Here is My Great Grandmother's Pumpkin Pie Recipe

I'm cooking this pie right now for the office. One of the guys in my office that I do alot of work with really loves pumpkin pie and his wife won't make it. I thought it would be nice to bring in a pie for everyone!

Pumpkin Pie
This is the recipe my Great Grandmother always made.

2 cups Pumpkin, cooked and mashed
3-4 Saltine crackers, crushed
2 eggs
2 tblsp. Flour
1 cup sugar
¼ tsp. nutmeg (also enough nutmeg to sprinkle on the top)
Milk (there is no measurement for milk, so you just keep pouring milk into the bowl until you think your pie shell will be filled.)

Mix all ingredients together and pour in a pie shell. Cook pie at 450 degrees for 10minutes and then at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes. Stick a knife in center of pie and if clean remove, if not cook a little longer.

Enjoy!!

I decided to stroll around the house for some Thanksgiving pics since everything outside got hit by frost this week.



This creamware bowl is on the granite ledge in my kitchen just behind the sink. I have all sorts of Thanksgiving/Fall things in there. Very festive touch!



In the sun room we have a double fireplace (the other half is in the kitchen area). This is the mantel I decorated for Thanksgiving.



This is the leaf candle arrangement and turkey that is on the granite ledge in my kitchen with the creamware bowl.

The day after Thanksgiving I will be taking everything down and starting the Christmas decorations. I'm not going to decorate as much this year because of the house being on the market. I don't want anyone to think it is cluttered!

Open House Today!

Today is the Open House our Realtor set up. Keep your fingers crossed!! John and I cleaned up the entire house, which included washing hardwood floors, dusting, vacuuming, putting away some knick knacks and straightening up certain sections. I think we are good to go! We have some errands to run while the open house is and we might stop by one of the DD's house for a bit. I hope there is someone out their that will want our house and love it as much as we do!!

Cleaning up the house tomorrow!

Tomorrow I will be really cleaning the house. It isn't dirty, but I need to put some extra shine on everything. I also might rearrange some of the rooms. Our realtor is having an Open House on Sunday from 2-5 and I want the house looking mahvelous!! Hopefully I'll get some reading time in and I'll definitely be making some more jewelry. Everyone have a great weekend!

I have decided to Smile all day tomorrow!

I just had a so-so day at work today. I have decided to smile all day tomorrow. Hopefully this will make things better at work. I hope this makes all the office drama go away! Smile a day makes the office drama go away is my new motto! I usually love going to my job and doing my job so I am having a real hard time getting my hands around this whole thing! Just remember everyone smile!

The Temps are really cold here in Charlotte!!

Oh my word is it freezing here today and especially last night! The temps dropped down into the high 20's here last night. All my plants except the ivy that was up against the house (which is brick and retained a little heat) have perished! Good thing I brought in most of the plants I wanted to winter over! I am so glad I bought that new coat on Monday. They say by the end of the week, the weather will be in the 50's-YEAH!!! Everyone grab a cup of tea or coffee and keep warm!!

Have you ever just wished you stayed in bed all day???

Well if you could look up in the dictionary the phrase "office drama" you would see my office there! Hopefully everything will blow over. I can't believe that this has turned into a major drama-all I said to the boss was I can't do all this work anymore! The boss told the controller to split the work up more fairly, he took it as a personal attack on him, he called in the other woman in accounting and told her the story, she overeacted and ran around gossiping to anyone who would listen! This morning I was in the office at 7:20 and it was nice and quiet. The controller came in around 8:00 and proceeded to come in my office, closed the door and told me he was mad at me for going to the boss. (Mind you I had gone to him 3 times and told him no one was helping me with all the extra work and I couldn't do it anymore) He told me he talked to the other owner (my real boss) and complained to him! My boss told him to basically get over it and it was his own fault because he didn't do anything about it and I must be pretty frustrated to say something (thank you very much). So in a nutshell I'm not working on any accounting from now on. I never wanted to work in accounting anyway, I don't like it. It was just way too much work and time consuming for me to get my own work done. I really hate office politics and yes, I'm going to say it working with woman or womanish men!! I am hoping this blows over and everyone can move on. I wasn't starting trouble I was just asking for some help and relief. I didn't go behind anyone's back I had asked numerous times for help. What is the problem! Oh well I'm off my soapbox now! Thanks for listening to my vent! I promise this is the end of this sordid tale!

I found the perfect coat and Sweater!!

This is the Sweater I bought last night at Old Navy. I am wearing it at work today and it is nice and toasty!!



I found the perfect City Style Peacoat at New York & Company! I bought it in this camel color and it was on sale for $69.96. I love sales!! Megan and I had such a fun time! She found a coat she wants Ken to buy her for Christmas it was plaid and really cute! I also bought a gray cable sweater that zips with a hood at Old Navy. I hit the jackpot tonight!

We had dinner at a small restaurant near my house called Bean Town. They are out of Boston (hence the name Bean Town). We had a very enjoyable night. I love evenings like this.