Time to Chill

I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted. Work has been crazy lately, and the buzz about an impending second round of layoffs has only raised the level of insanity. Thinking about the economic slowdown just makes me more anxious, and I haven't been able to face my 401(k) statement for the last 3 months. And don't even talk to me about what my company's stock price is doing. Because I just don't want to think about it.

So I am looking forward to this long weekend as a time to relax and cocoon with my guys at home, and think about anything but work. Namely, Food! I made cranberry sauce last night:

Nate requested cinnamon rolls for breakfast, so I made those this morning. The bread machine makes it so easy:

Tom got busy making pies this morning. He made apple and cherry. It sounds like a lot, 2 pies for 3 people, but they will be completely gone by Monday. Tom made an American Flag pie:

He also made an Obama pie:

Crust we can believe in!

Other things that will be happening this weekend...we'll be going to the San Francisco International Auto Show on Friday. That's become sort of a tradition for us the day after Thanksgiving. Nate will be sleeping over at a friend's Friday night, so Tom and I get to have a date night. Not sure where we'll go. Saturday and Sunday are still open, but we probably ought to go get our Christmas Tree one of those days. Our December weekends are filling up, so it's a "now-or-never" situation. Also, I'm hoping to update my Flickr photo stream and YouTube videos.

We like to eat our Thanksgiving dinner later in the day (mainly so I don't have to drag myself out of bed at 5 am to get the bird in the oven), so it's getting to be time for me to get the turkey ready. Pies are nearly out of the oven. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!