A bit of our weekend

Check out the "NEG Teaser Trailer" right under the logo on this site http://www.funk-monkey.net/.

Its a quicktime movie, has sound, pretty work safe (gotta love that song). You can see a few glimpses of Brian and I in our rebel gear on it.

Wow

Its amazing how much one can get done if one has the day off of work :)

I got up "late" for me (8 AM) and put away costuming stuff from last weekend. I cleaned the craft room a bit, wrapped some Xmas presents that have been sitting around since our North Conway trip, and once Brian got his lazy ass out of bed I went downstairs to make breakfast for us (omelettes, toast and bacon). You see, since we're frying our turkey tomorrow and I wanted to make the gravy one day ahead of time, so I'm taking Paisley's suggestion of using some bacon grease for it (hence, the need to cook up some bacon). :)

So far completed after breakfast were:
-Stuffed shells (my sister is a vegetarian and I wanted to have something for her besides the regular sides)
-Squash
-Turnip
-Sweet Potatoes
-Green bean casserole
-The injection marinade for our turkey

Later on when Brian's home (I want a break from cooking) we'll unwrap the turkey, get the bag o' gizzards (ew) and start the gravy adventure. We can also clean, peel and cut the potatoes and get them ready for tomorrow for cooking, mashing and such (that's Brian's job - in addition to frying the turkey). We may try and figure out some kind of rub for the outside of the turkey and dress it up before putting it back in the fridge for the night. Most rubs I've found were "Cajun", but I'm not sure that will cut it for my family (mom isn't nuts about a lot of spices). We'll have to experiment with the spices and such that we have.

Tomorrow I'll heat up the above mentioned stuff, and we'll do:
-Turkey
-Mashed Potatoes
-Stuffing (Mom is bringing)
-Cranberry Sauce (you know, the stuff from the can . . . we're working class folks)
-Boiled baby onions (a family tradition)
-Baked dinner rolls w/ butter
-Msc picky stuff (olives and pickles) for before the meal

For drinks we have msc soda, tomato juice (another weird family tradition), milk and if my parents bring any, some kind of wine. After dinner we'll have pies (my sister is bringing) with cool whip and I'll make coffee and we can drag out the egg nog and cider.

Pre-dinner entertainment will be the Macy's parade. Post dinner entertainment can include the America Documentary I just got in the mail (its so weird seeing Frank on the cover of a Disney movie DVD box) - yeah, its Waltham and all but its a *good* movie, dammit! Or alternately, perhaps we could watch the Peanuts Thanksgiving . . . I don't think my nephew has ever seen it.

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I'm off to do a bit more cleaning, bathing, and then homework. I'm a bit sick of cooking (and I know I will be tomorrow) so Brian and I will go *out* for dinner tonight - Thai :)