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Thanksgiving: Part III
Nov. 21st, 2011 08:38 pmSucceeded in making yogurt (well, another hour before that's done, but it's just a matter of moving it into the fridge at that point), coin laundry, AND roasting the turkey and stuffing. Had my sample plate - nom! Also made cranberry sauce, because I had ten minutes to spare and cranberries.
What dominated the day, however, was my freaking iPhone telling me it needed to be Restored as soon as I got up this morning, and then refusing to actually Restore. Spent all day googling error codes and working my way through troubleshooting step-by-steps (in between moving laundry around, etc.) and when I finally decided to go ahead and ask Apple for help got told it was outside of working hours. Grr. At least I am pretty sure I got it backed up before everything went kerblooey.
Anyway, Mom and I confirmed our menu, which has all the traditional elements in different ways than we have usually eaten them. I think it will be good. I'll make the stew on Wednesday, maybe mix up the dumplings, I think they'll hold up to early assembly, and that's really all I have to do ahead of time. Get a bottle of wine out of the shed, I suppose. The cranberry pudding I'll make over there from mom's ingredients, just have to bring the pudding basin. Mom's providing brussels sprouts (whew! I was alarmed when I got home from shopping and realized i hadn't bought any) and squash/maybe pumpkin and maybe a beet salad. If our calculations are correct, we should be okay for burners and oven space, even. A Thanksgiving miracle!
What dominated the day, however, was my freaking iPhone telling me it needed to be Restored as soon as I got up this morning, and then refusing to actually Restore. Spent all day googling error codes and working my way through troubleshooting step-by-steps (in between moving laundry around, etc.) and when I finally decided to go ahead and ask Apple for help got told it was outside of working hours. Grr. At least I am pretty sure I got it backed up before everything went kerblooey.
Anyway, Mom and I confirmed our menu, which has all the traditional elements in different ways than we have usually eaten them. I think it will be good. I'll make the stew on Wednesday, maybe mix up the dumplings, I think they'll hold up to early assembly, and that's really all I have to do ahead of time. Get a bottle of wine out of the shed, I suppose. The cranberry pudding I'll make over there from mom's ingredients, just have to bring the pudding basin. Mom's providing brussels sprouts (whew! I was alarmed when I got home from shopping and realized i hadn't bought any) and squash/maybe pumpkin and maybe a beet salad. If our calculations are correct, we should be okay for burners and oven space, even. A Thanksgiving miracle!