being thankful day 23

today i am thankful for my friends. i have so many friends from so many different places. i'm so lucky to have each and every one of them in my life. most of us don't live as close as we'd like but it's still like no time has passed when we get together. i have been trying to be more proactive in my being thankful and recognizing my friends. i need to get back at the sending cards, notes, etc. i love knowing i can make them smile even when i'm not there in person!

woohoo half day at work! my brain is basically already on vacation. i have been trying to type and i keep making mistakes. and our network is funky this week because they're putting a patch on something. means we should all just leave now ;)

our turkey is thaw! really ready for the oven this afternoon. i made sweet potato bread yesterday. i didn't add the cinnamon or brown sugar some people suggested. so this ended up tasting more like normal potato bread.  i could eat the whole loaf myself. i won't...or i'll try not to!

matt's not a giant fan of sweet potatoes so i'll be making another loaf of original white tonight. looking forward to the smell. i'm a little obsessed with the smell of baking bread now!

i have to go to the store one.more.time. if i'm missing anything after that oh well. even with lists i seem to be able to forget things. i need someone to shop for me. i wish i could hand over my budget, money, and coupons and someone would just magically put all the food in my fridge. until then...i'll just keep making return trips :)

being thankful day 19 and 20

today i am thankful for my life here in south carolina. i'm so lucky to live in a nice, safe place, drive a new-ish car, that matt and i both have jobs and can afford to eat and pay our bills when so many other people can't. i felt even more thankful while running my errands and doing stuff around the house this weekend. i really, truly am very lucky.


speaking of which it has been SUCH a wonderful weekend! the weather has been perfect. i finally cleaned my poor car. and when i say cleaned i mean i went crazy. i cleaned every speck of trash out of it, vacuumed, used car wipes to clean the inside, also cleaned the glass inside, organized the trunk, washed the body and tires! it smells like grapefruit now instead of old leaves and dog and i swear when i was walking away it was smiling.

i finished up shopping for thanksgiving and did a little baking this weekend too. this is some apple butter i made in the crock pot. i've also attempted to make bread twice in the bread machine. the first time i didn't add the yeast right and it didn't rise. the second time i forgot to insert the paddle in the bottom. oi. i just don't have it in me right now to give it a third try. maybe later. the apple butter though is amazing. however, that little tiny bit represents 10 apples and 10 hours of cooking on low! it was fun to make it myself though. and the house smelled amazing while it was cooking.

today is all about relaxing. matt is watching some football and then we'll probably watch some fringe. we just started watching the series, i haven't seen it before. it's a little out there, but pacey (from dawson's creek!) is in it, so i'll give it a few more episodes and see if it really sucks me in :)

and then this week is a short week yay! looking forward to some time off with matt and the dogs. hopefully the weather is nice so we can go check out the beach.