Thanksgiving

Unfortunate + here we go!

Thanksgiving is TOMORROW!

I am giving thanks that my dad is okay right now. Last night he was driving home from work and a tar truck spilled tar all over the PA Turnpike (40 miles worth of it) and my dad drove through it, unknowingly. The tar got stuck and wrapped around all of his tires until he couldn’t move his car at all. This happened to tons of other people driving to see their family or just traveling home from work. My dad’s tires are ruined and we’re not sure about the undercarriage of the car, but he is lucky because some cars ended up being totaled; it was crazy. My mom and I wanted to pick him up, but we couldn’t because we would have got stuck too. How unfortunate. He made it home late last night and I’m so glad! Here is a picture of one of his tires:

Tar all over the tire :/

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As I said in my last post, I am going to be cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my boy’s family. Today I baked for hours. I wanted to have most of the baking done so that the turkey can cook all day.

I baked an apple pie.

I baked a pumpkin pie.

I baked chocolate chip cookies.

Tuesday night I did a “practice round” of mashed potatoes.

They came out good 😉

Other things I did to prep in advance: set the table, cut up onions and celery for the stuffing, prepped the turkey (took out the giblets + seasoned and oiled it), and made a list of what time I will put things in the oven, etc. for tomorrow.

I feel pretty ready, I guess :p … we’ll see!

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If I don’t post tomorrow, I hope you have an amazing Thanksgiving with family, friends, and good food! <333333333

To do

Well hello there and happy Tuesday!

I am on Thanksgiving break and loving the extra free time! I went to see Breaking Dawn and had lunch by myself yesterday. It was glorious and sometimes I just love being alone.

Though I have had more free time, I also feel like I have a lot to do. So I make lists. I love crossing off things on a list, it feels amazing. I hope to cross all of the following off by this time next week!

School stuff to do

-Study Economics

-Review Rhetoric paper

-Write news writing report

*I’m kind of frustrated with news writing right now because I have to interview  five people for an article for the school paper and I contacted the five people about two weeks ago and only one person has gotten back to me. I just need to focus on the things I can do… like study for economics…… ugh.

Life stuff to do:

-Organize my room and move my summer clothes somewhere…

-Finish planning Thanksgiving dinner

-Practice bowling before Friday (I have to fill in for my sister for our church bowling league and honestly… I STINK at bowling but I love it!)

*My immediate family (minus my brother and I) is going to New York for Thanksgiving so I am going to be here in Pittsburgh cooking for Jimmy’s family. This will be quite interesting. So far the menu includes: Turkey, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, stuffing, broccoli, rolls, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. I’m really nervous to roast a 21lb turkey all by myself :x!!!!

I took this picture on Saturday morning through my window/screen while laying in bed. I’m loving the beautiful sky every morning!

Have a great day!

Do you have ANY tips/advice for me for Thanksgiving?!