I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.
My brother that I don't see but every few years came in. It was nice to see him. He also brought his daughter who's 11. She's a nice girl.
We did have one mishap with the turkey. My mom bought this turkey fryer for this year. And neither she nor my brother actually read the booklet the whole way through. So they let the oil heat up like it was supposed to, and plopped in the turkey and the temperature dropped way down. So they thought it wasn't going to cook all the way through, so they decided to leave it in the fryer longer. And also, the amount of oil needed way just a little more than what my mom bought...so the breast wasn't covered. So at some point we decided to try and flip the turkey so the breast would cook.
And then my brother read the booklet again and said "oh it says when cooking a whole turkey the temp will drop." So the breast was cooked nicely and the rest of it was like turkey jerky. We all had a good laugh. Besides, it's the sides that count anyways. My mom made her corn bread dressing and dirty rice and I made green bean casserole and a fruit salad. I was also in charge of desserts and we had a pumpkin pie and a homemade carrot cake.
I came home after the Cowboys traffic died down, so I didn't even get stuck in that yesterday. All in all, a good Thanksgiving.
I am not shopping today. I hate crowds and I would have to be truly desperate for something to go to the stores today, and I have yet to find that level of desperation. I'm going to clean house a bit today. Tomorrow I'm going to my SIL's parents house. The family is going to a Christmas parade or something and I'm going as well. My oldest nephew is playing lacross now, so I need to ask him all about that.
Sunday supposedly my dad is coming over to help fix my toilet. It just dribbles while filing the tank, and he "knows" how to fix it.
