Meanwhile.... many sweet things in life coming!

This Saturday Mr. Husband and I are 

becoming godparents to a beautiful baby girl.

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We have a blanket, icon, cute kids prayer book,

book for parents, ready.

Reception desserts ready to be ordered;

gown, cross and candles covered.

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Then Saturday night God-willing my cousin H and her son W

are coming for Canadian Thanksgiving!

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We planned this months ago and now it is almost here!

We saw them last in PEI...

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Meal will be simpler this year:

What I wrote my cousin:

 I am thinking of doing a crockpot chicken

(prepared on Sunday night) (roasted at end after it is in the crockpot), 

stuffing (premade but good), cranberry sauce, 

yams with cranberry, 

a pie...

 apple sauce and beans that we have canned, etc. 

 A lot of this I hope to have before hand and ready to go.  

My idea is that if the dinner will be really good but easy to assemble 

(considering it is Thanksgiving Dinner). 

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Sunday night: 

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I am thinking it will be apple pie with

apples sliced night before and stored.

See here for storing apples.

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Prepping yams and chicken also will done Sunday night.

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Monday we will heat/cook on stove top:

~corn (organic frozen)

~canned beans

~stuffing

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Crock pot by 8 AM:

Chicken.

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Take pizza stone out of oven.

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Beginning at 2 pm, in oven by 3 pm, 

yams with cranberry 

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Put cranberry sauce from can in 

appropriate bowls and store in fridge.

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At 4:30 pm prep for apple pie

At 5:45 put chicken into oven to brown and

yams to warm.
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Edited to add: about this time make mashed potatoes with butter!
Possible Jiffy Corn Bread to bake here also!

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Set the table if not set already.

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Put toaster oven to warming setting.

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At 6 pm check chicken, put in warmed toaster oven if 

in danger of over baking.

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At 6 pm cook corn and beans in separate pots on stove,

add salt and pepper, butter as needed.

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6:15 take yams out and keep warm with towels.

6:20 put apple pie in to bake.

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Thanksgiving Dinner at 6:30

Dessert of hot apple pie and French Vanilla Ice cream at 7:30