quote of the day-before-Thanksgiving

"The next time I pick a complicated recipe without knowing where everything is in my kitchen, just shoot me, okay?"

This message has been brought to you by the department of improvised parchment paper, wax paper, fine mesh strainer, and wire drying racks.

P.S. Beth, you'll get the parchment paper and wax paper back first thing in the morning, I promise!
P.P.S. No, I didn't take anything else!  Honest!

Thanksgiving (food)

Our turkey still had a feather on it!  That was so awesome.


Homemade pumpkin pie with oak leaf pastry decoration, courtesy of primal_pastry.  Made from scratch, starting with a pumpkin!  That woman is so cool.


The infamous chocolate cranberry cake: chocolate cake with a cranberry filling and chocolate glaze.  Sugared cranberries and mint on top.  It worked out even better than I expected: the cake was extremely dense (three times as much butter as flour) and the cranberry was sweet enough that it didn't clash.

Thanksgiving (friends)

Brandon


KT


Connor

Thanksgiving (thanksgiving)

There are three things in particular that I feel especially thankful for this year.

I'm thankful that, after so many years and so much work, we get to spend Thanksgiving at Mosaic Commons.  I love spending this day cooking and socializing with friends and family, and I love it even more now that taking a break from dinner prep means going for a stroll and stopping in at friends' houses for a glass of wine and to wish them a happy holiday.  It's amazing what a difference it makes.

I'm thankful that at this time, this year, keyne and I are in a much better place than we have been in a long time.  We are doing much better at working with and communicating with each other about the hard stuff of life, and I'm incredibly grateful for the work that we have done to get here.

And I'm thankful for my friends.  I'm always thankful for my friends, but I'm not accustomed to leaning on them.  Lately things have been really hard for me, and I've found myself leaning on you a lot, and it's given me a chance to discover just what an amazing, thoughtful, resourceful, brilliant band of brigands you are.

So this is me.  Giving you my thanks.  And if for any reason you think I'm not talking about you.... you're wrong.  I mean you, too.