Freeman Family Thanksgiving

Brent and I had a cozy + sweet Thanksgiving together this year.  While I was at work, he slaved away at home, carving the smoked turkey that we bought + putting together all of the side dishes.  Our menu included:

• Smoked turkey and/or Ham (ham was from Heavenly Ham)
• Mashed potatoes
• Cornbread stuffing
• Green beans with almonds
• Turkey gravy
• Yeast rolls
• Pumpkin pie
• Chocolate chip cookies

I never realized that carving a turkey was serious business.  Brent watched a tutorial on You Tube and then got to work.  It was perfect!  I was super impressed – not only that he did such a great job with the turkey, but that he organized and prepared the entire meal + cleaned the entire house while I was at work.  I must say again that I am SUPER IMPRESSED and overwhelmed and so grateful for such a fantastic husband!!!!

After we ate our meal, we hung out together with the pugs – he watched some sports, I read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (fantastic!), then we ate chocolate chip cookies while watching The Ex.  It came out in 2006 but we had never heard of it before – it was so funny!

Then, as you can see in the picture above and below, the tryptophan set in.  Either that, or poor old Milly got a bellyache from all of the food!  Her just can’t control herself!

Last year’s Freeman Family Thanksgiving Celebration

• Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Eve
• Halfway Thanksgiving

Best of Autumn

Reasons why fall is my favorite time of the year:

perfect weather and ambiance for curling up in the recliner with a blanket & a good book (currently working on Girl With the Dragon Tattoo & Just Do Something, both of which are great - I will definitely meet my goal of 12 books this year!)

Christmas decorating classes at Barton’s Nursery

This is the wreath I made on Tuesday!  Me + four friends from work went and had a great time!  Here is the post about the wreath I made last year: My Wreath.  I think last year’s looked better, but I love the flocked picks and the non-traditional colors from this year.  I got so much inspiration from the Barton’s trees!  We’ll have to see what I can do!

turning on the heat in the house

sweatshirts

sleeping in socks

warm, comfy pajamas

pumpkin

…..even though my pumpkin pie was a bit of a fail this year.  I followed a low-fat recipe and I really messed it up by substituting brown sugar Splenda blend (I don’t know why I did it!  I hate Splenda!) for brown sugar, forgetting to add cinnamon to the crust, and forgetting to bake the crust first.  I will redeem myself with pumpkin rolls.

leaves of all colors

orange sky sunsets

hot chocolate

exercising outside

cuddling

baking

I made these cupcakes for a coworker’s birthday Monday night.  I love to pipe icing. I think it makes all the difference.  And I love tiny cupcakes!  Look how cute!

candles

fall decorations like pumpkins, pinecones, etc.

random photos, including self-portraits

Oh, wait – that’s all year.  Ha!  Definitely one of my goofier habits, for sure. Poor Brent.  He tries to understand, but he just can’t.

Pug Love