Stewin' the Fat

Our Disneyland vacation was absolutely fantastic in its entirety!  The weather was fabulous, the kids were energized the whole time, and we literally walked on to almost every single ride ... NO LINES!  Mermaid got to romp in her homeland - aka: The Ocean, and Fairy Princess got to fly up and down, up and down over and over again in The Tower of Terror while wearing her Minnie Mouse costume.  The Brothers (tHM's two sons from his first marriage) were WAY AWESOME big brothers throughout the entire trip, and The Holy Man only drove me a little bit crazy with his kooky ramblings - well, a little bit crazier than I already am ...

I was officially diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder the other day.  This final result of the psych evaluation I had a few weeks ago was mailed to me in a form letter.  I was not surprised, but also totally shocked!  So, do I think it's accurate?  Of course not!  I know I'm pretty much the awesomest person in the world, and that That Doc would clearly realize as much if he actually knew me!  (Spoken, tongue in cheek, like a true Narcissist!)  ANYWAY, I'm a bit disturbed (pun intended) by it, but have discovered that it's definitely "overcomeable":  As long as a Narcissist is actually *willing* to be counseled, she tends to un-learn her negative personality traits and a behaviors quite quickly and well.  Most Narcissists, however, are utterly unwilling to even consider that there's anything wrong with them, so they never make it into "see someone" in the first place.  Guess I'm already a step ahead of the crowd!  (as usual)  ...yes, another narcissistic comment.
Maybe I'll discuss further findings and my experiences with counseling as they occur over the next while.  Maybe I won't though, because I'm actually extremely uncomfortable publicizing anything that could show me as being less than FREAKIN AMAZING....  ooh, a teaser to keep you on the hook ... ooooooh!

SO -- some random lady in my neighborhood heard I was poor, and bless her heart, she delivered me a 20 lb turkey.  Uncooked.  Pretty awesome, huh!

Today I roasted that bastard, carved it up, made some turkey avocado sandwiches, froze the rest of the meat, then stewed the skin, bones and fat to make pure homemade Turkey Stock.  I have never done any such thing before in my life.

Pretty easy, though, aside from the fact that the process took me roughly 12 hours!  Benefit: The heat generated from the roasting and subsequent simmering kept my house at a comfy 71 degrees all day without the use of my furnace (YAY - I'm ALL ABOUT minimizing my utility bills!!!).  Disadvantage:  To roast and simmer all day probably used more Natural Gas than if I had just run the heater.  Hm.

Well, at least I have 25 cups of exquisite turkey broth chillin in the freezer, a giant crock pot of  -totally from scratch - Turkey Noodle Soup in the fridge ready to be tomorrow's delicious wintertime dinner, and about 10 lbs of frozen, fully cooked turkey ready for whatever culinary delights I may conceive of in the future.

That, and I got motivated to make this quick blog post!

The Bird's the Word,
~dRM