One of those moments I wish could get on video...

I was in the kitchen making a pie crust. My son was at the other end of the kitchen and threw something in the sink. I must have spilled some flour on the floor, because at the sound of something going into the sink, my cat came running into the kitchen right on cue to jump in the sink and lick whatever it was. However, when the cat planted it's back feet to jump up, it hit the flour. Instead of going up, the cat's hind legs went forward and it fell backwards on it's a**! LMAO!! If I could have captured that on video, it would have gone viral. 

 You just can't make this stuff up...

Making Pumpkin Pies - No Power Tools Required

Pie making...  Nothing beats homemade pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, but it has to have crust made from scratch.  Store bought pie shells just don't cut it.  So once a year, I embark on the adventure of baking pumpkin pies... 

It seems that sipping a glass of wine throughout the process always makes it so much more interesting. 

Pumpkin pie: One of these ingredients doesn't belong... and no it's not the drain cleaner :)

 I posted the picture above on Facebook asking which one of the ingredients doesn't belong and had to point out that it wasn't the drain cleaner which I forgot was on the table and one of my friends was asking exactly who this pie was for...  and somehow the beaters on the table for the mixer never got used.  Not sure what happened there.

Only I can make pie crust that resembles a small map of Ireland... Happens every time. It's a real pain in the a** though when I have to start moving provinces around...

Somehow every time I make pie crust, it resembles the shape of Ireland with all of the irregularities sticking out the sides...  usually in one place more than the other so I always end up cutting and pasting so to speak.

Fresh pumpkin pie... no power tools required... 

Even though it is a struggle, the end result is always worth it!  Nothing like warm pumpkin pie with whipped cream along with some hot coffee...  yum!

Nothing like warm pumpkin pie with whipped cream along with some hot coffee!

Ordering Pizza to Avoid Cooking in the Heat

Sheer genius: ordering pizza to avoid the heat of cooking... then realizing you have to walk down the street in the ninety something heat and humidity to pick it up.