Whew...

Today is a mishmash of goodness from the week...

#1 - We have a Winner for the Cheerios Prize Pack! The winner has 48 hours to get in touch with me. For the record, Rafflecopter ROCKS! No more counting randomly. One button, click, boom, done. I may do more giveaways

#2 - Went back to the doctor. That ear infection, well it got worse. So I'm round 2 of antibiotics. Lovely, right?  I have 5 days of a Z-Pack, and if that doesn't work, well the ENT is going to put me on the 'roids. Excellent.

#3 - My Christmas Tree is up! I was complaining on Thanksgiving that I had zero interest in putting it up. But Saturday and Sunday, I got it done. I need to busy out the SLR and take some pretty photos.  Here is just a pic from twitter.

#4 Speaking of Ornaments. I'm OBSESSED with the clip on ones. Have you seen these? Well, I picked up 8 of these guys and 2 of these guys.  Jeff thinks I'm starting a twitter tree with all my birds.

#5 Turkey. Did anyone else not get enough turkey last week? I sure didn't, and I decided I needed a little more turkey in my life. Sunday, I went to the store, but a turkey breast and used a brine.  Everything is better with brine. I used this recipe and it turned out well. I put a little more rosemary and added 3 garlic cloves to the brine and it took a little less than 2 hours to cook.  The little popper guy popped WAY too early. Never trust those.   Here was the final result:

I think it turned out pretty good. Plenty of leftovers. I know some people that roast a turkey breast off every week in lieu of buying turkey. Not a bad idea and it takes all the concern of nitrates out of the equation. 

That's all I've got for today! Back on top tomorrow with Friday in 5!