Deep Creek Hot Springs. A gorgeous little gem of an area. Now mind you this was Sunday-Monday. The hike out was a bit more intense... okay a lot more intense, because we were going up for a large chunk of it, but the calf muscle and shoulder pain have been totally worth.
Then last night one of our local grocery stores was having a sale on turkey... that basically came out to 50 cents a pound.
We grabbed a 14 pound one and processed it down into more manageable sized pieces. Cut the legs, wings, breasts, shoulders and thighs off. Cut a large amount of dark meat off into smaller pieces and wrapped that up and froze it as well.
We threw the remaining carcass which was the ribcage, spine etc along with the neck bones and the remaining meat from the turkey breast we had gotten for thanksgiving into the pot. Proceeding to boil that down for about maybe two hours. By the time we were done, there was 2 quarts of nothing but turkey stock. The amount of broth and meat leftover for turkey stew is close a quart and a half. The turkey meat leftover after that is enough for turkey salad, turkey omelettes and turkey tacos. And that was just from boiling down the bones and the meat that was left one them.
I still haven't gotten my pack cleaned out and put back together yet... or the sleeping bag run through the dryer... or the laundry finished....but I do have the Toothless order almost finished and am about to finish of the coats and start on the stockings and.... LOL yeah, I know, I need an assistant some weeks.
It's been one of those weird weeks though ya know? A lot of great things have happened, but we also got hit by Murphy again this past Sunday. The fiance had to go take care of a speeding ticket. He hit something that blew out the front tire and while trying to bring the car to a stop, managed to get gravel between the tire and the hubcap, and flat tire alla carte.
Which cost us close to 400 bucks (250 for the tow... yeah seriously) then replace the blown tire and fix the flat tire. Oh and that speeding ticket does look like it'll get dismissed, but it's going to take two more trips to get it ironed out.
Then I have family and friends that aren't quite feeling themselves and...
Well, let's just say I have a Yule/Christmas challenge for ya'll. This holiday season, instead of casting/praying for this that or the other thing, pray/cast that the people you know, even if they haven't told you they need, are provided comfort. The holiday seasons are some of the most brutal times of the year for a lot of folks. Like me. Christmas day, seven years to do the day this year, is my second miscarriage. I was two months along. Time takes the sting out of it but... well...
So yeah, that is my challenge to everyone who reads this. Pray/wish/cast that everyone in your life, is given some comfort and closure.
It's the etheral things, that make Yule/Christmas what it is.
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