This year I'm determined to enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas rather than participate in a procrastination-triggered frenzy the night before. Therefore, I actually began my Thanksgiving cleaning and meal plannig on Saturday. Yes, a full week and 5 days early. Don't get too impressed, though--we'll have to see how good my holiday preparation stamina really is. As an even bigger challenge, I want to have the house clean and all prep done before Tuesday evening. It's crazy, but my sister-in-law is visiting from Colorado and I want to make sure we get to spend as much time with her as possible during the few days she's here. To keep myself somewhat accountable, I'm going to create a to do list and post it here.
already done (listed here because it's more stuff I get to cross off):
- cleaned/conditioned the cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms (this stuff is amazing. My cabinets look so much better and the house smells nice and citrusy)
- Pulled recipes for my go-to Thanksgiving recipes (chocolate chunk pecan pie and my apple pecan dressing)
- made shopping lists for Sprouts and Wal Mart
do this week:
- determine menu with family (we do potluck style meals)
- go shopping at Sprouts and Wal Mart
- deep clean kitchen and bathrooms
- vacuum
- clean windows
- clean bottom of oven so it doesn't smoke during the Alton Brown turkey roasting method
- clear out/organize fridge to make room for ridiculous quantities of food
- tidy up front yard vegetation (aka: make it look like we don't live in a jungle)
do Monday
- make brine for turkey
- chop veggies for dressing
- make cornbread for dressing
- toast and cube bread for dressing
- chop pecans and apples for dressing (okay, so the dressing is a little labor intensive, Keith and I think it's amazing and totally worth it)
do Tuesday
- dust
- sweep front porch
- make pie crusts
- bake pies
do Wednesday
- sautee veggies for dressing
- mix dressing
- prep and brine turkey
- enjoy the day
- do all of the other things I inevitably procrastinated on earlier in the week
- go to bed at a reasonable hour on Thanksgiving Eve for quite possibly the first time in our marriage
do Thanksgiving day
- roast Turkey
- bake dressing
- eat
- play games
- eat
- play games
- eat
- go to bed late, but happy
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