Family Eats Too Much in Typical Holiday Style

Thanksgiving was great. We drove 3 hours west to visit my family. All of my relatives are up there, and even my aunt and uncle from Texas came, and we had a great time, ate lots of tasty food (including, Gnomey, delicious Turducken with shrimp jumbalaya!), and drank $1 cocktails and cheap beer pitchers at The Powerhouse in Bluffton, MN (pop. 210). We drove back on Friday. Tonight we spent a nice evening at my aunt Ann's house in St. Paul. She made a delicious roast chicken dish with figs and olives and walnuts and apricots. I don't remember what it was called. It was amazing.

There is a new quilt shop in Detroit Lakes, so my mom, my aunties, and I went to go check that out. Oh, but first, mom treated us to Cabin Fever Malts at 9:30 a.m. They're made with ice cream and chocolate and espresso. A perfect breakfast. Then to Perham, to my friend Katie's shop, where I bought waaaaay too much fabric, as per usual. I can't wait for holiday break. I am going to put my craft studio together and then disappear up there for days and come out with long scraggly hair, missing teeth, and a beard down to my knees. I mean...wha?