NZ Thanksgiving (Part 2)

Well... it's Sunday night and we've successfully completed the second weekend in a row utterly exhausted. Good, fun times - but wow... You know it's bad when Jason says he can't wait for the week to start so it won't be so crazy.

We just finished celebrating a Thanksgiving dinner at our friends' home and it was really, really fun. It was fun to celebrate American Thanksgiving with a bunch of Kiwis. We brought a pumpkin pie and a turkey. We were horrified yesterday to find the turkey still frozen after 2 days in the refrigerator (in the past we've gotten fresh turkey from a farm in VA). I stumbled across a website that said you can stick it in rock solid and cook it at 325 degrees. Jason woke up at 4am to put it in the oven, and I woke up at 6am to season it. I found the turkey on "BBQ" which is American for "broil". It looked pretty crispy already but I seasoned it up and put it back in the oven (we cooked it upside down and it makes for a moister breast). At the end of the day - I think it turned out okay, a little drier than I hoped, but at least we didn't food poison our kiwi friends. The pumpkin pie was a little "carmelized" around the edged, so I cut out the darker edge and decorated it with aerosol whipped cream - honestly it tasted really good but looked a little funky.

Unfortunately the awesome dinner at our friends' home - again ended on a somewhat embarrassing/sordid note.  The boys didn't know that we were filmding.  Keep in mind, the last time we were at their home Charlie clogged their toilet.