The Cranberry Sauce Has Something To Say

I just read the funniest short story and had to share in honor of Thanksgiving

The Cranberry Sauce Has Something To Say

Jewelry

How do you all feel about ear cuffs? This evening for some odd reason I decided to look some up just to see what's out there and there are a few I actually like! Never in a million years would I have considered myself an ear cuff kinda girl. But here I am. 

Now...I have come across quite a few that are just out of my realm like the dragon ones for example. There are so many available I am guessing they are quite popular? Here is a picture of a dragon cuff I found entertaining. 

Here are a few I like

They aren't expensive so one of these may end up in my mail box :)

Chaos Part Deux

Hello friends. Last night I felt like I got about 3 hours of sleep total. Here's the equation: 1 part late bed time + 1 part fire alarm. Yes, you read correctly...FIRE ALARM. It went off again last night at approximately 4am. I definitely checked the time to make sure that someone wasn't pulling some kind of annoying prank. If you recall last time I was frantic, adrenaline fueled and running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. This time, however, I felt prepared so it took us about half the time to get out of the apartment with Olive in tow. We went straight for the couch where she hid last time and she was under there again. We both manned our posts at either end of the couch and I was able to grab her. Success. Despite our quick exit I was still pissed that the alarm was going off yet again in the middle of the night. Was there a fire? No.  If there was an actual emergency I would be very grateful for those blasted ear piercing alarms. But until then, not a fan. 

Post Turkey Day

Thanksgiving was great this year! I hosted my first Thanksgiving/holiday at my apartment. We were indeed packed into my little apartment like sardines but it was great to be able to cook for my family and have them stay here. (Next year hopefully we will have a bigger place! 5 people + 1 bathroom does not equal a positive equation in this case) I made all of the traditional thanksgiving food with the help of my dear madre and it went so smoothly and the food turned out great. How do I know that you ask? Well...Thanksgiving is my dad's favorite meal EVER and he is very picky when it comes to this meal. He had 3 plates Thursday night and 3 plates the next day of leftovers. I did try a new side that I really enjoyed and will make again for any occasion...butternut squash caponata. 

Today I am making turkey soup with the leftover turkey. My favorite! I will add pictures later when I get them uploaded onto my computer. Unfortunately I didn't get that many because I was pretty busy. Dang.