Let's see how far we've come...

Today we're having a combined birthday party since my birthday, my nephew Philip's, and Timothy's birthday all fall within a one week period. Since the whole family was going to be in one place I figured it was a good opportunity to make a Thanksgiving-style dinner.  I brined the turkey overnight in beer and apple cider vinegar (it smells awesome at this point) and just popped it into the oven.  We're also having mushroom stuffing, cranberry sauce (Mama Stanberg's recipe which I'm going to post up here since it rocks!), mashed potatoes, and carrots. Hmmm, I love roasted turkey.

It's hard to believe it's been a year already.

So, yesterday turned out to be a lot of fun, so much so that I think I might do something similar every year. The chili turned out great and was a big hit. We also managed to finish a complete game of Arkham Horror and actually won on top of that. In the evening we tried out Gregor Hutton's 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars RPG and had a blast.

I turn 37 today. Wow, 37.

Sigrid made a cherry cheesecake!  Uber-cool.  Later I have about a half dozen friends coming over for chili and some board games - we're going to play Arkham Horror for most of the day which means I might actually finish a game of it for once.