Should I just give up?

Should I just give up on blogging? Probably, but I'm going to give it one more try.

It takes 6 hours to cook a 40 lb turkey. It should take longer, I know. I was figuring at least 8 hours, maybe 10. I don't know why it cooked so fast. Perhaps because it was almost touching all sides of the oven? Top and bottom too. Who knows. All I can say is that it was actually pretty good, despite the fact that all the advice I was able to find said not to bother cooking such a big turkey.

Why did I have such a big turkey to begin with? Because my husbands parents raise a few turkeys every year. These particular turkeys grew really huge, really quickly. The one we ate for Christmas was even bigger. Maybe next year we'll put them on a diet.

Okay, I was wrong . . .

I do not suddenly have enough energy to get everything done. Oh well, it was a nice thought.

Do you know how to cook a 40 lb turkey? Why would you? Neither did I until last week. I'll post pictures and the whole story in the next day or two. Stay tuned.

Where have I been??

So, I haven't posted in quite a long time. I've been tired and lazy and . . . pregnant. Yup, pregnant. The good news, though is that the first trimester is almost over and I'm not sick all day anymore. That means that I will be posting here more often, adding new items to my etsy shop, perhaps getting the mountain of laundry in the laundry room under control . . . and a million other things that have been neglected recently.

This wonderful streak of productivity will inevitably come to an end in several months, when my feet are swollen, I'm peeing every five minutes and I can barely waddle around the house. I'll try to enjoy it while it lasts.

It's almost September 13. You know what that means right? Sales! Search "etsyluckyday" on etsy to find lots of great sales on the 13th of every month. Check out a few of the items here http://luckythirteenclub.blogspot.com/

The miracle that is washing soda

So, before I started this homemade laundry detergent project, I had never heard of washing soda. Apprently, it will clean anything. Even, as it happens, silk screens. Yup, it cleans the screen filler right out of them. Who knew? I'll keep you posted when I find even more uses for it.

Mmmooooooo

I've had some requests for black clogs, and I finally got some in last week. I had lots of orders for my flame shoes, glass artists seem to love them. I also got a really interesting custom order for these, with cow faces. It was quite a challenge to work with the holes in the shoes, but I think they came out well all things considered.

Don't you love a good mustache?

Do you have a great mustache story? Or a great mustache picture, worthy of the mustache hall of fame? Well, this guy wants to hear it!

I just sold him. I'll miss him. . . *sigh*