Thanksgiving is done and dusted but I already decorated our room for Christmas two weeks ago so bring on the festivities! Branden and I have been enjoying our first minced pies of the season as well as some yummy mulled wine. We also had some leftover sweet potato casserole, which didn't turn out as well as last year's, but I mashed it all up and mixed it with some light cream cheese to make it taste like sweet potato cheesecake. Then I took some little glass ramekins, filled them about 3/4 up with the warmed up mixture then topped it with little marshmallows (I actually cut big ones in half) and popped them under the grill until the marshmallows were nice and golden. It was so tasty and incredibly easy!
My friend Jo cooked most of the Thanksgiving feast and her pecan pie was out of this world amazing! Jo also was the one to share this video with me that I am sharing with all of you for my Music Monday. It was made by the Melbourne Metro and is hysterically brilliant. This may just be my new favorite comedy song as I've always have a bit of a dark side to my humor.
Their website for this song is really funny and you can check it out by clicking HERE
I have been terrible at getting around to everyone lately which is a combo of being busy and also my blog feed randomly omitting some blogs and bloggers even though I follow them and haven't changed any settings...irg! Branden seems to be getting sick as well so I'll be busy trying to get him better as soon as possible since he has another chapter of his PhD due in a couple of weeks (and a chapter is around 20,000 words). Hopefully I don't get it as then I will be even more behind than I already am! Oh well, at least both of us had chicken pox as kids or else we would have to worry about that since one of our housemates recently broke out in it.
Happy Monday everyone!
Not a funny comment, BUT VERY IMPORTANT!! If you've had chicken pox, get a shingles vaccination!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing this up as I hadn't thought about that. Luckily I looked it up and found that thankfully you can't catch shingles from someone with chickenpox and actually being around someone with the chickenpox virus can boost our immunities even more agains getting shingles in the future! This was one of the sites I found with that info:
Deletehttp://www.herpes.org.uk/shingles/
I really liked Dark Ways to die. It's right up my alley for sure. The graphic after tickling the grizzly bear with the spurting blood is great.
ReplyDeleteHow did I know you would like this?? ;)
DeleteGet plenty of rest.
ReplyDeleteI've had chicken pox as a kid, and also shingles. I remember that as a painful time...
I am making Branden rest up for sure! I've had a bit of a scratchy throat as well so I'm not taking any chances and taking it easy too!
DeleteHow can I not like this blog? You said you loved my pecan pie!
ReplyDeleteBranden loved it too; it was definitely the best pecan pie I've ever had!
DeleteOkay -- I love the video, but it reminds me of the time I set my hair on fire. And no, you're not getting the rest of the story.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Oh poo, that sounds like a great story! ...you must do a blog post about it ;)
DeleteNow the story must be told!
DeleteI agree with fish ducky, get the shingles vaccine asap, you don't want to come down with shingles which is carried by the chicken pox virus and is brought on by stress. YOur body could be under stress as it tries to fight the new pox threat from your housemate. Btw, funny video :)
ReplyDeleteI replied to fishducky above and I'm really glad you two mentioned this as I hadn't looked into it before. It was definitely good to learn about and I am very happy that I don't have to get a shot!! (I'm a HUGE baby when it comes to needles!)
Deletehahahahaha. oh my. I have to say. I got a kick out of the dancing kidney bean that was shacking it's green flower.
DeleteThanks for totally making my Monday! I needed that!
ReplyDeleteYou might try the medical center at UCC for whatever care you'll need. I expect your registration at college will provide medical care.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, I thing they got it about correct with the four weeks of Advent. Anything earlier and we might as well call it from Aug 1st. :-)
I had my first mince pie of the season too.
ReplyDeleteIn 1987.
I'm still good. Don't need no more.
If you can get it there, they had The Darwin Awards movie with Joseph Fiennes and Winona Ryder on Netflix. Awful, but worth it.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed that Melbourne Metro video. Cute with a serious message - Dave
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