Happy Post Thanksgiving!

And how did your Thanksgiving go? Mine was fabulous! The journey to get there and back though was incredibly long. I had slept my normal sleep up to the morning of the 25th and then did not sleep again, until late on the 26th. Didn't sleep on the plane, didn't sleep on the 4 1/2 hour drive to Savannah. Got a 30 minute nap in at my son's. Didn't sleep on the long drive back from Savannah. Finally got to bed/sleep about 10pm. So I was very sleep-deprived for a long time.

As I said before, my son made Thanksgiving dinner and the turkey was spectacular! He pulled a recipe off the Internet and it took him 2 days to complete. He did a wonderful job with the turkey-so moist and tender. Interestedly enough, the recipe said not to go by the timer/pop-out indicator. The recipe said those turkey pop-outs weren't reliable enough. The only time he wanted my help with the turkey, was when he wanted to make sure there wasn't any pink inside. The rest of the dinner was boxed, bagged, canned and pre-baked. He said the turkey was all he could focus on for this menu. So we had boxed instant mashed potatoes, canned cranberries, canned cream corn, package rolls, package stuffing-that you add broth and butter to, jar of gravy and pre-frozen pumpkin pie. He wants to do Christmas this year too. With Ham and a small turkey breast, and real mashed potatoes.

This is from the child I raised, who hated my experimenting with recipes while he was growing up. He pretty much grew up eating just cereal and chicken. Look at him now-all grown up-26 years old and experimenting with his own recipes. I am so proud of him. He has just set up his Christmas tree and he texted me its completion. After congratulating him on the Christmas tree, we discussed his Christmas dinner. Plus he wanted some of my recipes for a Christmas Party, he will be giving. I have at different times in my life-operated a catering business. With my speciality being Appetizers. I have been very successful with this in the past. I just don't have a large enough anything at this point here in Las Vegas to start again. Kitchen isn't big enough, no extra freezer, etc.

My ebay cookbook web site, is dying with very little business-so I'm going back to my listings starting at $.99 and media mail. And then I'm going to let the buyers decide if they don't mind waiting for media mail delivery or do they want to put extra money out for Priority or Express mail. Look for me on EBay at Valerie2901 or under general heading of cookbooks.

Our Lady's Kitchen from the Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church is my book to promote today. Look for it on EBay. It has over 225 pages with 2 or 3 recipes on each page. Must be 500 recipes in it. The uniqueness of this book is that many of the recipes are from the priests and friars of this Church. With very unique recipes, I guess Priests have to eat too and experiment with many unusual foods.

Company coming in town today, so that's all for now.

Cookbook Val