Leftovers and Christmas Lights

Rob really got into reusing our Thanksgiving leftovers this past weekend. On Friday, he used the mashed potatoes to make some German potato dumplings that he loves that his grandmother and mom made. The technical name for them? "Round Things" he says. I wish I could tell you better what they are but they were yummy and I guess that's all that matters. On Saturday he used most of the leftover turkey and made Turkey Macaroni Casserole that was really good too. He made a few modifications to use what we had for noodles and soup choices but it was still delicious. Finally, yesterday he made some Yamberry Muffins out of our leftover yams. Here he is cooking up the "Round Things."



We worked a bit on some chores around this house during the long weekend and the most exciting part was putting the Christmas lights on the house yesterday. We waited until Sunday since that was the warmest day we had- it got all the way up to 44 degrees. It was still kind of chilly and windy but we got the job done and they look great- despite the blurry picture below. I also changed out Stuart's ribbon from his Thanksgiving gear to his Christmas-themed ribbon. We still have a 3-foot tall plastic Santa that we got at a yard sale this past summer for $7 and it needs to be put out but we've got some work to do before he's ready.