I made turkey soup last night, and I’m happy to say that my leftovers are now concluded. Of course, most of the soup went in the freezer, along with two cups or so of cranberry sauce and lots of pumpkin soup I made with the leftover pumpkin. It will provide some much-needed nourishment during the months when the CSA is no longer running so I’m not getting farm-fresh food.
Overall, things worked out rather well. I tried new recipes, all of which turned out delicious (though not necessarily pretty). Nothing was wasted, and I have an empty refrigerator ready to receive my veggies tomorrow. It’s all going according to plan.
With the holiday over, it’s time to get back to work. For me, the next three weeks are going to be intensely busy. I’ll be trying to get as much work done at the office as possible before I go to New Orleans. We’ll see how the blogging goes—I suspect it will suffer somewhat.
In any case, I’m really looking forward to Friday. A friend of a friend is having a Christmas party. She’s Greek, so apparently all the food and everything is, too. Sounds delicious.
Man, I love this holiday. I spent about six hours cooking last night, baking dinner rolls, prepping the stuffing, making the pumpkin pie (from fresh pumpkin this year), making cranberry sauce (with pears and ginger), and a few other things. At the moment, I'm cooking the turkey giblets and neck. The juices will go in the gravy, and the solids will go for the cats.
I'm actually trying out a bunch of new recipes this year. Normally, I don't like cranberry sauce, so I don't make it. Stuffing is usually too much of a bother for me, and my pumpkin pie recipe is brand new. Part of my reasoning is that I have a guest this year, so I want to provide a broad spectrum of food. Plus I just feel like going all out.
So happy Thanksgiving to all. I know everyone has something to be thankful for, so take a little time to notice it today.
I have to say, I’d feel a lot better about falling airfare prices if I hadn’t bought my tickets for my holiday vacation a month ago. Yet I doubt the airline will be giving me a partial refund. I suppose that’s just me doing my part to support the flagging economy.
Yes, it's a bit late. I've been busy, not just because work has been extremely busy. And it has been.
This week's least pleasant news--I lost my little mp3 player that I used to listen to podcasts. That's a major bummer. It's worse because my headphones were with it, and for the last week I've been using my iPod headphones. They're terrible. They actually make my ears hurt. The Inquisition would love them. Anyway, I've got a 20% discount from the Creative store (I was a class plaintiff in a lawsuit. Score!), so I ordered some new in-ear headphones. They're hopefully better than my old ones, though I really loved them.
Anyway, this week you get a "convenience shot." This is Sebastian in my lap about 2 minutes ago.
In other news, I'm excited to say that I finally got some more parts for my home server. Until today, I'd been using the trial version. It worked fine, but it was obvious that it had to be replaced if I was going to keep a server on hand. Yesterday, I got the new software and it's up and running. Almost better, I put in a 1 Terabyte hard drive, so I actually have plenty of space for backups, to store my 150 GB of music, and my many gigabytes of videos (my movies, basically). Given all the space that I'll be using for media storage, it's very possible that I'll need another TB drive around February, but I'll deal with that when necessary.
In any case:
I'm Currently Reading:
The House of Mirth
Have a great weekend!
