catching up....

i mean that in so many ways....
so much has gone on in the last few days that i need to share, and there is now so much to do to be ready for this holiday season!

thanksgiving pies
i am so happy to say that EVERYTHING went extremely smooth this year! we added a cash only line (my idea) and it helped a great deal with the huge lines that usually wrap around the side of the building to the side street behind the restaurant. in fact, i don't think anyone waited longer then 10 minuets. one man actually complained to me because he was upset that he didn't have to wait... i guess it was part of his holiday tradition! :)
mary lou told me yesterday that she now feels that we have room to grow and do more to get even more pies sold and out the window. it really is an honor to me to be apart of something that is so big in our city of sarasota.
alyson and i didn't even fight all day, we were smart enough to put each other on separate registers from the start.... we joked all day that we're best friends but we are enemies on the day before thanksgiving!
and let the record stand that i did $1,200 more then she did on her register :P

i brought the kids down on tuesday (as i usually do) so they could see what they will one day be apart of.
they had so much fun, that it was a little hard to get them to still enough to take our traditional pictures :)
levi understood the whole concept and was ready and willing to help in any way he could!
alivia, just wanted to eat all the pies, so i'm so sorry to anyone who got a pie this year and found tiny finger holes in their yummy dessert! ;)





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thanksgiving day
as i'm sure you are use to hearing from me by now... my kids were sick! but the day want on as planned, only with tissue in my hand all day! the usual... todd and mary lous in the morning my parents at night. the day was pretty long, and the kids were out the second we hit the car to go home. i am happy to announce that my parents did in fact learn and there were no homeless drug addicts at their house this year! some may say that means there are no humorous stories to go with it, but they would be wrong. my dear dad was responsible to buy our thanksgiving feast this year (with everyone included that is for 16 people). he bought ham and a 29lb turkey. apparently mother didn't set enough time aside and started mr. turkey late. my brother and his wife had to be at another house so we had to start eating before they left and the turkey was not done. to make a long story short. everyone filled themselves up with ham and sides that when the turkey was actually done... the only person that even ate a bite of it was dad!
so, my parents now have roughly 28lbs of turkey sitting at their house that no one has even touched! hehe... it makes me laugh that no one ate turkey on thanksgiving!
i guess we can always head back over there tonight to enjoy my mothers famous turkey.