12/1/13

Thanksgiving Vacation

Huck’s Birthday

My four day weekend started Wednesday at 2PM. I practically ran out of the office screaming “I’m free!!”.

Wednesday was Huck’s birthday, and I was happy to be off early to celebrate. We started the birthday celebration at TBC, of course!

Our celebration continued to downtown Abacoa for Food Trucks and drinks at Das Biergarten with some friends. We were home fairly early. 

Turkey Day

For Thanksgiving, we went to our friends Nate and Sue’s house for dinner. Nate smoked a turkey while Sue whipped up so amazing sides.

 

I brought Butter Corn Casserole, Beer Bread Rolls, and Cranberry Cheesecake. The Cranberry Cheesecake turned out really good. I followed SkinnyTaste’s recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake, but substituted strawberries for leftover cranberry sauce. 

EG and Laura’s visit- Friday and Saturday

Friday, EG and Laura drove over from Tampa to spend the night. We went to Square Grouper and Dive Bar for dinner. Saturday, we took them to Berry Fresh for breakfast and Loggerhead Marine Life Center to check out the sea turtles.

Did you know Juno Beach has one of the most active nesting beaches in the world? I didn’t either.

The turtle below was going for his weekly weigh-in.

Each turtle has a little information posted about his condition, treatment, size, and age. The turtle below was found floating on his left side, and he was very anemic and hypoglycemic. He had a large, old, scare on his back from a boat propeller. He’s doing better since he arrived at the center.

He also went to the Juno Beach Pier.

The wind and waves were crazy.

While walking on the pier, some “kids” caught a 5 foot shark.

And people wonder why I don’t go swimming in the ocean…

It made me very sad to see the way the people treated the shark. They were taking pictures holding it and flipping it off. While holding it, they keep dropping it, and the shark was trying his best to get away. I secretly wanted the shark to whip around and bite everyone of them. Nothing serious. Just an F U from the poor defenseless shark.

EG and Laura left around 2PM, and Huck and I left for his homebrew competition at Roxy’s in West Palm.

Huck entered two beers into the competition and came in 2nd and 3rd. He was beat by a Blueberry Porter. He wasn’t very happy about “being the first and second loser”. I’m super proud of him for placing, twice!

There were large TV’s setup outside Roxy’s playing the UF vs FSU. We were watching the end of the UGA vs Tech and Bama vs Auburn game at a local restaurant/bar. The place went crazy when Auburn scored at the very end of the game. It was AMAZING!!! Oh and UGA won too. It was a great day!

08/7/13

Thanksgiving In August

A couple days ago, Huck told me he wanted Turkey for dinner. We both thought it would be a great idea to have Thanksgiving for dinner since we have so much to be thankful for in our lives.

I made Turkey, Potatoes, Dressing, Ham, Gravy, and Deviled Eggs. Scaled down versions of everything of course.

It was really good, and now, I feel miserable. Scaled down or not, I still ate to much.

Huck and I have a lot to be thankful for in our lives. Today, the doctor told him he was healthy. He even went on to say he was cured. He will just follow up every 6 months. I really like his surgeon. He is very personable and laid back. I hate doctors that think they’re better than you are or talk down to their patients. I’ve worked for a few of them in my career. 

I’m thankful because my husband is healthy, and I start a new job tomorrow. My new office job… 9-5 Monday-Friday… Yep! After 5 years of 12 hour shifts and working from home, I’m going back to the 9-5. Actually, I’ve only had one 9-5 M-F job in my entire life.

I told my friend I feel like I’m losing my freedom. And this may sound really cheesy, but I’m going to miss Huck. I enjoyed when we were working together, but lately I haven’t had any work. There’s only so much “blogging” I can do. And I need my own money.

I’m really excited about this job, though. It’s in insurance {Workers Comp and Car}. I’ve never worked with Automotive Insurance. I’m a little nervous, but everyone at the office seems great and helpful.

I knew it would be a great place to work when I walked in and seen a big Georgia G on the wall. The people in the office are huge college football fans and one of the guys is a Bulldog, too. It has to be a great place to work, right?

Well, I’m off to get ready for work tomorrow.   

11/20/12

Every meal should start with Dessert!

A normal Thanksgiving for me… Eat way to much savory food… Have to pick between one type of pie… only eat one bite… Feel bad for wasting pie… Try to eat more pie… think about getting more stuffing… eat more stuffing… Hate life.

I feel I always miss out on dessert, so I thought I would start my Thanksgiving post with dessert, to insure I have room.

My bites size desserts have everything you love about Thanksgiving pies in just one bite.

First, on the list, is a pie you’ve seen on the blog before. This time I have prettier pictures.

Mini Pecan Pie

Makes 15 mini pies

  • 15 Mini Phyllo Dough Shells
  • 1/2 Cup Pecans-Chopped
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/3 Cup Corn Syrup
  • 1/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Tbsp Butter-Melted
    • Preheat oven to 350.
    • Toast Pecans in oven for 5-7 minutes. As Rachael Ray says, your nose will know when they are toasted.
    • Remove from oven and coarsely chop. I used my Slap Chop.
    • Place phyllo shells on foiled lined pan.
    • Combined the nuts, egg, syrup, sugar, vanilla, and butter.
    • Spoon mixture into shells.
    • Bake for 12-14 minutes.
    • Allow to cool before serving.

I have a problem every year. Do I eat my Mommy’s yummy Pecan Pie, or do I go with the Apple Pie? I battle back and forth but usually go with the Pecan Pie. My mini apple bites are just enough to get my apple fix, and I don’t feel I have to finish a whole slice.

Mini Apple Pie

Makes 15 mini pies

  • 2 Granny Smith Apples- Peeled and Small Diced
  • 1-2 tsp Lemon
  • 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 1 Tbsp Honey
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 15 Mini Phyllo Dough Shells
    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
    • Heat a sauce pan over medium low heat.
    • Add apples, lemon, sugar, honey, nutmeg, and cinnamon to pan.
    • Cook 5 minutes or until apples start to become tender. I wanted the apples to have the same texture as apple pie but did not want the phyllo shells to burn.
    • Fill pies with apples and juice.
    • Bake in oven for 12-14 minutes or until crust is golden brown and apples are tender.
      • ENJOY!

Do you remember last night, when I said I was, going to read or go to bed?

London and I decided sleep sounded like more fun! He is a good cuddler. Until he decides to sleep on my head! We were both tired after our run.

The whole family went for another run, tonight. I needed a run after eating all those mini pies.

Do you save room for dessert or just go for the savory foods?

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