20 November 2012

Trash Day: Where I've Been, Life Changing Turkey, and What is Wrong With My Dog

     Trash Day (Otherwise Known as I Needed to Get Some Housekeeping Done) is  a semi-regular feature here on the blog. It will be characterized by a complete lack of story structure and will most likely be a collection of random thoughts, announcements and miscellaneous housekeeping tasks. Welcome to the inner workings of my mind....


Where Have I Been?
     Nowhere good, that's for sure! Sorry there wasn't a postcard.. Some of you may be aware that the Hubby has been gone for basically a month. (He was out of town for work. We're not splitting up or anything. Although if his "birthday surprise" isn't pretty wonderful I may find myself a widow....)
     In the past 30 days, the Hubby has been home less than week and he averaged about 75 work hours a week. AND in that 30 day period, there was less than a week's worth of days when all three children made it to school at the same time. Put all that Craptastic fun together and it makes for a very grouchy and way-too-tired-to-write Mommy.
     But this time offline has given me some much needed time to think. To think about what I want to accomplish with my little piece of the interweb. To put my editorial calendar into perspective and to learn to either plan a little better or live a little more--not sure which. I'll get back to you on that.

Life Changing Turkey

This is what makes that turkey AWESOME!

     Two years ago, I attempted my first turkey. Since my parents had separated  I felt it would be easier for me to host Thanksgiving. That and I was pretty sure that if left up to my dad we'd be eating at a river boat casino or forced to trust my mom's ancient oven in her apartment. Salmonella, anyone? So I decided to try my hand at brining a turkey. And OH, BUDDY! If you've never done this you are seriously missing out! The difference is astounding. And I'm giving you my recipe because it doesn't take any extra effort and actually cuts you cooking time down by like, HALF! So check out my Life Changing Turkey Brine Recipe.

What is Wrong With My Dog?
     Since we are discussing the utterly ridiculous.... Oh, we weren't? One of the most stressful parts of the Hubby's absence has been Cookie. If you don't know about Cookie a quick recap: she's an 18 month old boxer. She's petite and very beautiful. And it's a good thing because I assure you that she's also the stupidest dog on the face of the planet! Not only can we not leave a single scrap of food or food like substances (as in actual food or things that resemble food like crayons, plastic food containers or wrappers, things with pictures of food on them like empty boxes or magazines, and the children's play, plastic food) out anywhere in the house because she's a notorious counter-surfer but apparently she only likes water that comes from the toilet. I have spent the better part of the past month reminding the children to flush the toilet (EWWW!) and keep the bathroom door closed. WTF?

I promise to expound upon all the above topics at a later time. 
I just really wanted to catch everyone up.

Peace Out!
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