HAPPY THANKSGIVING

So I was in the grocery store a week ago Wednesday and happened to be on the phone with Dan. I figured I would ask what he wanted for dinner and get an "I don't care," as usual. Oh no, he decided he wanted Thanksgiving. For some woman this would not be a big deal. For me, enormous deal. First off, I don't do meals well. Dessert? SURE! any time. A meal? Not so fast. I have actually been known to make pancakes for sunday dinner and then have homemade brownies after. Dan admitted later he expected me to blow him off. Instead I laughed and reminded him I had never made a turkey in my life. He kindly pointed out that I could call my mom like I do for any other cooking question and get it sorted out. And, I must have been sick because I took the bait. He said later that since I laughed he figured he could push his luck. It worked, I bought a turkey breast, took it home and made turkey, potatoes, home-made gravy (yes actually from the drippings not a packet) stuffing and even cherry pie. (I had made pie crust a few days earlier and had some left over I needed to use) More miraculously than I actually tried, it actually turned out. Dan's comment when he walked in the door was, "even if it didn't turn out at all, I'm impressed." Needless to say I was pretty proud of myself. I also learned that it really isn't such a big deal and added a decent recipe to my scanty dinner possibilities. One success out of like twenty different tries at new ideas. It was a pretty exciting thing for me. Most of you who read this blog probably already knew about it because I called half the people in my phone the next day to brag about my big-girl accomplishment. Anyway, now that I already did Thanksgiving for two I just have to show up at my sister-in-laws with a couple desserts for the real thing and can feel pretty good about it. Sadly, I realize to most this is pretty embarrassing that i was this impressed.