How Big Of A Turkey To Buy
By 
Mommie | November 19, 2008
Ah, the age old question, the one I continue to look up every single year. So how big of a turkey do you really need?
It all depends on the amount of leftovers you want! In our household we have a tradition. On Thanksgiving evening we eat turkey sandwiches and some fixings at midnight, usually while we watch a Christmas movie (It’s a Wonderful Life is usually my first choice). From that point on, we eat leftover turkey, and love every minute of it. But we also send some home with our family members. So here’s the rough guidelines on what size of turkey you will need:
- Allow 1 lb of turkey per person (this leaves little leftovers).
- Allow 1.5 lb of turkey per person for a little more leftovers.
This is just a rough guideline. We bought a massive turkey this year and we are only having six adults (where we usually have 20 or so). The two main reasons for that was the price (.35 a lb, I couldn’t pass it up) and leftovers (this will give us enough turkey to freeze and use for tons of meals to come). I’m even planning on getting more turkeys, as they taste great and the price right now cannot be beat!
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First Shot At Banana Bread
By Mommie | November 19, 2008
For any of you that follow my blog or know me pretty well, there’s one fruit I can’t stand, it’s banana. I ate a rotten one or something when I was a kid, and even though my mother says it never happened, I’ve been hard pressed to even smell banana. But the kids like bananas and I try to be a good example, so this year I’ve started to eat bananas. I usually put them in my morning fruit shakes (cause I can mask the nasty taste with something else), but I decided to try out some banana bread…
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My After Baby Plan
By Mommie | November 19, 2008
Alright, so I’ve been through this before. With the last kid I gained 40 pounds. It took about a year to get it all off, and that was without trying at all. This time though, I have a plan! Right, right, my great plans. But hey, ya gotta have goals, right?
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Are You Serious! - Toy Rant
By Mommie | November 18, 2008
I asked my daughter (6) what she wanted for Christmas. It’s definitely time to start hunting for bargains! She knew what she wanted right away. “I want Biscuit the dog.” Ok, fine, so I put it on her list. I e-mailed a few people and let them know about Biscuit, I had never heard of it but my daughter said it was just a stuffed animal that does tricks. Sounds cool to me. As we were walking through Costco she said “Look mom, that’s Biscuit! That’s the dog I want.” I turn to see a stuffed animal dog with a $150 price tag…ARE YOU SERIOUS!
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Dressing Up For The Holidays
By Mommie | November 18, 2008
Hopefully everyone has Christmas plans coming up, and in our household those always include the annual Christmas party. We used to have mine and my husbands, but of course being a SAHM now, his Christmas party is our only Christmas party. It’s our one night we can dress up in our finest and deck the halls. Here’s some quick and cheap hints to dress up the evening: Read the rest of this entry »
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Star Trek For The Next Generation
By Mommie | November 18, 2008
We are all Star Trek freaks in my family. Coming out May 9th is the long awaited installment showing how Kirk and Spock met. Looks great, though a bit risky for the little ones.
My husband and I will be there opening night, kiddos with a babysitter!!
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Gaming With The Fam
By Mommie | November 15, 2008
My nephews are getting much older now, they are entering their teens. This is a good thing and a bad thing at Christmas. Good because I can get them some items I know a little about, and bad because legos are way cheaper than most of the stuff they want. But my nephews are cool, so I can get them some gifts this year that I know a thing or two about…
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Feedburner
By Mommie | November 15, 2008
Sorry to those who haven’t gotten a feed recently, and then just got a massive feed e-mail. Feedburner was having issues and so was Mommies Home.net. We’ve been fighting hack attempts and we pretty much had to block all of Taiwan from accessing our sight. Of course blocking a country can be detrimental, as Feedburner was going through Taiwan, therefore couldn’t read Mommies Home.net. All is fixed now with that.
Stop attacking Mommies Home.net people, find a different hobbie…
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Who Is Going To Be Santa
By Mommie | November 15, 2008
My mother had that best idea a ways back. She decided to make my father a Santa suit. It was complete with the big belly insert, spectacles and the white hair. All of this was for the grandchildren, who at that time were small enough to fool. What a great idea though, and here’s why…
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Kids and Thanksgiving
By Mommie | November 14, 2008
Thanksgiving wasn’t always one of my favorite holidays. I hated the smell of raw turkey in the morning when I woke up and I remember the excruciating pain of waiting ALL DAY LONG just to eat that dinner that I was dying for by days end. But through the years I definitely have come to love the turkey, the all day in the oven and hate the prepackaged “make my life easier” sides which now seem to accompany most Thanksgiving meals. That being said, how do you get your kids involved in the big Turkey day so it’s something they will treasure for years to come?
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