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[Junie]

Rice crispy treats with a really thick layer of chocolate frosting.   :drool5:

[Another Lynn]

I hope you were able to get some rest!

 

 

:grouphug: For Lynn. I hope your cough gets better.

I don't know what I had, but I got hit with coughing hard right around bedtime. Nothing this morning, though. 

 

 

Thanks.  I ended up getting a little sleep on the chaise lounge in the school room - it was the only place I could cough without disturbing someone else.  

[Susan in TN]

I'm sorry. I just realized I've been a huge downer this thanksgiving.

Nope. Because 💗

[Paige]

Don't tell DH, but I think Baby will need a little brother or sister.  :001_wub:

 

Somebody smack me! But he's so pretty and there's no little kids at all in the family near his age and there won't ever be. He's going to be alone. 

[Renai]

I love rice crispy treats. So easy and yet so yummy!!!

 

She was so siked too! I told her I wouldn't have her cooking on the stove until she was 7 (in January). As she was stirring, she exclaimed, "I can't believe I'm cooking on the stove, and I'm not even 7 yet!"  :lol:

[Critterfixer]

I think that may mark the difference between a man and a mother trying to write.

 

I wonder if his wife gets that/got that?

I'm sure she did. He mentions early on that his wife (a poet, and a darned good one) tried her hand at writing short stories and got the usual quota of rejection letters. He mentions that he feels she would have eventually broken through, had she been given and extra hour or two in the day. 

 

[Critterfixer]

I should add that I can get my 3 hours most days and 5 on a very good day--provided I teach school with plenty of independent work, I keep cooking to a minimum, housekeeping to the bare bones, and watch no television and stay off the internet. Particularly on days with no internet, I can be very productive. 

But 5 to 6 is asking a lot of me, and when the boys were younger, and I was at home alone with them all week, and DH worked two hours out of town for years, it was rough getting 2 every day.

 

ETA: The idea of a steady 5-6 hours a day in which to read and write though? That's a unicorn. I've learned to swing the 30 minute shift pretty well, take 10 to go change laundry, make sure my boys aren't eating each other, and then get back to it. 

Edited November 23, 2017 by Critterfixer

[Critterfixer]

Thanks.  I ended up getting a little sleep on the chaise lounge in the school room - it was the only place I could cough without disturbing someone else.  

This is on my list when I get a squillion dollars--a functioning sick room. 

[lots of little ducklings]

Happy Thanksgiving, ITT!   

 

 

:party:  :party:  :party:

[lots of little ducklings]

And Thanksgiving Hugs to all who need them.  

 

 

:grouphug:  :grouphug:  :grouphug:

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETA:  It's an I-Puffy-Heart-ITT Booyah/Booya! 

Edited November 23, 2017 by Lotsoflittleducklings

[JoJosMom]

 

Ed Po Warning!

 

Let's say hypothetically that you had planned on your 9th grader doing a year of Ancient History and Literature and Bible/worldview/philosophy with a group of friends.  Let's say, hypothetically, that you weren't going to continue in the group, so now you'll need to continue these subjects on your own.  Let's say you have a good plan for history and possibly also the Bible/worldview/philosophy, but need to do something about literature.  If hypothetical student had read the following works, what would you add for spring semester?  Perelandra by C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, (not technically ancient lit, but fit with the themes under consideration at the time), Genesis, Exodus, Job, The Iliad (most of), The Odyssey (most of), Antigone (possibly also Oedipus Rex).  

 

Currently under consideration:  The Aeneid, Beowulf.  Oldest has suggested I go back and have her read Gilgamesh.  

 

I've seen a neat thread on the highschool board about comparing modern works based on ancient works, but some of the modern ones look a little too adult for us, imho.  

 

Any thoughts? 

 

 

No advice, but here's a link to the OWC reading list in case you'd like to browse:

 

https://romanroadsmedia.com/2017/11/owc-reading-list/

[Critterfixer]

My house smells like chocolate cookies.

[JoJosMom]

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends.

 

 

 

 for all. Holidays are wonderful, but sometimes they come attached to difficult memories.

[Slache]

Cooking is a family event for us, so no one is ignored. Thankfully, we all love to cook. Yesterday, Gymnast made rice crispy treats. I helped. :)

I've been to several Thanksgivings but I've never seen this. It would be nice.

  

And, considering you're a bit color blind...

ONLY A BIT!

[Slache]

Good morning my lovelies! Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I'm coughing. :glare:

[Jean in Newcastle]

[emoji260] Happy Thanksgiving [emoji260]

[emoji884] [emoji884] [emoji884]

 

 

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[KrissiK]

I am right on schedule. My sil mocks me for my timeline. But there is so much chaos in my life that I need someone to tell me what to do next without me having to think about it. That’s why I have my timeline.

[Slache]

I am right on schedule. My sil mocks me for my timeline. But there is so much chaos in my life that I need someone to tell me what to do next without me having to think about it. That’s why I have my timeline.

Decision fatigue. True story.

[Susan in TN]

I am right on schedule. My sil mocks me for my timeline. But there is so much chaos in my life that I need someone to tell me what to do next without me having to think about it. That’s why I have my timeline.

Thanksgiving Generals Unite!

[Susan in TN]

Pies are done. Ds13 made the lattice tops for the apple pies and leftover crust leaves for the pumpkin pies. Dressings are made. Turkey is in the oven. Turkey cookies are made and table has been cleaned and tablecloth ready. Now I have a few minutes to sit before the hour-before-dinner whirlwind. I should get the gravy stuff out. And steam the potatoes. And, and...

[Critterfixer]

Sugar cookies are in the oven. DH and the boys have been sent out of the house with the first wave of food. I will follow with the cookies and the stuffed mushrooms in about an hour or so. :drool5:

Making sure I don't get the two mixed up.

 

ETA: I also wrote 750 words. :D

Edited November 23, 2017 by Critterfixer

[Junie]

Dinner was yummy.  We ended up eating early because dinner only took about 20 minutes to prepare.

[Renai]

I've been to several Thanksgivings but I've never seen this. It would be nice.

   ONLY A BIT!

 

Well, also remember we live in 659 sq. ft. We trip over each other way too much to ignore...(our kitchen is not closed off - it's a kitchen/dining/living room).

Edited November 23, 2017 by Renai

[Jean in Newcastle]

I won't start making our little Thanksgiving dinner until this afternoon.  I got a turkey breast that I will cook.  And some yams that I will nuke in the microwave.  And some veggies that I will roast.  Easy peasy and not any more work than a usual dinner.  The only difference is that the turkey breast will take a bit longer to roast.  We will eat at normal supper time. 

 

 

[Renai]

I am right on schedule. My sil mocks me for my timeline. But there is so much chaos in my life that I need someone to tell me what to do next without me having to think about it. That’s why I have my timeline.

 

Dancer does this when doing her commercial cooking. I think the chef wanted a general plan, and she detailed by the moment - mix this, proof this, ingredients that, check proof this, that there in oven, whatever it is she does... I have a more general timeline, but yeah, it's necessary or I forget food... :leaving:

[Renai]

Cornbread dressing is done and turkey is in the oven. That is all. 

 

Oh, I never actually made a menu this year. I was so busy, I forgot. But, there's food in the house so we'll eat something.

[Critterfixer]

Mushrooms are stuffed and in the oven. I have about three dishes left to clean. I kept up while I cooked. Then shower, get dressed, load the truck and go join the insanity.

[Jean in Newcastle]

:ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2: :ack2:

 

Ds is cleaning out his car junk from the garage and he made a gross discovery.  Apparently in the summer when we had cleaned out the chest freezer to degluten it, I had put some containers to the side before disposing of them.  And then forgot to dispose of them.  The ziploc freezer containers with moldy food went directly in the trash.  But there was also one of my good pyrex freezer containers.  I had to clean that out.  And the smell!  :ack2: :ack2: :ack2:

[Slache]

ITT :001_wub:

[Jean in Newcastle]

You guys are getting mushy.

 

 

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[Another Lynn]

Good morning my lovelies! Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I'm coughing. :glare:

 

 

I'm sorry.  I coughed into my elbow (almost) every time.   :(

[luuknam]

Happy Thanksgiving!

[Another Lynn]

This is on my list when I get a squillion dollars--a functioning sick room. 

 

I think we should just move the chaise lounge and put a twin bed in the school room (normally the dining room if you're trying to picture it - you walk through it to get from the kitchen to the living room).  That wouldn't look strange would it?  Bookshelves on one wall, a couple desks and a bed?   :w00t:

[Another Lynn]

We ate at 1:00.  Every bite was perfect.  My Mom cooked; we ate it at my brothers.  Dh and I brought a couple pies, frozen fruit salad, stuffing and deviled eggs.  

 

I am still coughing.   :glare:  

 

ETA:  I washed dishes afterwards.   :Angel_anim:

Edited November 23, 2017 by Another Lynn

[Junie]

I think we should just move the chaise lounge and put a twin bed in the school room (normally the dining room if you're trying to picture it - you walk through it to get from the kitchen to the living room).  That wouldn't look strange would it?  Bookshelves on one wall, a couple desks and a bed?   :w00t:

 

I think our houses are set up the same way.  In our front room (opposite the dining room) we have bookshelves and a daybed.  I say go for it.  :)

[Another Lynn]

Who needs cherry pie when you can have cherry cough drops?   :glare:

[Junie]

Who needs cherry pie when you can have cherry cough drops?   :glare:

 

Um, I think you need a raincheck on the cherry pie.  Cough drops are not an acceptable substitute for pie.  If that rule is not already in the ITT handbook, it should be.

[Critterfixer]

I am plum peopled out. :svengo:

My cherry pie was really, truly horrible. Really, and truly. But--I know what to do to fix it. Got to try these things to figure out what's going to go wrong so you can troubleshoot it.

Everything else was really good.

 

I left early, ostensibly to do chores, but also because I got to feeling overwhelmed and tired. A little bit of time in the quiet house should restore me.

[Junie]

The neighbors are shooting off fireworks.   :confused1:

[Critterfixer]

Also, it seems to be traditional in my part of the woods to go out after Thanksgiving and do target practice. The dogs are a little disconcerted by the near constant gunfire. :glare: Die down eventually.

[Another Lynn]

The neighbors are shooting off fireworks.   :confused1:

 

That's different.  Maybe they are REALLY thankful!    :laugh:

Edited November 23, 2017 by Another Lynn

[Critterfixer]

The neighbors are shooting off fireworks.   :confused1:

My condolences.

[Ellie]

These are my two new kittehs, Lupin and Minerva (yes, HP names). This was the time they discovered laundry.

 

[Junie]

The fireworks seem to have stopped.

 

Whatever.

[Jean in Newcastle]

Hi.  I napped.  Now I'm up.  I suppose that I should do something with the turkey breast.

 

College buddy is over here puttering away on Ds' car with him. 

[Susan in TN]

I'm sorry.  I coughed into my elbow (almost) every time.   :(

  

Vampire Style! :D

Um, I think you need a raincheck on the cherry pie.  Cough drops are not an acceptable substitute for pie.  If that rule is not already in the ITT handbook, it should be.

I have entered this into The ITT Document.

 

Kittehs!! :)

[Susan in TN]

Dinner is eaten and we are all digesting in our own ways. Grandma and grandpa cleaned up. Grandma is trying to clean the burnt-on mess on the stove. We'll probably have pie in a half and hour and then play some games - probably Spot It and Dutch Blitz. Maybe watch a movie?

 

Tomorrow we'll start decorating for Christmas! (Dd19 especially wanted us to decorate tomorrow because she needs to get back to the University Saturday morning.

[Jean in Newcastle]

The gf frozen chicken empanadas that I bought at the grocery store weren't very good.  Or rather, they were ok but they were not Filipino style empanadas.  This is why I tried them out today.  I found what looks like a good gluten free empanada dough recipe.  I will try to make them tomorrow.  I said that I would bring them on Saturday.  Living dangerously. . .   the only way to live!

[Critterfixer]

DH got home with exactly 0 leftovers. I plan to point in his direction when the boys ask, "What's for supper?" :glare:

[Critterfixer]

The gf frozen chicken empanadas that I bought at the grocery store weren't very good.  Or rather, they were ok but they were not Filipino style empanadas.  This is why I tried them out today.  I found what looks like a good gluten free empanada dough recipe.  I will try to make them tomorrow.  I said that I would bring them on Saturday.  Living dangerously. . .   the only way to live!

My whole issue with the cherry pie came down to issues with the GF pie crust. I've got a plan to deal with it, but I will need some time to experiment. GF pie dough is a tricky business.