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We’ve graduated away from oil!

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We both love a good deep-fried turkey, but dealing with the huge amounts of oil is never fun. It was okay when we were doing a turkey once every other month or so (or once a month at times) back in Jacksonville, but nowadays…it was just too much. So Tom got a Char-Broil The Big Easy TRU-Infrared Oil-less Turkey Fryer. We had to do a test run before we hosted Thanksgiving, so the first one came out delicious…but the skin was NOT what I wanted at all (it was slightly crispy but very anemic looking). So we tried again, this time rubbing it with oil. And we got a much better result…

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Proof I attacked the skin before dinner!

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And then the prep to make stock for the gravy since I won’t have much drippings! (You actually get viable drippings from this fryer, but it was much easier to make the stock ahead of time.)

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Owen just got his first phone call from a girl.

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OMG. 😯

  1. He had no idea how to talk on a phone because we apparently only use Skype or FaceTime.
  2. Apparently they set up a play date at school today and he gave her my number.
  3. He couldn’t remember what they said and the call only lasted about 28 seconds, if that.
  4. I gave him a lesson on how to use a phone, she happened to call back, they talked for a few minutes, and she’s calling back when her mom gets home.

Crazy Cart Katie with Daddy

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Every time we go to the grocery store she asks to ride in the car cart. It’s a big ol’ pain in the ass because it’s so big and awkward so I always say no. But daddy was with us today and he’s a big ol’ pushover. So they played while I shopped. You could hear them halfway across the store, I swear, with as loud as the cart is and her screeching like crazy!