Happy Thanksgiving!

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Well my house has been full of activity, voices chatting and music playing today.  The girls and I have been baking and cooking in preparation for tomorrow. We started the morning by putting on Christmas music to give us all a holiday feel.   And it worked.. we rolled up our sleeves and got busy in the kitchen. Amazing what four ladies working side by side can accomplish.

 

So far here is what we have done:

Pot roast in the crockpot (that is for tonight’s dinner)

Bread cubed and dried for stuffing (I’ll make the stuffing tomorrow morning)

2 pumpkin pies made

1 batch dinner roll dough made, rolled into rolls and flash frozen. We will take them out of the freezer tomorrow morning and bake them as soon as the turkey comes out of the oven.

1 apple pie is currently being made

8lbs potatoes peeled

Jello salad all made

 

Tomorrow will be a quiet Thanksgiving Day with my family but I am very much looking forward to it. We have so much to be thankful to God for.. His blessings are never ending! May the Lord bless you as you share your Thanksgiving meal tomorrow with your family…

 

From my thankful heart to yours..  

 

Crystal  

Comments

  1. AnonymousNovember 26, 2008 at 12:19 PM

    I never thought of flash freezing the dinner rolls. That's a great idea. I already made and baked mine. I will just heat them up after the turkey comes out. But, I bet they are so much fresher the other way. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

    Marnie

    marnie-marniesmusings.blogspot.com

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  2. Michele www.leraansonline.blogspot.comNovember 26, 2008 at 6:48 PM

    Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 26, 2008 at 11:59 PM

    Have a happy thanksgiving

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  4. addiemaNovember 27, 2008 at 12:13 AM

    Just wanted to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and say thank you for the wonderful blog! :)

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  5. Keeley (madiantin.blogspot.com)November 27, 2008 at 2:40 AM

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! =)

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  6. AnonymousNovember 28, 2008 at 2:10 AM

    hope you had a lovely thanksgiving crystal!

    as usual, i ate too much and was still full this morning!

    but not so full that i didn't enjoy the cold stuffing i had for breakfast! lol


    warmly,

    jayedee

    http://lifeinthelostworld.blogspot.com/

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