Gobble Gobble

What a day Thanksgiving was! I cooked the turkey as Mimi had in the past by cooking it overnight in the oven and seasoning it as basic as I could. Butter, salt, and pepper. Perfect. It was done around 6 AM and I got up and took it out. I also made green bean casserole, baked macroni and cheese, stuffing, rolls, and mashed potatoes with gravy. The only thing I knew by heart how to make was the casserole. Josh had mentioned having the basked macroni and cheese which I had to search for a recipe online for. Lucky for me he got up early than he probably wanted and helped make the cheese sauce for the dish. A lot of it needed to be prepared all at the same time and it was difficult to manage so I was thankful that Josh got up and helped.

I had watched The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade that morning. It's something that I've always done. We ended up eating around 1:30. One plate and we were both full. It was certainly a lot to eat for just the two of us! But I was extremely proud of myself for preparing so much of it. Josh said it was good and had two additional plates later that evening so I'm sure he wasn't lying to me.

I had emailed his mom a few weeks earlier to ask about any traditions that they had for Thanksgiving. I knew he would miss being home with his family since everyone was getting together for his aunt's birthday. And I knew they would miss him being there too. She said that he and his sister always requested red (cherry) jello from his grandma.....so Cherry Jello it was. That was a little surprise for him. I also made a pecran pie and a pumpkin pie. I really wanted to get a Chocolate Pie from Marie Callender's but money was a bit tight and I figured we didn't need 3 pies between the two of us. I was right. We still haven't finished the two. Although, the pumkin pie must have been good because Josh ate a lot of it!

We didn't have our dining room table yet so I set up our coffee table with a centerpiece and tall candles along with a gold tablecloth. It looked pretty and sophisticated.

We did have a lot of turkey left over but that was the original plan anyways. I've alwawys loved having turkey sandwhiches afterwards and knew it would be perfect for all of my trips coming up for work. MMmmm G-O-O-D!!!

We were lazy most of the day although I did do a few loads of laundry, vacummed, dusted, swept and mopped. I hadn't planned on sweeping and mopping but we had a minor sink issue. I had clogged the sink and garbage disposal with the leftover cooked macroni. UUUgggg!!! We sat and hoped it would eventually drain but no such luck. Josh took the pipe under the sink off spewing water all over him and the kitchen (apartment maintenance refused to come as it wasn't deemed worthy) so I had a lot to clean up.

Over all it was a good day. We did end up going to Wal-Mart around 11:30 for a few sale items. It was a first for both of us and certainly not something I'll do on a regular basis!

Hopefully next year we aren't sitting by ourselves but surrounding by family!