Whoa Turkey

I did it. I cooked a 15lbs turkey by myself. The night before I had to put the thing in the brine and that was gross, it took a glass of wine before I'd actually touch the thing- and I was wearing rubber gloves.
Then I had to remove, rinse and baste in teh morning. Also crazy. But those silly turkey bags are awesome! It cuts cook time in half!
So it was very successful and very yummy (and I don't even like Turkey). So that was a relief. Now we have tons of leftovers, i mean, tons. we're going to be eating potatos, stuffing and breads forever.
Other than that, nothing exciting has happened. The family left on Friday and that was super sad, lots of tears, but I do get to see them in 4 weeks. So that is good.
So enjoy my "freaked-out-by-turkey" photo!
Hope you all had a great time with the families!