Our classic meal to impress was steak, baked potatoes, salad and garlic bread.
I very rarely burn myself but I burned the stuffing out of my finger while I was cooking.
Isn't that always the way?
Bill said of the evening, "Katie put out cloth napkins. My dad didn't know what to do with it."
Maybe they were so preoccupied with the cloth napkins they didn't notice the ice on my finger.
Fire
We had a wonderful time.
We sat around a firepit on Saturday night and told silly "scary" stories.
It was the best.
Sunday morning I woke up so stuffy. By Monday night, I was convinced I had a sinus infection.
I made plans to hunker down so I wouldn't get anyone sick for Thanksgiving.
This happened to me once before in the same area of Texas. That time I blamed my resent flu shot but I must be allergic to pine.
I could finally breathe again on Thursday afternoon.
Hot Toddy
1 Tablespoon whiskey (The cheaper the better)
1 teaspoon honey
1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
Microwave for about 13 seconds
Make faces as you sip it.
Hot Toddy
1 Tablespoon whiskey (The cheaper the better)
1 teaspoon honey
1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
Microwave for about 13 seconds
Make faces as you sip it.
Burns
Friday night I decided to make one of our new favorite meals - egg rolls and pot sticker salad with Asian Sesame dressing.
You can find pot stickers in your freezer section (hopefully)
They need to be boiled for a few minutes and then browned in a pan.
I decided to try to deep fry them a little to see if they would cook little more consistently.
In typical Katie Mansfield fashion, I forgot that I'd turned on the burner.
I added the pot stickers and the oil spattered all over me.
I didn't need to sit at the table with ice on my arm, face and ring finger but "ouch."
Try this meal. Let me know if you do.
Burn Out
We cleaned out the garage on Saturday so we could bring the trees down from the attic.
We took a full load to the thrift store which is always a great feeling.
When we got back we pulled the trees and garland all down.
I got to work.
I set up the big tree.
Jumping Jack Frost, if 80% of the tree wasn't burned out.
I decided to restring it after swallowing a mouth full of disappointment.
I started with the top section and things went pretty well.
It took about an hour to do the top two sections.
Since this tree was going to get some spray paint "flocking" I switched it up and started on the bottom.
After about a half hour of scratched hands and extreme frustration I yelled, "That's it!"
Long suffering and very patient Bill exited the office and asked if I would like to go get a new tree.
I swallowed another helping of disappointment and a few tears and hopped into the car.
There you have it.
I hope you're having a fabulous Monday.
Katie
Katie
Don't you just hate it when everything seems to go wrong? Hello....I like the look of that new tree!!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds grim, Katie. One thing after another. Here's hoping the rest of the week will be a bit better. (I feel your pain on the campfire reaction. I get into bad cough zone every time I"m near one.)
ReplyDeleteOh boy. Hoping your Thanksgiving is wonderful and without any burns or fires! Can't wait to see that tree. Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteYour story about your tree struck a note with me. Every year I think why can't they invent Christmas lights that don't burn out so easily? We always buy a cut tree, we test the lights, put them on the tree, plug them in and invariably at least one strand or half a strand suddenly won't light. This has been happening since I was a child. My dad would get so mad that we referred to it as the swearing in of the Christmas Tree. Thanks for sharing on Share Your Style and Happy Thanksgiving!
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