gobble gobble!

happy thanksgiving, everyone! i have been up and at 'em since 8:30 this morning. i have baked more stuff the past two days than i have in my whole life. i started out with pumpkin muffins (all this from scratch, btw) that came out really good, then spiced oatmeal cookies, then gingerbread cookies. for the feast i made homemade cranberry sauce with walnuts, wild mushroom sausage stuffing, caramelized onion and gorgonzola cheese mashed potatoes, spinach, cauliflower & tomato gratin, apple dumplings, and of course turkey. johnny and i bought everything from the dekalb farmers market and i tried to make everything as healthy as i could. i pretty much spent the entire day cooking. mom came over at 5 and we ate a fantabulous meal. even the dogs got to have a taste of thanksgiving - plenty of table scraps. louie was putting on his best angel-puppy face for mom. today was a nice day. who knows what we'll do tomorrow....

this woman can eat an amazing amount of food. i think she has 2 stomachs!

gingerbread men (actually bears) and apple dumpling (to die for!)