Christmas eve-eve

pretty white cornbread and one round of honey seed bread

We didn't leave the house today. It was a frenzy of cleaning and cooking. Fun, but a frenzy. I made four loaves of bread (two honey-seed and two buttermilk). Charlie made cornbread and then crumbled it up to make Mimi's sausage stuffing. He also made the yams with candied pecans so they can just be popped in the oven tomorrow to finish.

gobble glub glub

The turkey got put in brine and is out on the back deck keeping cold. This year our turkey is only 10 pounds so it was small enough to fit into a big plastic brining bag. Charlie made the astute observation that it looked like a bloated drowned corpse. Technically, I suppose, it is. But hopefully after almost 7 hours of smoking on the grill tomorrow it will be the tastiest corpse ever eaten.

There are still many things to cook for tomorrow but it's not overwhelming. Charlie cleaned the living room and took the opportunity to rearrange all of the presents underneath the tree. It's pretty crowded under there! I took a break tonight to finish up making a few more fabric bags and now all of the gifts have been wrapped.

Less than 24 hours until milk punch!