Day No 7 :: Mock Thanksgiving & Misc

Good morning fellow bloggers! Hope everyone is well, I am feeling so much more better this morning, still extremely sore but slowly getting better everyday, bet those meds the doc gave me are the reason! LoL BUT! I am here to tell you a little more about my "Mock Thanksgiving" I am having at the end of the month. I myself am shopping, preping, & cooking it all, I imagine my beloved will help me out but I am doing it all mainly on my own, which I am so excited about! First big meal on my own, in my own place & I can be like BAM! this is all brought to via Jennie La* wahaha. So this is what I'm thinking, just really good food, nothing Thanksgivingy, seeing as how it is at the end of the month & everyone (except James Steven) will have had enough of stuffing, turkey & all the other stuff we eat that one day a year. So my menu is going to look a little something like this, unfortunately I have a million ideas running through my head. What will go good together, oh but I like this dish, so there will be lots of tweeks & changes coming up but here is my rough draft. ((oh and it is going to be a maybe a four or five course dinner, again can't decide on what I exactly am doing))

"MOCK THANKSGIVING" Menu

Appetizer

Pomodoro Fresco Sourdough Bruschetta

Salad

A salad I make myself LoL no name, field greens, toasted nuts, tomatoes, goat cheese

Starches

Tortellini, Baked Mashed Potatoes w/Parmesan Cheese & Bread crumbs

Vegetables

Corn, Green Beans & Broccoli w/Cheese

Main Course

((two options))

BBQ Spiced Chicken, Salsa Salad & Pumpkin-Chipotle Poltena

-or-

Roasted Chicken w/Roasted Garlic Sauce & White Trffule Oil w/Herbed Potato Puree

Dessert

Pumpkin Roll Cake

Drinks

Bud Light, White Zinfandel, Water, & Assorted Sodas

So there is my "Mock Thanksgiving" menu & it is again only a rough draft so I am not sure which main course I will choose, or if something will be added or subtracted, I was thinking of doing a soup instead of a salad, due to the fact it's cold outside but again I am so indecisive. If anyone has any opinions, other great dish options, please send them! I am so excited for this event, I am going to try and get the boys to dress up a little, LoL good luck to me.

But in other news! I am feeling better but still bummed at the whole situation, and extremely sore. I have a strict, "no caffeine, limit smoking, & 'healthier' food choices" which completely sucks! But in order to get me into better spirits, my dearest friend Val is bringing me Mexican food tomorrow & I am going to try and get over to Old Navy, they are having a great sale 50% off all outwear & scarfs, hats & gloves are only $1! So of course my butt is getting up & over there. But my beloved* is spending the entire day Sunday with me in bed, LoL yeah he doesn't let me do crap at home & snuggling which I will not complain about at all. And then Monday back to the grind but after work, the rockin' Kolleen may potentially be coming over to make me some rad tea & "playing makeup" LoL I love it, playing makeup at 23 & 26 never gets old! But that is all for today, please fellow bloggers, I know I follow some rad cooking blogs, send your input & other dish options, or even easy drink options that you may know. All is welcome! Ciao*

Day No 3

Okay so is the third blog on the third day of the month & I am right on target. I spent half of the day in the god damn doctors' office, had lots of blood work done & a urine test & just sat around being completely annoyed. Why is it that you go to the doctors feeling horrible yet you sit around for hours just waiting, in pain agonizing over the amount of time that has gone by & the fact that you're like "hello little stupid woman in the cubical, i am STILL here and I am in pain & need to be seen ASAP" yet again you sit there for hours, in your pain waiting for this overpaid moron to get their act together & get this show on the road. PPFFT. So now that I have that rant out of the way I can get on with the rest of my blog.

Tomorrow is November 4, 2008 & is is Election Day, all the little kiddies are out of school for the day, horray for them. And we get to go & vote for another overpaid moron to run our country. I personally love how they say that "every vote counts, your vote matters" yet I do believe the majority of the American nation said they didn't want Bush the first time, let alone a second time in a row yet hello Mr. President! Hopefully this year & this time our votes will matter & the person the public wants to win, will. Here's hoping!

Also, being that the holiday season right around the corner I have brought up this interesting concept, "Mock Thanksgiving" yes, a mock Thanksgiving. I want to have a small version of the actual, fabulous Thanksgiving dinner another day in November & have your friends or "family" involved and share the day with everyone. Because unfortunately everyone tries to do their best to see everyone on a holiday but we never can, so this way you have one Thanksgiving for your friends, and another for your family. Good idea, no? I think so, and so did the people in my circle & it's going to be done! Welcome Mock Thanksgiving 2008.