Best Toffee in the World

On Friday my Mom and I made 75 pans of toffee. SEVENTY-FIVE!

Getting started in the morning... looking good! [not] 

We had three pots going around the clock.

Bottom left: just got started;

Top left: halfway done;

Bottom right: ready to be poured.

One batch made three pans. We had to let the toffee cool on the marble slab and got the next 3 pans ready to be poured.

Mom in her "Shad Pad" apron... pretty cute!

"Toffee Krunch"

{If you want to buy some toffee email Carol at toffeekrunch@yahoo.com

It is sold in $12 boxes and makes wonderful gifts for teachers, friends, pastors, etc.}

The Day After

Thanksgiving was great. We a lot, but not really too much. I had my own little turkey trot. I won. :)

Here is the after shot. (Cute, right?!) It's cold in Fayetteville - I was hot, but my ears hurt from the cold. Such a strange feeling.

I ordered our Christmas card last night, and I am super excited about it. Shutterfly rocks.

The day after Thanksgiving we do not do the shopping thing. Never have. I would rather pay a little more than subject myself to any of that madness. Instead, I am spending the ENTIRE day making toffee with my mom. It's a tradition. They give a LOT of toffee away (like 175+ boxes) and sell a little bit.

Hope everyone has a good day after Thanksgiving - whatever it is you are doing today!

Turkey Time

We are driving to my parents house tonight in Fayetteville for Thanksgiving! I can't believe it is already here. I feel like Thanksgiving is much more laid back than Christmas. And I'm glad I get to relax and eat, eat, eat!

Tomorrow I will be helping my mom cook. The turkey is my responsibility each year. I was thinking about doing some thing along these tan lines:

THAT would be awesome.

The other night we were having a discussion about staple items at Thanksgiving dinner (and Christmas for that matter). I have spent several Thanksgivings with Kent's side of the family and I was surprised to find that they did not cook:

1. Mashed Potatoes

2. Gravy

3. Pumpkin Pie

4. Butternut Squash

ANDDDDDDD they cook their stuffing in a crock pot. We have ALWAYS stuffed ours in the turkey. (Isn't that why it is called "stuffing?!?!?)

We do this:

So it looks like this:

And tastes so amazing.

But other than cooking the turkey I will be helping my mom make hundreds of pounds of toffee. It is the most amazing thing you have ever put in your mouth. Ever.