happy thanksgiving!

i tried to post this last night...

can't believe thanksgiving's tomorrow! just finished brining the turkey (food network is sooo awesome....but even though i followed emeril's recipe, i'm a little bit afraid that i just ruined our thanksgiving turkey...even started to think of last-minute places you might be able to get a cooked turkey if that happened...that new recipe feeling that i get every so often 'cuz i've been burned a few times - those of you in my life group know what i'm talking about.)

anyways, i'll let you know how it went...other than that, ernest, cathy, and natalie are down for thanksgiving, and they've taken over my place. i love that my room now smells like baby! and yes, i'll be posting pics soon. she was a bit cranky the first day after the 6-hour drive down, but she's been so much fun since then. the best was when we went out to dinner today and cathy fed her a little bit of an orang...she loved it, but she made such hilarious faces because it was sour....guess you had to be there. apparently, the key to her heart is food...she's definitely one of us!

did want to post about my sunday adventures with susan h...that girl is one of the best giggle partners ever! carpooled over to pasadena for mosaic life in church class (membership), and when she came to pick me up, we realized we were twins (beige turtle-neck sweater and jeans)...so i ran in and changed. on the way there, we got a little bit lost 'cuz both of us thought the other person knew where we were going. on the way back, we were talking and got distracted so we passed downtown by more than a few miles. eventually got to mosaic early so we got to see the praise band practice. after church we had a life group dinner meeting; went to a cafe for coffee afterwards where chris (aka, chess bully) kicked my butt royally...so after leaving the house at 11:30, i got back home at around 10ish and studied for a few hours...all in all, a good day, except for the studying part.

happy thanksgiving, everybody!

p.s. so the brining actually went okay - the turkey was more moist and tender, though i'm not sure it's worth the extra trouble. my pumpkin pies were a different story. what made it worse was that it's the same recipe that i used last year, and they turned out pretty well then, so my cousin was actually looking forward to the pumpkin pie this year...disappointing. gonna try again for christmas to make it up to him...hehe.