Tis The Season

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By way of reporting on Thanksgiving goodness, we had an AWESOME first Thanksgiving with our Li'l Empress home. We hosted the holiday here for 15 family members, ate ourselves silly, laughed and talked all day. The most exciting part of the whole day, aside from sinking my teeth into my mom's amazing pumpkin pie with home-made whipped cream, was how deliciously yummy and moist and fantastical my new stuffing recipe turned out. I don't mean to brag here (well, not completely anyway), but I think it was the best stuffing I've ever had. I was totally experimenting by smashing a couple recipes together and seeing what happened, so you can imagine how grateful I am that I stopped to take notes along the way. A repeat performance is definitely in order. Mmmmmm.

The weekend was spent with more eating, laughing, hanging out and relaxing with some of our oldest and dearest friends. I've mentioned them before. We met them shortly after we got married and have enjoyed 18 years of growing together with them. It's good times when you can hang out in your jammies almost all day with a family and not even feel more pressure to "entertain them." Good times, indeed.

And tonite? Yup. I took that super-di-duper fantasticalness and made my traditional left-over stuffing and turkey casserole with it. More deliciousness all over again. Oh the joy. Oh the groans. Oh the straining seams. Those are just my reactions! You should have heard the rest of The Gang. The sad thing is, I was wearing my stretchy lounge pants for dinner tonight. Ugh.

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