Thanksgiving menu

A rather boring title, but I'm hoping it helps next year when I go searching for  my post about what I made (so as to make it again) but it isn't anywhere in November...because I can't seem to get it together to record things like this in a timely fashion. Just a quick note to my future self:

Hi, 2015 Sarah! You found your menu post, remember last year when you had to try to remember what you made the year before because you didn't think to write it down?? Well, look at you, learning and growing and now you have your whole menu, with links, saved right here for you. Now, go rock out that dinner, lady!

Okay, thanks for humoring me there :) Thanksgiving was lovely yet again, we had the Remsburgs here for dinner and the boys once again helped me with the prep. Minimal help...negligible help...but still, help. As you see in my note to my future self above, I didn't keep track of what I made last year so this year I had to figure out all the stuff again. As a big fan of learning from my experiences, I've decided to capture the menu here:

Remsburg Thanksgiving Menu: 2014

14 lb. turkey
Turkey brine (Pioneer Woman)
Gravy from turkey drippings
Sausage and Sage Stuffing (Taste of Home) *used two loaves rosemary focaccia bread, cubed and sage sausage
Green bean casserole (Mom's recipe in family cookbook)
Mashed potatoes (Pioneer Woman)
Corn (dumped a can in a bowl, microwave, add butter and salt)
Rolls (crescent roll tube from store)
Cranberry sauce (Pioneer Woman)
Sweet potatoes baked with candied pecans (brought by Annette, yum!!)
Waldorf salad (also brought by Annette)
Pumpkin pie (Mom's recipe in family cookbook)
Apple crisp (Mom's recipe in family cookbook)

There, now that should make prep for next year easier. Speaking of prep, I take the week of Thanksgiving off of work, but only me, no husband or kids allowed, because I'm selfish like that and I know how much I need that down time. This year, Angie came over on Tuesday and helped me get organized and also start prepping. Uhmmm, that was awesome!! It's way more fun to be in the kitchen when you have one of your all time favorite people in there with you :) In addition to some food prep, we tackled Rosemary Gladstar's Wildcraft Face Cream and in addition to listed ingredients, we infused the oils with organic calendula petals for a good 2 hours in a double boiler. Oh. My. Goodness! This cream is amaaazing, and it actually came out like a real lotion which I have never been able to make before. What a fun day of prep and crafting that was.

Ciao for now!