Holiday Planning

Good Afternoon! Well here we are one week away from Thanksgiving! Time goes by so fast and I am trying to keep up! I've been enjoying my Thanksgiving decor which I have bought mostly from thrift shops and my collection has really gotten big. I really love Thanksgiving and I feel like it gets lost in the list of holidays. Not that people don't love Thanksgiving; its just that after Halloween everyone gets excited for Christmas because the Christmas stuff is out in all the stores, the Hallmark Christmas movies start and many of us start shopping. I know I do!

 We will begin our Christmas decorating Thanksgiving weekend, and we ordered our tree which is a Noble Fir so that may be in by Thanksgiving weekend too! Its really the only "real" tree that can be put up as early. It comes from Oregon and costs more but is worth it! I love real trees and my family only wants a real one but waiting to put it up is so hard! Thats why we get the Noble Fir. They aren't a traditional tree here on Long Island; usually our choice is limited to Balsam Fir or Frasier Fir. 

My turkey is 23 pounds. A big turkey for only 8 people but I love leftovers and I like to send my guests home with alot of leftovers too cause who doesn't love a big dinner the next day of all the leftover food? Plus I make several turkey pot pies for the freezer. My turkey pot pies are awesome (if I say so myself!) because under the top crust is a layer of stuffing which sits upon the turkey and mixed vegetables and turkey gravy with the chopped up turkey! Yum! The stuffing tastes so good baked into the pie. 

Made some pumpkin muffins and some banana bread. 

Here are a few more turkeys! I love them so much! I hope to find a few more before the big day comes!