Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, I had to write this post ahead of time because I am, in fact, stuffing my face with my family. But in the off chance that someone who is NOT busy eating reads this blog, I've got something to ask.

What is something UNEXPECTED this year for which you are thankful?

Usually, I'm thankful that SOMEONE ELSE is making the food that is so fabulously arrayed before me. Usually, I'm thankful for my family and friends, my recent contracts, my generally wonderful life. Yadda yadda. Okay, so I'm blessed. But this year, something incredibly weird happened.

I'm thankful that I AM able to try and cook something this year. Yes, for my vegetarian daughter I'm going to try and cook a vegetable pot pie. The recipe was in Vegetarian Times to which we subscribe. But...you see, I don't cook. Well, maybe microwave popcorn, but that's the extent of it. In fact, I'm becoming something of a raw-ist not because of principle or anything like that. But because I'm too lazy to do more than pull spinach leaves out of a bag. Add some pre-shredded cheese and I've got dinner.

So the fact that I'm motivated to try to cook something as elaborate as pot pie...well, that is a shocker indeed. And kudos to whatever urge struck me hard enough to get off my duff and try. So THANK YOU to the mysterious urge. I'll let you know later if the experiment causes other people to thank me for NOT doing this again next year.

UPDATE: Vegetarian Pot Pie was edible. Barely. Was welcomed to make it again for next year, so long as I'm not hurt when no one eats it. But I tried, so I feel like it was win!

Christmas is coming; Jade is getting fat! Please put a romance in my Christmas hat…er…stocking…er…just hand it over!

Okay, so I don’t adapt lyrics well, but that’s what happens in December! There’s snow on the ground, my pants feel tight, and I start humming my own version of Christmas carols. Plus, my daughter has shown me her design-your-own-Puma-shoe site! And yes, she’s designed her own, so it’s possible the Puma store will be getting some money from me soon! In short, it’s December and I’m thinking about holiday food and what I should read next! That’s what I do on the holidays: eat and read. How wonderful is that?

But enough about the holidays! I’ve just done a radio show with some fabulous authors and we all have our own stocking stuffer recommendations! You can hear the show on http://internetvoicesradio.com and Lillian generally posts a brief blurb about all shows on podbean.com. And if you’d like to bop on over to the attached bookstore for a more complete look at our titles…well, here’s that link! http://ebookisle.net/PIVTR/tuesday.htm

So…what do you do on your holiday vacations?



jade