the countdown begins

This year I am a little nervous about thanksgiving. I'm in charge of making the desserts for both meals I'm going to. One on the actual day here in Floyd and another on Saturday in WV. I requested to make something this year, but I'm nervous.

For starters, I'm making recipes I've never made before: sour cream apple pie, pumpkin cake with brown butter icing and caramelized walnuts, gooey pumpkin cake and something else I haven't decided on yet. I am nervous about them being good, or two sweet for folks who don't like too sweet sweets and just in general not a flop. I don't want anyone saying "let's have lorrie make the stuffing next year".

I'm still working on some out of the box christmas gift ideas that are pending to post. I still need to gather some more supplies, which is going to happen today. I've started putting away the fall decor, which has been up since September and was starting to depress me. I won't lie, I put the stockings out.

Also need to freshen up on my clarinet playing for a thanksgiving day jam session.

What else? oh, I read this and was a little sad that I no longer live in nyc. An underground cooking club, seriously? The lengths they went to. How awesome would that experience be? I've always wanted to be in or start a cooking club, but alas I would be transported to my childhood club starting days (hello, earth club) with occupancy of one.