And Now it's December

Crazy how time flies; it's December One already! To recap the past few weeks:

Thanksgiving dinner was a success- it was the first year I made the turkey all by my lonesome. Super jazzed though, it was done way ahead of time and tasted GOOD. The past 5 years of training and assistance from my mom paid off! Also made homemade corn bread muffins, corn, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing and pumpkin roll for dessert. All from scratch!! Also brought to the table were the broccoli puff, string bean casserole and sweet potatoes, spinach dip for an app, and frozen mud pie for dessert. YUM-O.

Leftovers are, as always, challenging- but we did discover potato croquettes (breaded and friend potato cakes). Delicious!

To get into the holiday spirit, most of the house lights are up outside and the Christmas lists have been written. We saw my sister appear as the cutest mouse ever in a local Nutcracker ballet.

This week we're getting our tree, I'm going to make snowball cookies, and I've got to start my holiday shopping. I'm looking forward to the holidays - Only 24 days left now!!