The holidays are upon us!

Whew.  Time has been flying by the past few weeks.

Let’s see what has been going on.

Last week was super busy with preparing for Thanksgiving at our place.  I had nothing to worry about; just that I am truly my mother’s daughter.  Brian and I tried to do a little here and there to get ready for the Big day, but never fails I put it off.  Wednesday, thankfully Jimmy let me leave at 2, we finished cleaning house and I cooked, the cornbread for the dressing, mixed up the dressing, cooked 2 pecan pies, and bake a caramel cake.  Boy, staying up till midnight to make caramel icing must mean I love my family a lot!   I honestly believe it wouldn’t be a holiday if I didn’t stay up late making something for it.  Growing up (still today as well) my mom would always be up late the night before cooking or baking. 

Thanksgiving was wonderful!!  For my first time cooking a turkey, it turned out GREAT!  It was a nice golden brown color and so tender it was falling off the bone as Brian tried to carve it.  (Did I mention he craved it!?)  All the food turned out lovely and we had WAY too much to eat. 

After lunch, Brian and I cleaned up and hit the road to Hartselle for a few days.  We were welcome with a lovely Thanksgiving Day supper of dried white beans, fried potatoes, and cornbread. Friday’s lunch was yummy!  Mom had all of our favorites prepared for lunch.  Dad out did himself once again with a smoked turkey (which by the way is the only way I’ll eat turkey now.)

Saturday we drove back in time to quickly unload the car, pack a cooler, and head to Oxford for the Egg Bowl.  Alas, the game did not turn out in my favor, but overall we had a good time.  It was very cold!  We were wimps and left at the half, but listened to it (thank you XM radio!) on the way home.  I was glad we came home when we did; it was already 9:45ish when we got home.  Here are a couple of shots of the game.

 

Sunday was devoted to decorating the house for Christmas!  I am not finished just yet (I will be sharing photos.  I just wish I could take cool artistic photos like everyone else does of their decorations.) and the house is a big mess right now due to everything strung out.

I hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving and was able to spend time with friends and family!