Thanksgiving's Coming!

I've been so busy with etsy and ebay that my days are filled to the brim and overflowing. I got my etsy shop set up http:littlesassy.etsy.com and it's been an interesting journey so far. I've also set up an additional blog at http://littlesassysews.blogspot.com/ that will just be about the products I'm making. This Daisy J blog is more about the other - non-commercial - side of me.

We kicked off the Christmas buying season on Saturday at Tuesday Morning in Denton. Good place to start, huh? We progressed to the mall and wound up the afternoon in Starbucks, having a Froufrou coffee and biscotti. It's pitiful to get pooped out so easily by the Christmas shopping! I know they are saying the Christmas shopping numbers are down but you couldn't prove it by me. It was a madhouse in JC Penney!

On Sunday afternoon Bob and I went sailing at Lake Ray Roberts. We love to go up to the Johnson Branch of the state park and launch from there. There aren't as many people there as Isle du Bois, so it's more pleasant for us. When a motorboat launches, it's pretty much put it in the water and go. When a sailboat launches, you get the boat in the water, if you can (winds and traffic being what they are) you turn the boat around so it faces toward the lake, you drop the centerboard, you raise the sails, you push the boat from the dock and step inside before it gets away from you. THEN you sail away. It's the same sort of process when you're docking only in reverse. As a result, a ramp with fewer boats is lots better than a busy ramp that has boats in queue waiting for an open ramp.

While shopping yesterday at Macy's we found this compact speaker arrangement that works with MP3/ipod for only $10.00. It has a carabiner so we can clip it to the boat and not worry about it getting knocked around or falling overboard. So we sailed around for a couple of hours listening to Yo Yo Ma's wonderful cello. How relaxing. It was great. Bob said he was going to call Mark to tell him he'd been sailing with yo ma and yo yo ma! My DH is so funny!

Speaking of Mark, he has a girlfriend! Her name is Lindsey and I really like her. She's smart, pretty, articulate and poised. He is in LUV! He's also getting laid off come December 1st, so if you hear of a job in North Texas, let me know. I think he has a (temporary) prospect of a tree trimming job, but he's looking for something with future, benefits and permanence. It's a scary time to be out of a job.

I'm going to try to perfect buttermilk pie this week -- I keep getting it wrong! I thought I'd see what Martha has to say about it and maybe check some other experts. I love buttermilk pie and even when it looks like cr&p it still tastes good, but I'd like it to be pretty also. I think the problem has something to do with the temperature of the ingredients, but I'm not sure. If you've got any suggestions, please leave a comment.

I'd better go now - got some research to do. Gee, being a housewife is fun! Wish I'd done this years ago!