Let the cooking begin!

With Thanksgiving drawing near it's time for me to start the cooking. I started this morning making the whiskey cream sauce for the pecan pie. Darn you pioneer woman for your wonderful recipes!

Then on to the pecan pie. 1 1/3 recipes made 2 pies. One for tomorrow and one to share.

Oh Apple Pie - this is my favorite. Will I be able to wait until tomorrow to sample this? We'll see...

Now, last but not least for desserts - pumpkin cream cheese truffles. I'm trying this in lieu of pumpkin pie this year (with Kenneth's blessing of course). This is a recipe I found on pinterest. It sounds good but there is NO WAY this makes 30 truffles unless they are tiny. This is what one recipe made. It's chilling now and we'll see how it turns out. I might need to double it.

The recipe made 21, and that was using my small scooper. These were about 1" diameter.

I did have to sample one. The cook can't serve food without tasting, right? If food network has taught me one that it's that! I'm surprised to say that they are good! I'm not a pumpkin lover and never eat pumpkin pie... but I'll definitely have more of these. I'm hiding half of them from Kenneth now! The orange zest really stands out and adds a fresh taste. They don't just scream pumpkin but are very good!

And now the cooking is complete for today... the turkey and ham are thawing and I'll set the rolls out early to rise tomorrow. Time do do some laundry and dishes.

The Bar is Finally Open!

In 2008, wow - it's been that long. In 2008 I knocked a lovely hole in the wall between the kitchen and living room. I thought it would open it up (and wanted to watch tv while cooking). There's always ulterior motives, right?

Then in 2009 (or '10, it's been so long I forget now) Kenneth got me a lovely chunk of rough cut cedar to build a bar with. It was to match the mantle (as seen above) and would fit in the nice new opening.

But I couldn't just put a rectangle piece o

f lumber in the hole - oh no, that would be way too easy. So, I came up with a plan of how it needed to be cut here and notched there. Seeing as how this is 4"x12" cedar not just any saw will cut what I wanted to cut.

To the point - my wonderful friend Bob was able to cut just what I needed and FINALLY - the bar is open. It looks like we knew what we were doing. I've got a sealer that I need to put on but other than that it's up. And it only took 3 years!

Kenneth

is the best husband in the world!

Kennyism's

Kenny: Dad- it's snowing on the pigtail of your truck!
Kenneth: its called a tailgate

Jen: Kenny - who's your favorite person in the whole world?
Kenny: Duncan grandma
Jen: How much do you like her?
Kenny: 100
Jen: How much do you like me?
Kenny: 99
Jen: How much do you like Uncle Luke?
Kenny: 14

Kenny: dad how much do weigh?
Jen: (edited response)pounds
Kenny: but how many libits are you?
jen:whats a libit?
Kenny: you know... lbs

Kenneth to Jen: Do you know what's stinky?
Jen: You?
Kenneth: Kenny! Jen named called.
Jen: Have you smelled him lately Kenny?
Kenny: Yea, I smelled him the other day and... oooooh weeee... he smelled terrible!
Jen: ROFL

Kenny: I'm American, right?
Jen: Yes
Kenny: But I"m also Canadian because I can speak spanish, right?

Bunny Kenny

Kenny got some rabbit ears from Summer Fun - He put them on and said "I'm a happy rabbit"

Then he turned them upside down and said "I'm a sad rabbit". I thought that was creative... and cute!

Broken Fibula!!!

It took 30 years but I finally broke a bone. While sliding into first I landed with my foot pointing the wrong direction and SNAP! After a trip to Med Center they confirmed that yes, my leg was broken. So no summer ball and I'll be with a splint and crutches for a few weeks.

Why was I sliding into first you ask? I got a hit to the outfield and rounded first when they threw it towards home. I was going to go to second when the pitcher cut off the throw and threw it to second. So I got in a rundown between the bases. I was closer to first so when she threw it there I tried to slide but being turned sideways I was in no position for sliding.

Here is my x-ray confirming the "non-displaced" fracture. I will go see an orthopedic doctor after the swelling goes down in a few days.

Kenny sells the "snuggie"

One day Kenny asked me if I knew what a snuggie was. Wanting to hear his idea of what it was I said "No, can you tell me about it..." This is what I got