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$5 Orange Marmalade: a lesson in not giving up.

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Corelyn and I are almost there. Well, sort of. 10 weeks left, and the PW Challenge will be behind us.

Things that I’ve done lately for this challenge?

1. Bought corn syrup. Those of you who know me know this was a challenge in itself.

2. Bought $5 Orange Marmalade (the only kind at our grocery store without high fructose corn syrup.)

3. Agreed to make cinnamon rolls. On a weeknight. After hair cuts.

4. Asked the question, “Do you think we could make prune cake for Thanksgiving?”

5. Realized that yoga might not be cutting it anymore…

We’ll be glad when it’s past us, but the next 10 weeks will be difficult. Here goes nothing. Wish us luck.

Pre-Thanksgiving prep

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Per the usual, as October reaches its midsection, I am preparing for Thanksgiving.

“I will send you access to the spreadsheet I started,” I said today to MMC.

She was in disbelief. Obviously I have already started a spreadsheet.

Two years ago, I was helpless, lost, didn’t know how to make a turkey in the slightest. At this time, I was researching how to roast a turkey. I barely knew Corelyn. I was basically on my own.

It is a Christmas miracle that not knowing Corelyn is behind me, and that we are cruisin’ into our third Thanksgiving together, ready for anything.

Last year, we brined the turkey. We’ve decided that it wasn’t worth it.

“That doesn’t mean we won’t be coming over at 6:00 am,” C says to the group last week. “Just so we’re clear.”

 

The night before -- brining the turkey

 

 

The morning of: moving the turkey out of the brine caused all kinds of trouble.

 

Needless to say, we’re beginning the guest list, the menu, and deciding how to make our turkey. Corelyn suggested this. She was half joking. And half not. Or maybe less than half not. I am thinking this might be a good idea.

What are you doing for Thanksgiving? How do you make your turkey?

Five Good Things: Like Sunny and Cher edition

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1. “I confess, you are the best thing in my life.”

2. “But I’ll always remember you dancing/across the kitchen in your orange handkerchief”

3. “This is the most magnificent life has ever been/here is heaven and earth/and the brilliant sky in between”

4.”If I could name you in this song/would it make you smile and sing along?/this is the goal: to get into your soul”

5. “Cause I’ll be waiting with my bare back /to carry you there”