thanksgiving prep

mom decided she was making her pumpkin pie by baking a pie pumpkin instead of buying canned pumpkin. i think they look like large walnut halves.


we scooped seeds out of not only the pie pumpkin, but also the two large pumpkins that had been sitting on the front porch. i roasted the seeds in three sets. one with salt, one with italian seasonings & parmesan cheese and one with seasoned salt.


i found the italian seeds to be especially tasty.


this is the "before" picture of my peach pie. i was a little concerned it would get ruined in the oven ... so this is just to prove it was pretty when it went in. :)


i think it's even prettier now that it's out. doesn't it look yummy? i'm pleased with the lattice strips - my first time & much easier than i expected. i read online that my peach pie shouldn't be runny if, after baking to a golden brown, i let the pie set up in the now-turned-off oven for an hour or two. i tried it, and i'll let you know how it turned out when we slice into it tomorrow.

well, actually, later today. i'm making sure this post dates itself as thursday so i don't feel any pressure to post while i'm with family for thanksgiving. i'll be crashing at my parents' house thursday night to facilitate the early friday morning shopping. yay for doing my part to boost the economy with shopping at ridiculous hours of the morning. :)

should i be talking about the things for which i'm thankful? while i'm certainly not against the idea of setting a day aside to remind ourselves to be thankful, i do find that it makes the thanks giving seem trite at times. today i received an e-mail that read:

"As you gather with friends and loved ones to celebrate and express gratitude for all that you have, remember that gratitude is not just a feeling that you express one day out of the year, but an energy you "live" everyday of your life. A person who is always thankful, attracts things to be thankful for ... ALWAYS! Don't just say the word ... BE the word! Be Gratitude!"

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'becca likes holidays.