Shaz by the Sea

As I mentioned in last year's Thanksgiving post , I love to get home from Cape Cod and look at all the pics from the few days we spend down there. It is usually such a whirlwind, so I don't really look at them while we are down there. We had a lot of fun this year, but of course it was very busy. The kids did a great job and loved being in the Cape. My parents, the boys and I drove down there on Thursday morning, but Jim went down after work Wednesday night. He got the house in order which allowed us to get there Thursday and start cooking and prepping for Thanksgiving.  Speaking of prepping, my mom and I made a few pies and lots of side dishes Wednesday night. We packed up the boys and had everything ready to go Thursday morning. I made a few pumpkin pies which is super easy. It consists of a can of pumpkin, a can of evaporated milk, sugar,  eggs, and spices. I mixed together the dry ingredients first - the sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Then mixed in the pumpkin ...

In my last post I talked about wanting to write another "current favs" lists or a post similar to this one I wrote in 201 3. It's funny because in 2013, I wrote "Go Sox" because they were in the World Series then! It must be something about this time of year...woooo! With that reminder, I wanted to keep you all posted on what I am into these days. 1. What I'm Watching:  House of Cards, A Million Little Things (thanks Mack) and ALL the Pats games. We just hosted a few friends over yesterday because they finally had an afternoon game... 2. What I'm Listening To:  I just finished a podcast called " Missing Alissa " by Ottavia Zappala.I am also listening to the Conspiracy Theories podcast, which is nice because it's a bunch of different stories and you don't really need to keep up with it. Also, Chrissy suggested "A Killing on the Cape" and it was really good. Other blogs/podcasts of interest that are on my "...