Black Friday Confession

Yesterday was truly the best Thanksgiving I'd ever had. The morning started out a little rough with Miss H throwing a hissy fit but once I sat her down and had a talk with her she realized it was a day of thanks and reacted completely opposite. M was the next Rachael Ray. I allow her to watch a show after Miss H falls to sleep some nights. I check on them quite often. I've caught M watching the food network channel with 30 minute meals on plenty of times. She's so involved in the show that I don't disturb her, I just peek to watch her enjoying the show more than any other show she's watched before. We sit and watch Cake Boss as well. She helped me make and bake yesterday. From the turkey, to the stuffing balls, to mashed potatoes, to the MAGIC COOKIE BARS.:) Yum. Everything turned out stunning. I did get a pumpkin pie but failed to freeze it so once I pulled it out of the fridge it had overflowed into the box. Let's just say it was nasty looking. In the garbagio it goes. Walmart was open 24 hours. We ran to get some coin rolls for our lucky pennies, grabbed some extra household items and a box of Magic Cookie Bars from EAGLE BRAND to replace our pumpkin pie. Meanwhile the turkey was baking, we headed home to finish our delightful cooking.


Introducing Chef M:

She over did herself. I could not have had a better day with just the four of us. I know I always say that but it was one of my best and it will be remembered forever.  

Miss H was still going strong with the duck. She changed her outfit about ten times. Girls, Girls, Girls.

She was on the photo/video kick. Of course we took plenty of moments to document the One & Only Miss H.

Trying to throw a pathetic fit ↑

After One Strike Warning ↓

The reason I'm so Gosh Darn Thankful ↓

Magic Cookie Bars ↓

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND® Sweetened Condensed Milk 2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees for glass dish). Coat 13x9-inch baking pan with no-stick cooking spray.


Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter. Press into bottom of prepared pan. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture. Layer evenly with chocolate chips, coconut and nuts. Press down firmly with a fork.

Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Cut into bars or diamonds. Store covered at room temperature.

With loads of Whipped Cream ↑

My Everything ↑

& the moment you've all been waiting for:

My Friday Confession:

I burnt the shit out of this pot. Well I have a very good excuse. I was trying to be super mom and do the usual multi-tasking. While folding the laundry I smelled the burn. And Miss H runs in to tell me I'm burning the dinner that was cooking on Wednesday night. Needless to say I did not burn the dinner just the bottom of this ugly pot. I don't know how but we all sat down to eat, took one bite and boy did it taste burnt. How gross. Somehow Dad got the pot clean. He's the magic scrubber. I was just going to throw it away. I always take the easy way out. If it's dirty and I don't want to clean it, in the trash it goes. So I'm far from perfect.

Toodles