So since Thanksgiving is coming up this week, my incredible chef of a roommate and I got to thinking. Since our guy friends have their marvelous off-campus house, we decided we should do a big family dinner and cook for them this Sunday. Now mind you, I am NOT a cook. I can make toast, chocolate milk, scrambled eggs and MAYBE an omelette (depending on the day). I have no desire to learn how to cook nor does anyone have the desire to spend time trying to teach me. However Mandi is a phenomenal cook and loves to cook for people. As I write this in her kitchen since we went home for the day, my tummy is full from the giant-sized delicious banana-blueberry pancake she made me for breakfast, the chocolate chip cookies I had for dessert and our ricotta-stuffed shells are baking in the oven. How nice that she takes care of me like that, right?
But anyway, she wanted to cook for the boys and I decided to get on board by offering to open the wine and maybe make place cards. So tomorrow night we (well, it's really SHE but she likes to include me in things) will be taking over the house and making yummy yummy fall dinner for the boys. Hopefully it turns out all right and everyone has a good time. We're also having a Thanksgiving dinner there on Monday night (they're roasting a HUGE turkey) so this week will be full of good food.
I am so excited to go home for Thanksgiving. I haven't been home since summer, so I'm looking forward to relaxing in my big comfy pillow-top covered bed, seeing my DOGGIE and some of my home friends, as well as my parents and my LITTLES!!! I'm flying home really early on Wednesday morning and going straight to my littles' house to play with them all day. This past week has been really light with work and while I'll have some over break, it shouldn't be too bad and I have two 3-hour plane rides to get work done! I love getting work done on plane rides, I am so efficient (unlike my normal snail-pace of actually doing homework)...
A large anomaly occurred this week in my household. This may come as a surprise to some (or all) of you, but I actually do not like the stuffing my mom makes at Thanksgiving. I know, I know, terrible. But I just don't like it. I try some every year, hoping my taste buds have changed but alas they never have. I always badger her to pick a new recipe but since she and my dad enjoy it so much, she has always refused. Until now! She called me this week and said that if I find a recipe, she'll make me my own batch of stuffing!!! YAY!!! I of course went to my chef of a roomie and am now equipped with a delicious stuffing recipe to bring home to Minna. Our Thanksgivings (and holidays in general) are pretty low key since it's just me and my parents. Turkey day usually involves watching the parade and eating coffee cake and then watching football all day... and eating, of course! My dad grew up in Detroit so we always cheer for the Lions in their game, and since they've actually yet to WIN a game this year it should be nice watching them play against a powerhouse of a team. My friend Paul is a diehard Lions fan and has had a very depressing fall with a lack of a victory in his life. Sorry bud... try not to take out their inevitable loss on the turkey or anything ;)
I hope you all have a great vacation and aren't swamped with too much work. Enjoy sleeping in your own beds for a few days, eating good home food (which for me includes my favorite cherry-chicken pasta salad from our grocery store) and most importantly... relaxing : )
That's what holidays are for!
