"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Yeah right....not at all. It's 75 early here and expected to go over
> 80F if the sun stays out. I'm baking my christmas cranberry/apple
> bread again today. Only reason I'm using the oven is because all my
> windows and doors are open for ventilation.
>
> Heat like like this really does kill the Christmas spirit to me. I'm
> so glad I didn't plan to cook the whole turkey meal like I've usually
> done on this day.
>
> Bah Humbug! :-D
>
> I've put the corn chowder on hold for a few days. Need a few more
> ingredients so I might as well wait until I buy them tomorrow rather
> than make it today without. It will be much cooler on Monday so I
> might wait until then.
>
> The little rodent one is all fed and happy for now.

Our weather is finally pretty typical. We did have snow yesterday while I
was at my brothers. We didn't see it as we were in the basement and no
windows to see out of. But Angela did find traces of it on Sparkley's back
window as we were getting ready to leave.

Thankfully I put the turkey in sooner than I needed to as husband came home
an hour early. The rest of the stuff was all pretty quick to fix though. I
just wasn't wanting to make dinner right then as I had other things to do.
Bah! I haven't eaten yet. Not hungry. But they're not complaining so I
guess I did well. Did screw up the potatoes but it was an easy fix. Since
neither of them likes mashed very well but both want a little to eat with
their turkey, I bought a pouch of the instant that needs nothing but water.
But I had Angela read the packet and I thought she said to use 4 cups of
water. It was only two! I didn't think it looked right as I was pouring it
into the bowl, considering the size of the pouch. Luckily by then, I had a
burner freed up so I just dumped it into a pan, added more milk and butter
and some plain instant ones.