But I digress. Since my last post the holidays came and went. The biggest news was that my older sister is engaged, wedding is just around the corner and my mom is stressing out. Like moms are suppose to. Thanksgiving this year was spent in the great state of Texas with some family friends. My little sister, our dog, and the parents piled into the Tahoe at 5:30 AM to drive all the way to Houston. We arrived around 4 or so if I remember correctly.
It was a lot of fun while there. Spent the day before Turkey Day getting stuff prepped so it wouldn't take so long the next day. We almost lost our turkey to the flames. We put it on the grill to warm it up (still in the roasting pan and wrapped in foil). I look out and see the heat waves radiating off the grill... flames were huge! Grabbed some baking soda to put the flames out since what caught fire were the 4 sticks of butter that were to keep the turkey moist. Some how we had a slightly smoked turkey but not burned. It was a funny sight to see. I was happy to head home of Friday when my younger sister and I met up with my brother and his wife in Jackson. We were heading to the Ole Miss vs. MS State football game. I didn’t like the outcome since Ole Miss lost but State won their only bowl game this season.
Christmas was spent at home. Which was really nice. The weekend before Christmas we made it up to my grandparents for a family get-together. It was a sight to see. When you have that many “Littles” in one room, it can get loud, quick. Lots of laughter and story telling. It was especially funny to hear my grandmother say that she couldn’t believe that we were watching half-naked women dancing around on the TV. Those half-naked women happened to be the Radio City Rockettes. I was trying not to die out laughing when she said it but my dad beat us all to the punch… “Well, Mom, we’ve actually have seen them perform there in NYC a few years ago.” Lets just say my grandmother didn’t approve. But for Christmas I did score some more cookbooks. I enjoy anything having to do with cooking. I got DVDs of Alton Brown's "Good Eats." One of my favorite shows on Food Network. My little sister wanted to cook lobster one night so we did... the pot was not big enough to hold all of the lobsters we had to cook for the recipe... But it was fun.
Lets just say it was a lot of work to cook those lobsters... which all were about 3 lbs. The recipe is from Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" Lobster Thermidor. It is rather rich but soooo good. Highly recommend it to anybody that loves lobster.
New Years was spent in Dallas, Texas. I got two tickets to the Cotton Bowl for Christmas. I knew I was getting them, so it wasn’t that big of a surprise. Went with some girlfriends and had a blast! Went to a place called Eddy Dean’s for New Year’s Eve. It was an Ole Miss party! Saw so many people there and danced so much that my feet were numb. Ran into a group of friend I hadn’t seen since the last home game were there and it was lots of fun dancing with them. Over the years that I’ve known them, they haven’t seen me full out dance. They all said that they had no idea I could move the way I did. Ha ha. It was a great football game against OSU, but even better because Ole Miss won 21-7! Hotty Toddy!
I would continue to tell some funny stories that have happened but too soon to tell them. I will post again soon. Maybe the next time I post I'll be a culinary student.
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