Robin's Nest

Well Black Friday came and left and this little shopper stayed home... well at work anyway. I haven’t had any regrets about not shopping on this day since the one time I did shop on Black Friday. About 24 years ago I decided, unwisely, to darken the door of WalMart in order obtain a “deal”. It ended in a very bad way, although I did get the item that I ventured in for. Ever since that trip I really have not had the desire to join the festivities of that day. The advent of online shopping has really taken the stress out of shopping for me. Which leads me to the day before Thanksgiving, when to my surprise a spiralizer for my kitchen aid mixer arrived in the mail! I had forgotten that I decided to order it. It was a tough decision but apparently I had decided in favor of the item.  Soon I will try it out but for now I have been using my new dicer attachment... I absolutely love it! Carrots and potatoes beware! Since receiving these items in the mail three cupboards have been clea...

After thoughtlessly thinking I could take a break from blogging many things happened, Now to decide whether I share them going forward from the cut off of the blog or backwards so my memory is better. Either way here's to hoping everyone had a Thanksgiving to remember in whatever way they really wanted to. Our family with it's many branches, joined at number four's house. It is a cute little ranch with a basement and very minimal furniture (keeps her tweens from bringing home more than  one friend at a time) Each family was to bring two dishes and show up. numbers 1-3 did not intend to come for one reason or another. Nor did 7 &8. Number 5 was designated to cook the turkey but it was not completely done so we carved off about half, grabbed the nuwave oven and all of our dishes for the event and headed in to drop me off at work. The plan was to let the rest gather until I could get done. On the way my staff on duty called to see when I would be arriving and I let them kn...