the annual "two stoops pickin noses" pic,
perfectly browned marshmallows,
palm trees in november,
and the kinds of smiles you really can't fake.
{pay no attention to the p.d.a. in the top left corner.}
-yeh!
holidays and celebrations
thanksgiving
...because sometimes home isn't in chicago. it's in tampa, with cousins and aunties and machatunies, cooking and giggling all day long.
-yeh!
secret pie
i've never really made a pie before. i've watched mum do it, i've watched stoop do it, i think i've watched the television do it, but i've never embarked on the magical pie journey that people make a big deal about. and when eggboy told me he'd be spending thanksgiving in the city and not in a kitchen making pie all day, i got real confused and nervous that he wouldn't have a homemade pie. so i made one.
and look how ugly it is!
i obviously need to work on this. {i used this crust and this filling, which were both tasty raw at least. it's my clumsy dough-shaping skills that caused the most trouble.}
but it gets ugly in your tummy anyways, so here, eggboy, here's your pie!
*****
i am off to florida for the holiday...
happy thanksgiving!!!
enjoy your stuffings and families!!!
-yeh!!!
happy birthday, stoopie!!!
confession: i used to keep much better track of stoop's age when it was unclear who was older so that i could exclaim something to the effect of "you think i'm older? stoop is a whole 25 years old!" but now that she has shorter hair and a big giant rock on her finger i don't have to worry about much. except for my calculations, which, if they're correct, say that she is 27 today.
sheesh.
a lot is going to happen this year. she's gonna have to use four syllables when she tells people her age, she's going to--spoiler alert--receive a t-shirt from me with a whole bunch of front stoops all over it, and she's getting married!!!!
holy guacamole. i need a donut.
happy birthday, stoopie!!!!!
-yeh!!!!