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Early Thanksgiving
My Mom and my sister Laura came to KC yesterday to celebrate turkey day early, since I'm scheduled to work the day before and the day after. Mark and I cleaned for days and he even painted the bathroom and touched up some chips in the paint on the kitchen cabinets. He really came through for me, I'll give him that.
They loved the place. *preen* They were less thrilled about the hospitality room. *unpreen* And I wasn't thrilled to hear that the soap dishes were barely hanging onto the walls and there were water stains on the ceiling and wall in the bathroom. Ugh, real nice. Gonna have to ask Larry about the cost of a few screws and a wee dab of Kilz. Jeez.
They pitched in and helped me cook the meal. I had a gluten free spread and you honestly couldn't have told the difference, unless I actually said. And actually, I think the cornbread tastes better made with rice flour, as opposed to wheat flour. I tried a small chunk before it was mixed up with the celery, sage, onion and granny smith apple. It was good, nice and soft and I didn't miss the sugar (you really don't want to make sage dressing with sweetened cornbread). We had less fun peeling the yams, but they came out well, flavored with orange juice and brown sugar.
In true turkey day fashion, we all lolled around afterward, fighting off naps. *g* We watched "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and I'm sorry, but Madea pissed me off in this movie. I much prefer the "Reunion" movie. Although it's always nice to see Cecily Tyson. And Shemar Moore's matching headbands always ended up giving us a giggle.
It's worrying me that Mom is carrying a cane now and has no idea why her knee hurts. Um, Mom, you have a doctor, see him! Apparently this is something that has come up within the past month. I'm going to have to pester her this week, make sure she does something about it.
They loved the place. *preen* They were less thrilled about the hospitality room. *unpreen* And I wasn't thrilled to hear that the soap dishes were barely hanging onto the walls and there were water stains on the ceiling and wall in the bathroom. Ugh, real nice. Gonna have to ask Larry about the cost of a few screws and a wee dab of Kilz. Jeez.
They pitched in and helped me cook the meal. I had a gluten free spread and you honestly couldn't have told the difference, unless I actually said. And actually, I think the cornbread tastes better made with rice flour, as opposed to wheat flour. I tried a small chunk before it was mixed up with the celery, sage, onion and granny smith apple. It was good, nice and soft and I didn't miss the sugar (you really don't want to make sage dressing with sweetened cornbread). We had less fun peeling the yams, but they came out well, flavored with orange juice and brown sugar.
In true turkey day fashion, we all lolled around afterward, fighting off naps. *g* We watched "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and I'm sorry, but Madea pissed me off in this movie. I much prefer the "Reunion" movie. Although it's always nice to see Cecily Tyson. And Shemar Moore's matching headbands always ended up giving us a giggle.
It's worrying me that Mom is carrying a cane now and has no idea why her knee hurts. Um, Mom, you have a doctor, see him! Apparently this is something that has come up within the past month. I'm going to have to pester her this week, make sure she does something about it.