turkey and pumpkin pie.

believe it or not, the fun started at wal-mart.

we wandered in on wednesday night, went straight to the turkey section, and all of the turkeys were gone.

i asked a sweet, older lady to please tell me that there were more turkeys in another section.

she guided me in the right direction.

during our walk, i started rambling -

+ i've never cooked a turkey before

+do you have any suggestions?

+ my mom said something about a turkey in a bag that i can just put in the oven for a couple of hours...have you heard of that?

+ do you think we'll be able to have the turkey cooked correctly by tomorrow?

+ are we too late? will the turkey thaw in time?

 

i managed to get all of that out in a very short walk.

we get to the turkeys, she asks how many people we are feeding, hands me the turkey i need, and then starts in on the instructions.

we were given very strict ones...and we listened.

 

we get to the checkout and we are greeted by another sweet, older lady.

she sees the turkey and wonders if we'll be able to get the bird ready for tomorrow.

we were given more strict instructions.

the lady behind us in line gave us her two cents as well.

 

we left full of new knowledge.
and that trip was deemed, by dusty, our most fun trip to walmart ever.

 

during the car ride home, it was decided that dusty would take the reigns on the turkey.

he likes those kinds of things and i kindly obliged.

the turkey was all his.

my only request was that if he had any type of question whatsoever in regard to the cooking of the turkey, he would contact the butterball hotline.
unfortunately, we didn't end up needing the hotline, but don't think i didn't try to get dusty to call it for any little 'challenge' we came across.
i'm not sure why i thought it would be so entertaining.
maybe it's because i have a feeling dusty would have found a way to make it fun.

the turkey turned out great and everything went off without a hitch, which i know, does not make for fun stories.

millie (dusty's mom) was given the task of plating the canned cranberries...a favorite of the bias's.

while dusty conquered his first turkey, i made my first pie.
i didn't want to overdo it, so i used a pre-made crust and chose pumpkin pie.

it was delicious.

i'm not sure if it's possible to mess it up though.

 

well, i hope all of you had a wonderful thanksgiving and long weekend!