Hallo. Again I say thank you for the brackets and ~ma. I love you all.

I'm in SC now with my dad's folks. On to Savannah on Friday and funeral on Saturday.

So I get to enjoy this side of the family first, which is good.

Sorry for your aunt's loss, ChiKat.

~ma for you, Hil.

I'm making pie crust with coconut oil. Coconut oil is a really interesting texture -- right out of the fridge, scraping it out of the jar feels like scraping up melted candle wax. But just a tiny bit of heat -- like, room temperature rather than fridge -- and it gets gooey.

Honestly, WindSparrow, prolly not. But I've heard more...unusual turkey discoveries.

I am done with mopping the living room, and unloading the dishwasher. Also, I put the tablecloth on the table, and it looks very nice.

And since I use Method's Almond wood floor cleaner, my house smells like almonds and lemon oil! Later tonight, there will be a delicious layer of HAM to that. Yum.

{{{ChiKat}}} I'm sorry for your loss. How sad.

But we would miss you, omnis! Which reminds me, try to get up to the place G is working now. It's pretty slick. Also, she ran into one of your friends at some TACA thing.

I had it done earlier this year, and I survived! Hope everything goes smoothly, Hil.

Heck, Hil, you've already mastered the blender.

Shanie! You can come out now! (Well, in a month)

okay, cheesecake is in the fridge to firm up, sweet potato hazelnut bars are in the oven. I think that I might go get some more heavy cream so that I can do whipped cream on top.

soup is done, put away. mushroom pate -- we are staring the process.

Pies are baked. I made apple, pecan, and pumpkin.

I am sending my boyfriend out for milk and dinner.

However, all of the cleaning is done, except for odd things like silver polishing and wine glass rinsing.

Now, for a break, then make the ham glaze and put the ham in!