Status Report

Due to a scheduling conflict, we are having Thanksgiving dinner today. Which was nice, as I spent most of yesterday with a horrible headache. Also went and saw New Moon, which was a) much better than Twilight and b) much better than I expected, which considering I had basement-level expectations, wouldn't be terribly hard. My response to the movie is much the same as to the book - it's not deep but it's fun.

So, today:

TURKEY: In Out of the oven! Currently "resting," because apparently getting roasted is hard on a turkey. (I'm using the Alton Brown method of turkey-making, so my turkey spent the night in a Styrofoam cooler, which meant my first activity of the day was mopping up brine off the kitchen floor. Styrofoam cooler: fail.)

CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP: Complete. (

finch is allergic to white button mushrooms, but loves green bean casserole, so I am gaining ultimate good-girlfriend points by making cream of mushroom soup using crimini mushrooms.)

MASHED POTATOES: Sitting on the back of the stove to let the butter melt. Otherwise, done.

CANDIED YAMS: Done!

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE: Done! Looks like it worked, hopefully it will taste as good as it smells.

PUMPKIN PIE: In the oven.

GRAVY: Done.

Eating with guests: Done. Now we all slide into turkey comas.

Left to do:

Go to NaNo overnighter
Write approximately ~~1.5 million~~ 10,000 words by Monday
Profit????