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You know, I joked not long ago that Apartment Therapy may need to be re-titled "Whining About First World Problems". I'm starting to think that joke may be sadly more accurate than I thought.

Best advice I've gotten for Thanksgiving (which I got from this website) was to make the mashed potatoes first thing in the morning, right after the turkey goes in the oven, and put them in a crock pot for the rest of the day. Not only does it keep them nice and warm, and cut down on last-minute prep just before dinner, but if you're like me and load up the spuds with cream, sour cream, butter, a little cream cheese, etc., the bottom of the crock pot will brown them slightly over the day and they'll take on a taste like twice baked potatoes, and it's HEAVENLY.

The other 'happy accident' I've found that works out really well is to (if possible) keep the turkey in the oven significantly longer than it takes to actually cook it, just at a slightly lower heat with plenty of basting and moisture. I cooked the bird almost 2X too long a couple of years back, and it was the most moist, tender, delicious turkey I and my guests ever had.

The cherubs on the headboard look like little Benjamin Franklins, and it's creeping me out.

I had a major moment of 'gasp!' just looking at that photo- I want to see the rest of the house! I expect it to be beautiful.

My parents gave me a box (yes, a box- I was embarrassed) of white zinfandel that was past it's prime. I have an irrational fear of wasting anything, and so I actually ended up finding this recipe for wine jelly, canning a lot of it, and giving it away as small Christmas gifts. Lousy wine made really good jelly.

http://www.recipezaar.com/White-Zinfandel-Jelly-101956

OH I want to give this to my Mom! Her old vacuum is huge and too heavy for her to be carrying, this would be great!

I have a stuffed shark on my sofa as well! Maybe I should give him a santa hat to be more festive :)

Is it just me, or are the kangaroo's hind legs on backward?

outside of that, I LOVE this!

pretty!

I used to work at a JoAnn Fabrics- the amount of fleece we'd go through a day even in the summer was nuts, it outsells almost every other fabric in the store this time of year.

I'm going to save someone working at JoAnn's some time here- if you want to make a tie blanket, here's the yardage(s) you need (X2, one piece for each side)

crib blanket-1 yard
child - 1.5 yards
adult-2 yards
'but they're really tall'-2.5 yards
'will it fit a twin bed?'- the adult one will, yup.
'can I make one for a full/queen/ect. bed." Not without a seam somewhere in the middle.

Also, I love the Argyle one. I havn't seen that done yet, It's great.