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November 24th – Day 329

Day 24 – a sound you heard

Johnny Mainzel (the future 2012 Heisman winner) was hurt during the game and all fo Kyle Field went silent!

You’ve got left over turkey and you made your own turkey stock…now what do you do with it? This was my first year to make turkey stock, well or stock of any kind, so I was a little nervous. We had a 19 pound turkey which means the carcass was huge and I had to split the carcass into two parts and made two

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November 17th – Day 322

Day 17 – the last thing you bought

Each year I can’t resist buying a bottle of this stuff.  It is so good!

Three years ago after a friend gave me a subscription to Food & Wine magazine I decided that I wanted to try and roast a turkey for Thanksgiving.  Over the years we ended up having a frozen smoked turkey and just all made the sides to go with it.  So when I volunteered to make one it was because I

With the holiday season really kicking off today, I decide last week I would offer Creative Chaos for free through KDP Select today (11/19/12) and tomorrow.  I scheduled my free promotion on the KDP select dashboard and

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November 10th – Day 315

Day 10 – can’t (won’t) live without

No way I could live without my Mac Book Pro! Love this thing!

I have been a member of the B.R. Cohn wine club for a good 5 or more years and each time I get a new wine club shipment I love them even more.  I am convinced, even though I know they would never say this, that I am probably their lamest wine club member to date.  I’m never a big spender and I tend to

It hadn’t really gotten cold yet here in Dallas but I have been dying to make soup, so this weekend I finally gave in and made some fall foods. First I made Turkey Chili, I love this chili and need to make some to just have in the freezer over the next couple of months. If you’re interested in the recipe I posted it

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November 3rd – Day 308

Day 3 – breakfast

Everyday my breakfast is Shakeology, I’m kind of boring that way!

This Tequila Lime Crockpot Chicken was an experiment.  I took a grilled chicken recipe I found on Annie’s Eats Blog and turned it into a crockpot recipe that I think turned out really good!

I stumbled upon the Crockpot Balsamic Chicken and Vegetables recipe on where else but Pinterest. The recipe I got this idea from technically involved spring vegetables and it’s well, fall. But that didn’t stop me.  I decided to pick from vegetables available in my local grocery store.  As best I can tell, this is a clean recipe.

October was a crazy busy month, but a fun one…it just didn’t leave me much time to get any reading done. I am currently reading this: