Oops. I'm an idiot.
I decided to make three pumpkin pies since I already had some open pumpkin in the fridge. No problem, easy enough. I was using the recipe on the back of the can of pumpkin, easy and yummy. I realized I would have to add to the recipe since I had the extra pumpkin but I forgot that the recipe was written for two pies. That critical piece of information was rather necessary and the oversight meant that I tripled everything. Oops. That meant I prepared enough dry ingredients for 6 pies. Wow!!! Considering our guest list that would work out to half a pie per person. A bit excessive I would say. Thankfully I realized the error of my ways before mixing in the wet ingredients. I divided the dry ingredients in half and went on my way preparing just 3 pies. Sheesh. They sure smell yummy right now as they are baking though. :)
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Preparations
I'm so excited, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. That means that I should be getting things ready rather that typing my blog but that's beside the point.
We're hoping to have 12 adults and 5 children here for dinner tomorrow night. That's a large gathering and there is going to be a heck of a lot of food. Thankfully my mom is coming into town tonight and she is going to help me with the food preparation. The other preparations have been in the works for a few weeks now. I made adorable place cards last night but they took forever to complete. Really cute though. I'm anxious to decorate for Christmas but I find it necessary to hold onto the fall decorations just a bit longer for Thanksgiving. I have conceded to listening to Christmas music though; love the Josh Groban Noel CD.
I'm really excited about the fact that we will have 6 different countries represented around our table tomorrow night. How cool is that? What a unique opportunity. The countries are: Canada (had to list it first since it's the best!!!), Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, France and the US. My mom is the US stand in although she is technically not American and refuses to become American. So, that means that we officially have 5 countries, the US technically not included, but we're all celebrating and American holiday. Go figure. :)
We're hoping to have 12 adults and 5 children here for dinner tomorrow night. That's a large gathering and there is going to be a heck of a lot of food. Thankfully my mom is coming into town tonight and she is going to help me with the food preparation. The other preparations have been in the works for a few weeks now. I made adorable place cards last night but they took forever to complete. Really cute though. I'm anxious to decorate for Christmas but I find it necessary to hold onto the fall decorations just a bit longer for Thanksgiving. I have conceded to listening to Christmas music though; love the Josh Groban Noel CD.
I'm really excited about the fact that we will have 6 different countries represented around our table tomorrow night. How cool is that? What a unique opportunity. The countries are: Canada (had to list it first since it's the best!!!), Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, France and the US. My mom is the US stand in although she is technically not American and refuses to become American. So, that means that we officially have 5 countries, the US technically not included, but we're all celebrating and American holiday. Go figure. :)
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Costco
I love Costco. I know I'm not alone as was apparent when we went shopping there last week. The place was packed. The store opened at 11 am for the general public, business card holders at 10 (strange time, kind of late I think) and I walked in the doors at 11:01. The place was swarming with people.
First, let me preface this by saying that I had to drive half an hour to get there. Granted, I realize that there are many people (my parents included) that have to drive half an hour to get about anywhere. Having said that, I choose to live in the city in order to avoid the drive. Just so happens that the nearest Costco is half an hour away. Trusty mapquest gave me very good directions so we were well on our way.
I loaded the boys into the double ride shopping cart, I love it when stores have those. I had a few specific things that I needed to get but I thought I would look around to see what else looked good. There were lovely large pointsettias for a really good price so I decided to pick one up. It wasn't long before Stellan realized it was in the cart and decided to start pulling off the leaves. Lovely. I took it out and decided to wait until the end to pick it up before checking out.
Once in the food section there were plenty of tasty morsels to be tried. The kids loved the crackers but weren't too fond of the cheese spread on top. They both liked the roast beef but weren't fond of the empanadas; they were pretty spicy. They each licked the piece of parmigana cheese but quickly scowled and refused to eat it. Then it was time for the next course, dessert. They were passing out samples of rice pudding. I handed the sample to Jameson, he took a bite and the proudly exclaimed, "Mmm, mommy it's so creamy". I laughed so hard. What a kid!
I had my cart nice and full when I heard, "I need to pee". Darn it. We headed toward the bathroom and left our cart outside and headed toward the handicap stall since there is enough room for three. That also means there is enough room for Stellan to pull out the seat covers and shove them in the sanitary napkin disposal. Germs, yuck! Then Stellan grabbed onto the toilet seat to get a better look. Eww! Jameson did what he had to do then we all washed our hands. We got back into the cart and headed out to get the rest of the shopping finished, the kids were about at their limit.
I noticed that that Diego videos that I had picked up at Target the night before were $2 cheaper at Costco. They were supposed to be a surprise from Santa but even Santa is frugal. I picked them up but couldn't hide them from the kids. They each took a video and hung on for dear life. I hope it will be a case of out of sight out of mind. They will be confined to the closet for the next month hoping that the boys will forget about them. Considering Jameson's past displays of memory, it's doubtful. It might be difficult to preserve the identity of Santa before it really begins. Will have to come up with an alternative plan.
Jameson noticed the display train sets and wanted to play with each of them. Thankfully they were in plastic cases so there was no way they could play with them and it was obvious even to a 3 year old. But he's smart enough to know that mommy could easily buy it and bring it home for him to play with. Shoot. Oh well, ask Santa. He won't bring it but it is worth a try.
I found an employee and kindly asked him to bring one of the 6 foot long tables to the front for me. No problem. Well, not exactly. He brought it but then he didn't drop it off at my check out line. Once I got to the front (after a considerable length of time) I couldn't find where he put my table. We eventually found it but I felt badly for holding up the line. In the meantime the boys decided it would be fun to start strangling each other. How entertaining. I managed to get the poinsettia to the checkout but then the bagger lady put it in the cart without me noticing it. Yet it didn't escape Stellan's notice. A passerby pointed out the fact that my son was picking of the poinsettia leaves. "You know their poinsonous right?", she said in her accusatory voice. "Thanks lady, you want to watch them while I shop?" I said in my inner voice, wishing I had the nerve to say it out loud.
We got back to the van and loaded it up. I got the boys buckled in and then looked for my directions before heading home. Darn it, where did they go? I searched high and low but could not find those silly directions. I have to assume that they blew out in the gale force winds that were blowing, most likely from the North considering the bite that they carried. Now what? I had never been to Bridgewater, New Jersey before, how was I supposed to get home? I said a quick prayer and headed out on instinct. I'm glad to say I got home without a hitch. Not a single wrong turn. I'm impressed. :)
Once home I again vowed not to take the kids shopping again for a very long time. When will I ever learn?
First, let me preface this by saying that I had to drive half an hour to get there. Granted, I realize that there are many people (my parents included) that have to drive half an hour to get about anywhere. Having said that, I choose to live in the city in order to avoid the drive. Just so happens that the nearest Costco is half an hour away. Trusty mapquest gave me very good directions so we were well on our way.
I loaded the boys into the double ride shopping cart, I love it when stores have those. I had a few specific things that I needed to get but I thought I would look around to see what else looked good. There were lovely large pointsettias for a really good price so I decided to pick one up. It wasn't long before Stellan realized it was in the cart and decided to start pulling off the leaves. Lovely. I took it out and decided to wait until the end to pick it up before checking out.
Once in the food section there were plenty of tasty morsels to be tried. The kids loved the crackers but weren't too fond of the cheese spread on top. They both liked the roast beef but weren't fond of the empanadas; they were pretty spicy. They each licked the piece of parmigana cheese but quickly scowled and refused to eat it. Then it was time for the next course, dessert. They were passing out samples of rice pudding. I handed the sample to Jameson, he took a bite and the proudly exclaimed, "Mmm, mommy it's so creamy". I laughed so hard. What a kid!
I had my cart nice and full when I heard, "I need to pee". Darn it. We headed toward the bathroom and left our cart outside and headed toward the handicap stall since there is enough room for three. That also means there is enough room for Stellan to pull out the seat covers and shove them in the sanitary napkin disposal. Germs, yuck! Then Stellan grabbed onto the toilet seat to get a better look. Eww! Jameson did what he had to do then we all washed our hands. We got back into the cart and headed out to get the rest of the shopping finished, the kids were about at their limit.
I noticed that that Diego videos that I had picked up at Target the night before were $2 cheaper at Costco. They were supposed to be a surprise from Santa but even Santa is frugal. I picked them up but couldn't hide them from the kids. They each took a video and hung on for dear life. I hope it will be a case of out of sight out of mind. They will be confined to the closet for the next month hoping that the boys will forget about them. Considering Jameson's past displays of memory, it's doubtful. It might be difficult to preserve the identity of Santa before it really begins. Will have to come up with an alternative plan.
Jameson noticed the display train sets and wanted to play with each of them. Thankfully they were in plastic cases so there was no way they could play with them and it was obvious even to a 3 year old. But he's smart enough to know that mommy could easily buy it and bring it home for him to play with. Shoot. Oh well, ask Santa. He won't bring it but it is worth a try.
I found an employee and kindly asked him to bring one of the 6 foot long tables to the front for me. No problem. Well, not exactly. He brought it but then he didn't drop it off at my check out line. Once I got to the front (after a considerable length of time) I couldn't find where he put my table. We eventually found it but I felt badly for holding up the line. In the meantime the boys decided it would be fun to start strangling each other. How entertaining. I managed to get the poinsettia to the checkout but then the bagger lady put it in the cart without me noticing it. Yet it didn't escape Stellan's notice. A passerby pointed out the fact that my son was picking of the poinsettia leaves. "You know their poinsonous right?", she said in her accusatory voice. "Thanks lady, you want to watch them while I shop?" I said in my inner voice, wishing I had the nerve to say it out loud.
We got back to the van and loaded it up. I got the boys buckled in and then looked for my directions before heading home. Darn it, where did they go? I searched high and low but could not find those silly directions. I have to assume that they blew out in the gale force winds that were blowing, most likely from the North considering the bite that they carried. Now what? I had never been to Bridgewater, New Jersey before, how was I supposed to get home? I said a quick prayer and headed out on instinct. I'm glad to say I got home without a hitch. Not a single wrong turn. I'm impressed. :)
Once home I again vowed not to take the kids shopping again for a very long time. When will I ever learn?
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