In the Service of Her Majesty The Queen

The second. Though we all kick our own asses from time to time, too.

 

This is very odd. I have tried to reply to this for the 3rd time now. And it isn't going.

Consider yourself hugged.

 

A good self-administered swift kick in ones own pants is a good think.

Re-focuses you and makes you humble. You gotta follow it up with learning from why you kicked yourself.

I believe I can win awards for that!

Now as long as you don't take the self-kicking to the "beating-yourself-up" level.

 

I hereby honor you with the Golden Foot in the Arse award. oke:

And a hug for you, too. :hug:

 

Yaaay! My first award from the Queen!

And a hug to boot! Awesome! *does a happy little dance*

 

I hereby award you with the does "Happy Little Dance" award in gratitude for my sure win on America's Funniest Videos.

(Braces for impact.)

 

I hope you had a good day and that the night has been good too.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates it tomorrow!


To all who will sleep tonight on this side of the earth,

The Nightly Mission:

Sleep well
stay clear
wake up
tomorrow
with a good
appetite!

I ask the Lady
to smile on
you and me too.

G'Night.

 

I second that.

 

(Does happy little dance.) Whoops! I've been You-tubed!

 

You looking for an award, too?

You got it.:hug:

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, GA82.

 

A most Happy Thanksgiving to you both!! :hug:

Now to hijack this thread a bit...

The Thanksgiving Menu at Emirkol's Inn​

Homemade Butternut Squash soup flavored with cinnamon and cumin.

Roasted whole turkey, flavoured with aromatics in a homemade gravy.

Yukon Gold mashed potatoes.

Fresh, whole berry, cranberry sauce.
(Spare canned cranberry sauce on hand, just in case)

"Upgraded" (read: more grown up) Green Bean Casserole.
(N helped big time with this! He trimmed and washed @ 2 lbs of fresh green beans!)

Dinner rolls
(J's insistence on some variation of "brown and serve" rolls :roll

Fresh corn
(Happy now, Dad?)

Some sort of dish involving sweet potatoes.
(Trying to stay away from the marshmallow madness... work in progress)

Homemade dressing with golden raisins.
(I don't stuff my bird, messes with the overall cooking time)

And for dessert....

Homemade apple and pumpkin pies
(A big YAAAY!! to J for gathering the courage to learn to make good pie crusts and pies. This was a big deal for her!)

Homemade Vanilla and Chocolate ice creams.
(Made by yours truly, the proper way, starting with a homemade custard)

And last but not least,

Super thick fudge brownies prepared exclusively by N!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving, wherever you are and whatever you're doing! I'll save a place for you at the table!

 

I microwaved something, but I forgot what.

 

If it was a Swanson's Turkey Dinner, you're OK.

Saved my arse on many a missed holiday occasion.

Ya know, the invite was there, GA.

 

It's 9:37 CST. All parental units have left, N's in bed, possibly not asleep but too bad.

Thanksgiving here at Emirkol's Inn went off without a hitch. Thanks to my parental units being late, it gave me a little extra time to complete and serve up the various sides.

The turkey was cooked perfectly, and everything else developed the flavours I was working for. The Butternut squash soup was a big hit! Great flavours of the squash married well with the delicate flavourings of the cinnamon and cumin. The flavour from the cream, added at the end was deliteful.

You know you did good when you're wife looks at you with her face aglow and says, "Honey, this looks beautiful!" J was just so damn excited by all of this!

So many thanks to J for being such a teammate, N for all his help, to the parental units for bringing such a great selection of wines (Major Kudos to my Dad and Father-in-Law on that one! Great French red wines to serve with Dinner!) and to my Step-Mom for taking care of round 1 of dishes.

Now, there's about a cup and a half of coffee left, the evening news, and bed. The rest can wait til morning.

 

I hope you had a great day and an even better night.

And I hope those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving had a pleasant, warm and friendly holiday filled with love, gratitude and good food.

Well. I just tried to turn on my heater, and I don't believe it is working. We are supposed to have freezing weather win the next couple of days.
Not the breaker box, either. Wonderful.


To all who sleep tonight on this side of the earth,

The Nightly Mission:

Clarity sometimes comes with a price,
but not as high as the one that comes
with confusion, doubt and wishful
thinking.

So climb into bed with a clear mind
and sleep knowing the coming day
will be a little better.

Wake up tomorrow and stay in the
moment.

May the Lady smile on
you, and on me too.

G'Night.