Wild Wednesday Roll Call

These are so yummy - I don't have the recipe here at work but I'll post it this weekend - I'll try to get it on this afternoon when I get home.

The beauty of these is you bake the yams the night before - the next day you just peel the skins off, slice them, then add the 'mix' and bake them - very easy.

Let me make myself a note NOW to post it when I get home today.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Morning Trish.. you really need to get your sleep schedule back in check.. This coming from the one who stays up til after midnight and gets up at 5..

Anyway, working today. Hoping they let us go early.

I already baked Beth's peanut butter chocolate chip bars.. They seem too crumbly, but I'll wait and see what happens when they cool.  They were just for the house anyway, so if they are messed up it's no big deal.  I guess I got the baking bug after making the cake the other day.   I have to take the chocolate cake out of the freezer and frost that today.  The pumpkin custard was made last night, so it is ready to go.   I have to pack a bag for Siehara and me for our overnight at Tanya's at some point, too.  Definitely glad I work from home when I have stuff to do around here.

After work, taking Siehara to her Bat Mitzvah lesson and then headed right up to Tanya's house.  We have to go pick Kelly up from the airport in Philly tonight.  We are going to leave the kids with her mom or aunt so they don't have to be up too late.  His flight doesn't get in until 9 and it's about a 3 hour drive.  It will be nice to spend time with just Tanya and then with her and Kelly on the way back.  I'll probably sleep on the way back since Kelly will be there to keep Tanya awake!! 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving no matter what you are doing.  I am definitely thankful for all of you every day!

Lisa,
I have the cooking/baking bug as well.   I made batches of muffins over the weekend.

My grandchildren will have my sleep schedule back right when I go out to Michigan this weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Hugs,
Trish

Good morning Trish - sorry your sleep schedule is so messed up - I was in bed last night by 9:45 - and asleep by 10 - it was blissful!  That was until the dog got me up at 1ish to go out - ugh....no worries though - went right back to sleep!

I am at school and have a sneaking suspicion that my principal will be observing me today - hopefully I am wrong - but, either way - I have what to do - After school I am headed to the cheesecake Factory for dinner with old elementary school friends.  On facebook, undermy pictures - they are the "Genius Academy " girls.  Hopefully that will pan out - we have been friends since 1st grade and we all skipped 2nd grade together.  Hence the joke, Genius Academy!  Then tonight is a quiet night at home with all my family.  Ha Ha!  Quiet - with MY family....yeah.  Tomorrow I get to actally sleep in - which for me means 7ish!  No cooking for me - for a change - headed to my aunts tomorrow night. Looking foward to spending time with them.  Then home to get some sleep to get ready for the BIG SHOPPING day!  I love it!!!!  Can't wait to get out there and have a blast and spend spend spend.........

Hope your Thanksgiving is full of joy and peace! 

Steffi,
Good luck with the observation, if it happens.  I always hated them.

Hugs,
Trish

Good Morning Trish and PA,

Today is wor****il 1pm, then going to the chiropractor. Then home to start the cooking process and do some straightening of the house. Steven is going to help me prep the turkey tonight so all I have to in the morning is put it in the oven and let it cook. I am debating whether or not to do my side dishes tonight or wait until tomorrow....

Last night was an exercise in frustration!! I had posted this story on FB, but I thought I would share it with OH people too! So I had asked on FB if anyone had any ideas of where I could get SF hersheys choc chips. Beth C. had recommended the Super Walmart in Levittown. So, I went there with Dee in tow. Damn, that place is HUGE!!!! Found where the choc chips were, but there was only ONE bag left. I went around and picked up some other things that I needed and went to the checkout. I am unloading the cart and the ONE bag of SF choc chips explodes ALL over the checkout. So, I asked if they would be getting anymore in. The cashier told me to come back EARLY this morning to see if they had restocked them. Well, logistically there was no way that I was going to be able to do this. So, I will be going there after my drs. appt today. I was able to find some SF hershey mini choc bars, so I used them to make a batch of choc chip cookies which I totally bombed on!! That is what I get for NOT following the recipe! The last batch of cookies I made had the consistency of cake. So I figured that I would cut down on the flour and bump up the brown sugar, yeah that so did not work!! So, Steven said to me since I still had batter left to add more flour to the mix. The second batch came out MUCH better. So, I will try AGAIN tonight. I am also venturing to make a SF Apple pie....wish me luck!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving with your family!

Beth

Hi Beth,
Thanks for the heads up on the sugar free chocolate chips at the Walmart in Levittown.  Now I know where to go when I do holiday baking in December. 

Have a great Thanksgiving.

Hugs,
Trish

Busy morning...

went for blood work, went to the farmers market, went to the supermarket, picked up & dropped off dry cleaning, got pulled over (inspection stickers are not on windshield since i finally got it replaced yesterday - they gave me a piece of broken glass with the stickers on them - no ticket since I had the "evidence".

today, I will make a sf chocolate cake and creamed onions (for my dad.. what a pain it is to skin all those stupid little pearl onions..) - I have a few returns to do this afternoon and will then be heading over to meet up with Mark and a few of his referee buddies for drinks.. then home, sleep and ready for thanksgiving tomorrow.. I have to glaze and bake a spiral ham for tomorrow..

anyone have a sugar free glaze recipe?

we are doing midnight shopping tomorrow night, then ome, sleep and taking my mom out shopping on friday - but we are going out in the afternoon.. I CANNOT navigate a wheelchair during the heaviest part of the shopping day..\

TTFN,

Maura

Don't have a glaze recipe, but my mom told me that you can peel the onions easier if you boil them with the skins on and then shock them in cold water.  Just cut off the little tips ahead of time and the skin will come right off.

Lisa I will definitely try the boil trick!  Sounds like a major time saver!