Post-Thanksgiving relaxation...

So a late rise after a very long day yesterday. The day's events include:

- Finshing the soup base from yesterday's turkey. Skim off the fats and aspic that have risen to the surface, add more water and a bit of seasoning, and the broth and meat have taken shape. A little more time to cook down and intensify the flavors, and we'll be good to go with about a gallon and a half of soup.
- Making another batch of gravy for the leftovers. Gravy has always been a weak point of mine, and after talking with my mother yesterday, I learned that I had been going about it backwards. So now I know, make a roux from the fat, add in the drippings and any other liquids, season and voila!
- Finish installing the sink in the upstairs bathroom. I'm doing this as a temporary install, as the vanity needs to be repainted. Until my wife is ready to do that (and paint the rest of the bathroom), the new vanity is going in so we have a functioning bathroom. We've been without this bathroom since Kerry moved in - I'm not waiting any longer.
- General laziness in between bursts of activity. Mostly, this involves watching Anthony Bourdain. Talked with the in-laws yesterday about No Reservations and Bizarre Foods. I like both, but prefer Bourdain to Zimmern. They are the opposite. My wife and I discuss some ideas as to why that might be.

So, I finally leapt into Facebook this week. Not that I don't have enough other places to track my network (including LinkedIn), but this environment has the potential to suck away a lot more of my time. The Twitter-like feature was a surprise, and I'm beginning to see why it's attractive to people.

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A last trip to the grocery store for some soup veggies (leeks, carrots and chinese peas), and some bread to go with the left-over squash soup. Turkey soup is now complete, bathroom is as well, and it's time to kick back.