I am cooking Thanksgiving dinner today.
I decided to make some squash. Butternut, hollowed out, with pureed yellow squash and rasins, baked at 350.
There’s a slight problem, though.
Butternut, hollowed out, leaves a nice hollow area that is large and roung at one end, and then straight and long….
It looks like a penis.
I’m serving penis-squash.
To my guests, who include:
John, my husband (who won’t eat it anyway)
My brother and his boyfriend
Two of my female friends (who are married. to each other).
Today, I will be thankful if I can serve dinner without bursting into laughter and blushing so bright you can hear it a mile away.
Well, I gotta check to be sure–
(and I’m sure you won’t see this till next week) and (probably also next week cause of your trip): did you guys get notification of your increased user picture limit?
So, I had my Thanksgiving Day menu planned out last week, then talked to my brother. He wants to add creamy spinach dip (because I guess veggies, stuffed mushrooms, and deviled eggs aren’t enough appetizers?), creamy mashed potatoes, and some additional dessert.
We compromised on the dessert– cheesecake, since I’m a cheesecake-hater.
I’m going to call tonight and ask him to not make the potatoes, though, and to let me do it using one of the low-fat recipes I’ve found. I might even make them garlic mashed, so that I won’t feel any need to put gravy over them (and they’ll go better with the ham anyway).
2 halves of deviled eggs: 2 pts.
Bunch o’ cut veggies: 0- .5 pts.
1/2 cup apple-raisin stuffing: 2 pts.
1 dinner roll, with non-butter: 3 pts.
2/3 cu. Garlic mashed potatoes: 2 points.
Steamed green beans: 0 pt.
1 cup Steamed squash/beets: 1 pt.
1/4 cup canned pineapple: 1 pt.
1 slice ham: 3 pts.
1 slice pumpkin pie: 3 pts.
Whipped cream: 1 pt.
Total: 18 points. Not bad for a mega-meal like Thanksgiving.
Reached 50K today at the write-in in Scotts Valley.
Yay!!!
I’m so sore from yesterday, I think I’m just gonna collapse in a sore, moaning puddle of whimperingness.
I made it to 1511 words for the day.
NOW I go to bed, though.
PS: Cat is sick again– peeing everywhere. Blood. Meh. Put him back on prednisone for a couple of days to see if it helps again. It worked last time, but who knows? This cat is a total mystery to me sometimes.
I wonder if my vet will be opposed to refilling the prednisone for these little outbreaks– probably, but it really does help, so what can I do?