeys, and I found
two…previously frozen turkeys, in a glass case, just sitting there, waiting for
me to purchases them!! I was soooo excited… then I touched the glass on the
front of the case… warm as a summer afternoon!!!!  I asked to touch the birds… humm… yeah… room
temp, and how long have they been that way?!?!?!  I was thinking, not so sure how safe that is
(looking back, I’d have bought one now, after eating with
the “grannie” at our country churches… but… I digress) anyway…

 So, the next year Bruce
& Kim knew of this farmer who could use a little money and who agreed to
grow us some turkeys!! I was sooo very excited because not only was I going to
get a turkey, I was going to get the freshest one possible!!  Well, he didn’t really know how to “prepare”
a turkey… trying to figure out how to write all of this without being too
graphic… anyway… so, instead of butchering it the traditional way, he cut it
right down the breast bone!  Ok, ok, I can
figure something out. 
So, I finish plucking the bird and start to wash it, since it’s split
right open I can get a really good shot at cleaning out what should be the ‘cavity’
well… there were a few “gifts” left behind that should have been taken out, so I
took them out.  After all, I’m used to
them leaving the “innards” inside the bird when you purchase them (In Russia, you didn’t
really buy a bird without them… they leave them in so you could tell how “fresh”
they were, because those parts go off rather quickly)… anyway… so I finish
preparing the bird… It came out looking a bit like Turk-in-stein. 

I used kabob skewers to hold the bird together so that I could cook the stuffing in the bird!   It actually didn’t look too bad after it was cooked, though a little scary

I could have lived with that.. but… when we
at it, it was quite gamy so, I don’t think it was fed like a turkey we are
used to eating… anyway.. hey, I got my turkey   it was
better than nothing, lesson learned

We had Pork Loin for Christmas on a brighter note….

Someone sent or brought us canned pumpkin!!!!!   So my pie turned out fabulous!!!

So, happy turkey day to all of you, where ever in the world you are!!!!

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I just went to the store yesterday after my chiropractor’s appointment (it’s near there so I don’t have to waste a trip).  I picked up  17 loaves of bread, two hoagy roll packages and package of hamburger buns that I got for free, should last us a good… oh… two months?  Ok, I’m sure it will last longer, but it feels like we blow through it that fast, and I think it’s close.  But I can pick up all that for $25, plus I get free tickets for Entamines dessert things, like cheese danish loaf, pound cake and the like… so that’s not too shabby.  Though I think most people thought I was trying to feed a family of 12 or something!

Anyway… just thought I’d share… I’m avoiding house work today

Tip of the day number 2 in regards to coffee: When your daughter over turns the garbage can, and fresh wet coffee grounds fall to the floor…DON”T VACUUM it!

In an effort to keep little miss quick hands out of the spilled coffee grounds I grabbed my little Shark Vac, you know those little electric sweepers that look like what we used to call a Hokey? Yeah… well, it vac’ed up real nice real quick… Since I was in a hurry I just set the Shark aside and went back to cleaning the rest of the kitchen (well, after creating a coral in the living room for Vienna!) Then I grabbed the Shark to put it away… humm… some grounds are on the floor, maybe I’ll sweep them up…

The whirl wind of coffee grounds that followed was a site to see. It went everywhere!! Apparently, since the coffee grounds were still damp, what really happened was that some got into the vac container, but most of it settled and stuck in the corners of the brush housing… so when I turned it on again coffee grounds spit out back all over my feet, onto the carpet, all over the kitchen. For now, the Shark sits outside on the porch until I can muster up the energy to clean it out. Maybe it’ll dry out the grounds and be easier to clean… so… lesson learned

http://www.sermonspice.com/videos/722/evangelism-linebacker-no-excuses/

(It was kind of nice to be able to watch this without the copyright symbol, but of course you can do that too for $18.) =)

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