Gobble, Gobble

I hope everyone had a yummy Thanksgiving! Mine was fabulous! This year I was head chef and what an adventure that turned out to be. The grossest part was definitely pulling the neck and giblets out of the cavity. I got the neck halfway out before I noticed it curved and then screamed as a mental image of a turkey head on the other end popped into my overly imaginative brain. After a quick phone call to Mom and being reassured that there was no head on the other end I counted to 3 and pulled. Next came the wax bag with all the good stuff inside, that was easy I just didn't look at it. After rinsing Mr. Turkey I went to dry the inside of the cavity and felt something that wasn't suppose to be there....the heart.

For the record, organic turkeys leave the heart in and make you cut it out. Somehow this is suppose to be more humane than them doing it but either way Tom the Turkey is dead so why don't they save me the stress and cut out the heart, besides I'm sure there are machines that can do that for them.



After all that drama I finally got to the good part I stuffed Tom with apples, onions, an sage seasoning. I even separated the skin from the breast and stuffed there. Then into the oven it went and off to the couch I went for a quick break then onto the the side dishes (mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, caramelized carrots, jello, rolls, and stuffing made by H.



The heavenly aroma of turkey filled the entire house! J and Ro went off to conquer brown/rainbow trout in the Provo River (with the promise they would do the dishes after dinner) while the sisters and I enjoyed the Macy's Day Parade and watching holiday movies. That's right we watched ZERO football this year....blasphemy you say? quite possibly. By the time we did get around to watching some football the only game on was Texas vs. Texas A&M and since Ro gets enough Texas pride at graduate school he vetoed and we watched Home Alone instead.



The dinner was amazing. The meat was so moist it literally was falling right off the bones. We all gained about 5 pounds and then retreated to the couches. After regaining consciousness we gained another couple pounds during dessert (Roxy made us an apple pie and Aunt J got us the pumpkin pie.)



I dedicate this post to Tom the Turkey the heart and soul of our meal. May he know that he brought us many great memories and lots of yummy leftovers! Here's to you in turkey heaven!

Random Pieces of My Life

A lot has happened over the last few weeks so here are some random, yet interesting, updates about my life.

1. I was pretty sick for a couple days. Don't worry no piggy tail or snout nose for me I'm pretty sure it was just a bad head cold with a lingering stuffy nose. Haha I blend in with all my sniffling students.

2. It doesn't get any better than free candy and dressing up like something completely random. This year I was able to perfect a 20s mob accent and discovered a new and deep desire to dye my hair bright red! As soon as the wig came on I became a totally different person, sneaking around my house and yelling ubsurd things at my ever patient roomies. Haha it was great! Our apartment decided to theme our costumes and chose "Villainous Women."

Awesome Roomie #1 Posion Ivy- interesting observation every boy at the party knew who she was instantly while all the girls guessed Eve, Mother Nature, or Demeter.



Awesome Roomie #2 designed have a theme song that went with her costume. Seriously all night I was singing "Cruella DeVile, Cruella DeVille. If she doesn't scare you then nobody will. Cruella. Cruella. DeVile." Don't worry all you animal rights activists she never found the puppies.



She is at our house enough that she should just move in Roomie #3 could walk like an Egyptian better than I've ever seen. She never did find her Mark Anthony though. Sad.



Here are some more pictures. As you can tell I was having WAY too much fun getting into character.






3. The week before All Hallows Eve I was able to spend the weekend with my amazing siblings in an unseasonably warm Idaho. We ate Chinese food, laughed, watched stupid youtube videos, drifted down the river and danced around a bonfire.
I even graduated to streamer fly fishing where you try and mimic a small fish in order to catch the big bubba fishes. I caught a few smaller fishes and had a couple fishes the size of legends get away. I literally pulled the fly right out of one of their mouths because I wasn't really paying attention. Don't worry I learned my lesson and it has only made me more determined to go again and catch them. I might not be able to catch myself a man but I will catch myself a fish!!







Ok the dark spot in this next picture is actually a female and male moose. They were just chilling on a little island in the middle of the river. "J" had a good laugh as I scrambled to pull my camera out and take a picture while still holding all of my fishing gear. This shot was the best I could do. They were beautiful!




It was so fun! I have the best family in the world! The best part is...I GET TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN THIS WEEKEND!

4. I've dyed my hair jet black and I LOVE IT!! Pictures to follow whenever I take some until then just picture beautiful me with long black hair or think Snow White. :o)

And The Oscar Goes To

Lights, Camera, Action! Prepare to be amazed by the best acting and cinematography you've ever seen. Here is our skit from the Ward Talent Show. I guess you could say our talent is not being shy. Haha it was a blast to make I hope you enjoy watching it. I think we could totally win the Best Short Film category at the Oscars, or at least Sundance.

And by the way my roommates are going to KILL me for posting this on the web, so Mom and Dad I love you! Thanks for giving me life! I leave my DVD collection to Roxy, all my BYU attire to Rory, and want to be buried with my shoes. Everyone should wear bright pink to my funeral.