November was NaBloPoMo as well as NaNoWriMo, and although I desperately yearn to write a novel, my OCD self would never get out of my own way to crank out 100 pages no matter the quality required. So when I heard about NaBloPoMo I thought that was a perfect solution for me. Good goals, a little more bite sized, and heaven knows I have a tendency to neglect the blog.
I joined up, and began ignoring it all month long.
I have been working (and enjoying it about 55% of the time), and fussing around the house, and I’ll finish all 80 of my Christmas cards tonight, and I’ve been busy with church, but mainly I just didn’t feel like it and I’m trying to just ease up on my dang self already.
It’s the day before Thanksgiving and I’ve already been cooking for two days. I’m expecting 8 for dinner, but I’m easily cooking for 15. I can’t seem to help myself. About a week ago I made a master list of all my recipes, a shopping list, and a “Battle Plan” to get it all done. I will now post the battle plan so you can all see how crazy I am and why it is occasionally good that I take a blog break so I don’t short circuit myself:
Battle Plan:
Menu:
Roast Turkey (I use Alton Brown’s recipe. It’s better than anything.)
Gravy
Homemade Mashed Potatoes
Red Pepper Cornbread Stuffing with Ham and Anise
Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Corn cooked with bacon
Green Bean Casserole (from scratch. No Cream of Mushroom soup for me.)
Homemade Crescent rolls
Pumpkin Pie with fresh Whipped Cream
Tresa’s Chocolate Raspberry Trifle
Monday
Grocery Shopping
Tuesday
Defrost Turkey
Clean green beans
Bake corn bread
Cook bacon
Wednesday
Bake pound cake
Bake pumpkin pie
Cook ham and veggies for stuffing
Bake Sweet potatoes
Make croutons
Brine Turkey
Thursday
10:30 Prep Turkey
11:00 Turkey in the oven
11:00 Start rolls
11:30 Make Trifle
12:30 Assemble whipped sweet potatoes
1:00 Roll out rolls and make crescents
1:15 Assemble Stuffing
1:30 Assign: Peel potatoes
1:30 Assemble Green bean casserole
1:45 Stuffing in the oven
1:45 Make Roux for gravy
2:00 Green bean casserole in the oven
2:00 Potatoes on the stove
2:20 Cook corn
2:25 Finish potatoes
2:30 Make Gravy
2:40 Rolls in the oven
2:45 Clean up and set table
Dinner @ 3pm
I plan on falling asleep at 3:45 and leaving Bear to clean up my mess.
Hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving full of loads of yummy carbs.