thanksgiving

grandma left the day before thanksgiving, and our plans were to go down to denver & spend the holiday with auntie t.t, uncle matt (& his parents), lilly, & grandpa. however, our little lovebug just happened to come down with croup on thankgiving eve, so plans had to change...which meant that instead of making 1 dish for dinner with the fam, i suddenly was faced with cooking the entire meal solo! so, it was off to the store to grab the necessities - the thing i was most worried about was getting a fresh turkey - but i was in luck, they had 2 left! 

thursday morning i woke up & decided to get things started...ease into it. i made fresh cranberry sauce. it wasn't hard at all &my hopes about being able to complete the meal began to rise. tommy helped with the turkey, since i really am not a fan of raw meat of any kind - especially cleaning out the inside of a bird - & we got that in the oven. glazed sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing & rolls were supposed to complete the meal - but i forgot the stuffing :( i made it anyway & it cooked while we ate - so at least we had it for left-overs :)  

thursday morning i woke up & decided to get things started...ease into it. i made fresh cranberry sauce. it wasn't hard at all &my hopes about being able to complete the meal began to rise. tommy helped with the turkey, since i really am not a fan of raw meat of any kind - especially cleaning out the inside of a bird - & we got that in the oven. glazed sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing & rolls were supposed to complete the meal - but i forgot the stuffing :( i made it anyway & it cooked while we ate - so at least we had it for left-overs :) the meal was wonderful & the only thing missing was the rest of the fam!