Thanksgiving

As most of you know, Steve and I had our own Thanksgiving dinner here in England (so nice to see everyone on webcam!). We invited our friends Pete and Amanda over to share it with us. We would have liked to invited more people but unfortunately, our apartment and our dinner table aren't big enough.

I was tempted to take some pictures of everyone and maybe even bring out the video cam because the whole reason we bought it was for times like these. But as we all know, Steve HATES being on camera and Amanda is no better so sometimes it's like a battle to get some simple pictures. Add to that the fact that Amanda wasn't feeling well (the poor girl had a fever of 101 - seriously, she should have stayed home!) so I didn't want to push it.

I did, however, get some pictures of the table partially set and of Steve cooking (face not included).





Oh! I forgot to mention! It appears adventures in cooking are never complete in our home without some kind of disaster. Steve had turned the stove on to boil the potatoes - he'd turned on one in the front and one on the back, thinking he'd put the pot on the back burner and then move it forward (not sure why). Well, he forgot and while holding a kitchen towel over the stove, it brushed the hot uncovered one and started smouldering! Luckily, it did not burst into flames and we did not set off the fire alarm, lol. We quickly ran it under cold water and all was well after that - well, expect for the side of the foil roasting pan giving out and dumping hot butter, oil and turkey juices all over the oven door. But I think that's enough excitement for the day!