I got to leave the theatre after rehearsal this afternoon instead of staying for the preview. Woo-hoo! I thought I might use this time to go see HP7, but I got all light-headed when I got home. Since I'm still slightly woozy even after eating I think I'm in for the evening.

I have no responsibilities tomorrow. Just me and the cats and I can prepare my completely non-traditional meal at my leisure.

nothing ~ma to msbelle's ma.

I may have decided to make an additional pie. This is a little ridiculous, since I don't think I'll have that many people, and the pumpkin is delicious (I made a teeny tiny one to eat now, and a regular one). But Suela posted on DW about a maple-pecan pie, and...well, while I was at the supermarket buying butter, I bought maple syrup too! I didn't buy pie crust though, so I'd have to make that. Hrm.

Go maple pecan! I think this holiday needs far more maple desserts!

My alarm clock's OS was updated a week or so ago, and now I have a skip/unskip button that lets me skip the next scheduled alarm so I don't need to actually turn it off and risk forgetting to turn it back on.

Yay, Chumby! I luv you!

It's cool to see all these posts updating us on T-day kitchen preparations. Americans (me included) so often go for fast food or just easy-to-make stuff. It's neat to see everyone getting in the kitchen at the same time and making a several course meal from scratch.

I love the annual Tday prep-and-post!!

It makes all the work a little more fun, and when you're scrubbing/baking/brilloing/cussing at running out of milk, you have someone besides the cats to yell to.

We just had a visit with Jon B. and FAQ!Wife. Much fun. I showed them lots of groovy French sixties pop, and they treated us to Asian noodles from the Citrus Club. Then I made a new cocktail and named it after FAQ!Wife, and fed them my first pie. (Which was good.)

Now everybody's kind of crashing.

I did break out the new mandoline to thin slice up the potatoes for the Pommes Pommes Savoyard (potatoes and apples, plus melty cheese and garlic and stuff).

Tomorrow equals: much cooking. I think I'll make a little onion tart thingie to put into the puff pastry shells.

We'll see if I'm really that ambitious.

Made cranberry sauce. It is more orange-y than I think I like. I do have more cranberries, so I might make another attempt tomorrow.

We watched Pangs while working in the kitchen. Ritual sacrifice with pie, indeed.

Got most of the prep work done for the ginger cookies, but I had run out of steam and will pop those in the oven in the morning. We aren't due at KCD's until 1 or 2, so plenty of time to play in the kitchen.

If you want to try a quick one, Suzi, I usually go with the ocean spray bag recipe but I halve the sugar and add orange zest.