A Turkey Tale, Part 2

Success! The turkey was edible. It took longer to cook than I thought it would, but when it was finally done cooking it was good. But, I still don't want to ever do it again. The pink junk for dessert was delicious also and I will gladly make that again.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

A Turkey Tale, Part 1

Okay, turkeys are GROSS! I never want to cook one again. I mean you have to get all that goo out of the inside of the turkey and rinse it. And then you have "rub" seasonings and whatnot all over it. What the hell are all of those extra parts anyway?! I seriously almost threw up. I had to go next door and get Chandel to help me. I know I'm a wuss, but you know what? I'm OKAY with it!

I mean look at this! Is that a head or an ass? For some people it's the same thing, but I don't think so in this case.

Here's the bird all ready to go into the oven.

Stay tuned for part 2 of the storey to see if the bird was actually edible or if we had to go to Chinese Food and sing Fa Ra Ra Ra for our Christmas dinner!

Yummy Treats

Okay, today has pretty much been a drama filled day, but I chose to put it all aside and bake Christmas goodies! Well, I didn't put it ALL aside, but I did my best. I even let Quentin help me do the baking. Hey what is a vacation for if not to make a complete mess of the kitchen and to get completely cart-locked in the grocery store? Seriously, it is like a zoo out there! People are running stop signs and speeding through crowded parking lots and to make it all worse it's raining. We all know that rain makes people crazy. Why is that?

Anyway, here are some pictures of the yummy Christmas goodies.

Here is the cookie dough waiting to go into the oven. Oh man, those are good cookies. I had to sample one...okay, maybe it was two...or three. :-)

Here are the peanut butter bars. They don't look so great in this picture, but they're really really good. Besides pink junk (fruit salad) they're at the top of the list for favorite Christmas treats.

And just for Quentin I made fudge. I kicked it up a notch this year and made it in the shape of a wreath and put red and green sugar sprinkles on it. Oh, by the way, it's yummy too!

Tomorrow I'll make the Magic Cookie Bars and then on Wednesday I'm going to attempt to cook a turkey! I got the LAST fresh turkey at the grocery store and the damn little thing cost me $33! Please wish me luck on it turning out well.

Honor Roll

Okay, to quote my Granny Minnie, "I'm just so proud!" Quentin made the Honor Roll for the 1st Trimester of school. He worked really hard I really really am really proud of him. Really! He didn't know that he scored high enough to make the Honor Roll, so it was surprise for him.

Here he is accepting his certificate and bumper sticker.

Here he is showing off his certificate.

Ah, here are the BFFs. Quentin and Hannah.

And here's the proud Mama and her Honor Roll Student.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

It's time for the 2nd Annual Christmas Tree Farm in HR office! All of us are having a very hard time getting into the Christmas spirit this year. We were hoping that setting up the Christmas Tree Farm would help. I guess it has a little bit, but not as much as we'd hoped. It's just too warm outside to be Christmas. And with the fact that I'm staying home this year there is not the excitement and anticipation of visiting far away family and friends. Hopefully, some family members will come and visit US this year! Hint hint. You know who you are. I'm not going to name any names.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of the farm.

This spans across the top of six filing cabinets.

This one is on the top of two filing cabinets.

Here is my wire tree.

Here is a cute little bird tree.

And last, but not least, a little snowman tree!

Thanksgiving

Quentin and I went to San Diego for Thanksgiving last week. Justin and his family were able to go this year also. It was really nice for all of the kids to get to hang out. Lily now calls Addison her "Big Buddy" and Quentin is still her "Buddy".

Our old friend Eric came to visit too. It was cool to see him again. He's the same smart ass he always was! :-)

Friday the girls went shopping, of course. Aubrey, Chandel and I were camped out in front of the Wal-Mart at 1:45 a.m. It was a frickin' mad house in that store! Wal-Mart really should do a better job of organizing for these types of sales. I mean look at the sad situation in New York with the guy getting trampled! Frickin' da-dickerless! After Wal-Mart we went to Target, where Mom was holding our place in line. Yes, some of the ladies behind her gave us dirty looks. But, we survived with no fights. Sorry to disappoint you Chandel (she really wanted to see me get in a fight). We went to a few stores after that and then went to Mimi's for breakfast. Mimi's is where it all started to go downhill. Breakfast was really good, but for some unknown reason I ended up having an allergic reaction to something and Aubrey's blood sugar dropped dramatically. We both were down for the count. I had to take Benadryl TWICE and Aubrey had to sit in the floor of Bath & Body Works and eat M&Ms. It was horrible. We didn't even get to have our Cranberry Margarita's from Chevy's! Oh, how I long for one... Perhaps a trip to Modesto is required this weekend? MMMMmmmmmm!

Saturday we all loaded into the vehicles and went to Seaport Village and Coronado Island. What a blast! The kids had a great time running around until Quentin got busted by the Po Po. Apparently some stupid tourist fell out of a tree and sued and now no one is allowed to climb the trees. So, Q-man got a little lecture. Auntie Aub was there to rescue him though. :-)

I can't believe how good the water felt at the beach. I expected it to be completely freezing, but it really wasn't. Quentin got completely soaked by a wave. I lost my balance near the tide pools and had to catch myself on a rock that was covered with "stuff" that squirted when my hand landed on it. Oh my gosh it was so disgusting words won't describe it. Seriously, I'm getting nauseous just thinking about it.

Moving on....

Here's a picture of my Sista'! Isn't she pretty?! She's so good for putting up with all of us at her house. Especially me. I always complain about her dogs. I really don't like dog hair. I just can't help it. I'm sorry! I love ya' man!