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morning rush
I’m buying groceries this morning. I hate that task–but I love to eat, so there you have it.
For a much more fun post (actually several) head over to Fat Chicks Running. I actually posted a video blog yesterday. Yes, it’s true. I also did a very bad impression of South Park’s Cartman–you don’t wanna miss that! Be sure and scroll down to see it.
This morning I woke up to a very nice surprise–Amanda of Amanda’s Little Rock blog on About.com gave the Fat Chicks a shout out. That was awesome. Pop over and tell her thanks for us. 😉
Check y’all later!
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Love Sucks!
Not really…but writing it sometimes does. UGH.
Goal today is 2 chapters. Keep your fingers crossed I make it. I’m making headway, but for some reason it feels slow.
Rader is home with a fever. He missed his first basketball game last night. 😦 He feels great when the Advil is working, but boy does he crash when the Advil wears off. So I kept him home today.
Nemo has 3 big school projects due within a week of each other. I really hate when that happens. It’s frustrating, especially since my child is the spawn of a procrastinator. I really hope they can prove that procrastination is an inherited trait. Nature vs. Nurture…what do you think? Is procrastination a product of genetics or mimicry?
In the world of good news, I got a sneak peek at a rough cover concept for BITE ME! and I’m totally stoked with the direction the HarperCollins design team is going in. I ♥ it. I can’t wait until it’s ready so I can post it everywhere and brag. LOL
Today I have to fit the gym into my schedule. It’s just too damn cold for me to do the outside running thing. I’m a wuss.
What’s on your agenda today?
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I’ve got nuttin…
See me over at Fictionistas today. I’m talking about Too Much Family…
We didn’t decorate this weekend we were too tired from all that eating on Thursday.
I did some writing–which I will be doing a whole lot of over the next few weeks. Deadline is end of January so I need to get moving.
Hope y’all had a great holiday and a relaxing weekend. Did you decorate? Overeat? Get lots of sleep?
Talk amongst yourselves while I’m busy making stuff up today.
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Post-Thanksgiving food hangover
The turkey was falling off the bone. I’m not sure if it was so moist because of the brine, the oven bag, or a combo of both.
I made my loaded mash potatoes as well. Don’t worry, we had dressing, too. Never enough bread items for our family…
I decided to ‘wing it’ with the cranberries. I did 12 oz of cranberries with 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/2 cup chopped pecans, cinnamon and orange zest. They were very tasty.
Mmmmm. Olives.
Pecan Pie was a big hit…
Rader ate 3 pieces of the pumpkin pie he helped make.
and then my fave–Apple Pie
The table.
Hope your day was as lovely as ours.
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Happy Turkey Day
Turkey is stuffed and in the oven. I don’t cook the dressing inside the turkey but I do stuff the turkey with aromatics. This year’s stuffing is apples, cinnamon sticks, onion, rosemary sprigs, sage leaves and cloves.
Let me tell you, it smells delish.
Hope everyone has a fantastic day!
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meet the Topless Chef
In between cleaning…I’m baking
My son Rader is helping. He’s the Topless Chef because he NEVER wears a shirt.
The pecan is ready:
The pumpkin is baking:
and apple is next.
Back to fighting the dust bunnies.
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if you need me
I’ll be cleaning.
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Thanksgiving week: Tuesday
I’m working on LOVE SUCKS! the follow up to BITE ME! I’ve been having a terrible time getting my little 17 year old vampire girl to cooperate. She wasn’t being witty, or funny, or anything. This morning, I woke up at 5 a.m. saying “That’s what’s wrong!” Yes, I figured out why the scene wasn’t working in my sleep. I am going to fix it today.
Then I’m going shopping for Thanksgiving. I do the turkey, mashed potatoes and pies every year. I soak my turkey overnight in a brine (it’s Alton Brown’s recipe if you want to try it. Honestly, best turkey ever.)
Tomorrow, we’re going to start our cleaning and decorating.
What are your plans?
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Thanksgiving week: Monday
I’m over at Fictionistas today talking about what I’m thankful for. Don’t go thinking this is a typical post… Click the banner.
This was a good weekend. I did some writing, watched some movies, Fishdog came home after a long week in Oxford and went to the Metallica concert then he and the boys raked up 30 bags of leaves from the backyard.
This week I’ll be writing and cleaning and decorating the house. We’re hosting Thanksgiving and should have quite the crowd.
Bitchin' Fiction: Musings by author Melissa McKenzie / Melissa Francis 