Hello my friends! I began this week by slowing down a little bit and spending time reflecting on this year and planning ahead for the upcoming new year. I worked on my 2025 day planner I am making, which I have a lot of fun doing, and updating spreadsheets as well as some of my “to do” lists. I also put some thought into a few goals I may want to set and accomplish. Mostly, I enjoyed playing with papers, stickers, washi tapes and colored pens. I still enjoy arts and crafts!
Last of my garden tomatoes cooked down into sauce
Sunday morning I pulled the bag with the last of my garden tomatoes out of the freezer and put them in the slow cooker to cook all day. I used my immersion blender to make then into a crushed tomato consistency and then once they had cooked down and thickened I allowed them to cool before placing them into freezer containers, labeling them and tucking away in the freezer for future meals and meal prepping. While I was puttering around the house that day it began to snow! Winter has definitely arrived.
The BFF was here for a visit so I spent a few days last week just hanging out. We didn’t do much, but we ate well and drank some really good wine. I worked some short shifts on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 3½ hours each, and on the way home Wednesday I stopped into Trader Joes to pick up a couple bottles, a white and a red, for Thanksgiving dinner. Can you believe that is this coming Thursday?
This will do it!
I had all day this past Thursday off so we ran a few errands. We stopped in at Costco to pick up a couple rotisserie chickens and I found two good sized ones. Once we got home I put the chickens into a baking dish and allowed them to cool, then I wrapped them in plastic wrap and set them into the freezer. This is what I plan to serve for Thanksgiving along with all the trimmings and yes, I saved all the drippings in the bottom of the bags to add to my gravy. It was so hard not to sneak a taste of those chickens, I will admit. They smelled so darn good.
Tacos!
It was rainy and stormy all day so the rest of the day all we did was sit around, eat leftovers, enjoy a glass of wine and watch TV. It has been a bit since I just sat around and goofed off so it was a good time. It was a perfect week. How was yours?
You day off sounds great - especially the part about wine and relaxing. (: I had a great week, too, and am looking forward to another one this week. Happy Thanksgiving in advance!
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