Gobble 'Til Yah Wobble

It's been a crazy few weeks and this blog unfortunately got neglected :( . DH and I before we moved in told the family that this year we would like to have everyone over for Thanksgiving dinner. As of Sunday morning I thought this might have been a big mistake.

The last 2 weeks have been busy moving boxes around, trying to unsuccessfully take down tile, putting together what felt like a hundred chairs (really only 10...and hubby did half), and getting our place respectable enough to have 15 people over for our first ever dinner party.

FIL (Father in law) came over thankfully early Sunday morning to help with the turkey as this was foreign territory to hubby and I. I can proudly say though I did not make the rookie mistake...the giblets and neck were not left in the bird. FIL gave us some great tips on stuffing and prepping the bird and I loved the fact that we used cheesecloth bags to put the stuffing it. Soooo much easier to take out later.

However the fun part came when we had to baste the bird. It took both of us and we checked on it every hour. We even rotated it because it was looking a little more brown on one side then the other. We got a little nervous too because the bird kept making sounds while it was cooking that almost made us wonder if the thing was going to blow up in the oven.

In the end though we all managed to squeeze both everyone and all the food on the table. The turkey was a success and I received high praise on both the bird and the gravy which made me sooooo happy. I've been told the torch has been passed and we're welcome to host Thanksgiving dinner any time we want.

Now if only there were some magical way my dishes could wash themselves. Sigh.

Almost Feels Like Home

Haven't been able to get caught up with things online lately it seems. I've fallen behind on blogs, boards, Facebook and now my own blog. I'm hoping my excuse is good though. You see Hubby and I have moved and I tell you when we looked at the town house it sure didn't seem that big but now that all our stuff is in it, it seems HUGE! There's a whole bathroom and bedroom that I've barely even been in yet. The packing is coming along slowly and we couldn't have done any of it with out the help of our wonderful friends and family. It will take a few more days and week until we get things really organized but it's starting to feel like home and we're working towards making it our own. Just hope we're ready by Thanksgiving. Who's crazy idea was it to offer to hold it at our place anyways...oh wait I think it was me!