first of all, happy day after thanksgiving.
we had a great day yesterday. it was just us (autumn, bill, + ella), brother mike, and date (karen). we ordered an organic free range turkey from otis family farm and wow…it was really good. bill did an amazing job stuffing, basting, etc. and by the end of the day, ella had even learned the word “turkey”.
we started off with wine (hee hee). then a salad of greens, endive, toasted spiced walnuts, and gorgonzola. next, squash soup w/ walnut butter (only i forgot to put out the walnut butter. oops). main course: turkey with cornbread and dried apple stuffing, rosemary garlic mashes potatoes, our signature horseradish carrots, brussels sprouts with chestnuts, cranberry relish, ginger squash puree, sourdough bread, and rolls. i think that’s it. oh, more wine. for dessert, choice of french silk or pumpkin pie. yum. more wine.
today we are alternating between lounging around the house and running errands. we stopped at peapods natural toy store this morning so that ella could pick out something for herself and for cousin laurel for xmas. it was quite fun.
this afternoon we might brave the sprawl (aka mall of america) to meet up with the hodgens family and maybe swing by the apple store (they are having some t-shirt give-away or something…maybe they’ll give us an ipod. hee hee).
