December 24, 2019 The house is decorated. The presents are wrapped. NORAD is tracking Santa. Merry Christmas, y’all! I hope you and yours have a wonderful one! We’re having a different kind of Christmas Eve dinner today. We have a reservation. No cooking today! We’re a small family, just five (5) of us. So we thought, why have turkey and …
My First Thanksgiving As Host
November 29, 2019 All the worry and planning was all for naught. My first Thanksgiving as host was a success. My mom and I got everything ready and all was still hot at the same time when it was time to serve. Whew! Now to do it again for Christmas! How I did it… So the turkey, yeah, I farmed …
#Flashback Friday
November 2, 2019 Edition Ok, I know that it’s not Friday but November goals came first! On this Saturday edition of #Flashback Friday, we’re going back to the 2017 Turkey Trot. Twinkletoes and I started this tradition and had a great time doing it! Let’s dive into this #Flashback Friday on this Saturday! Do you trot before you eat turkey? …
Tis the Season
December 23, 2013 It’s been a while since the last post. It’s been a great month! Twinkle Toes and I ran our first Ho Ho Hustle 5k run by Running Wild, our local running store. It was a great route with a few small hills and a portion that went by Bayou Texar. Beautiful. We improved our time by 3 …
Family Tradition
November 27, 2013 As long as I can remember, my grandma made dressing on thanksgiving. My grandma was a great cook and very detailed with her recipes. My mom has her original recipe book with my late grandma, mom, and my late Uncle Butch’s handwritten recipes. Today, being the day before Thanksgiving, we prepared grandma’s dressing. So, all 3 generations …