Aslaug, di høna

"Aslaug Hana bygget ulovlig brygge"

Hva slags signal sender det at du som statsråd i ti år har hatt en ulovlig brygge?

- Selvsagt er det et dårlig signal - fordi det er galt at det ikke ble søkt. Det finnes det ingen unnskyldning for.

I just love to wash in your old bath water, love to think that you couldn't love another

Turkey is one of those wonderful, traditional, festive meals that I take for granted every year, because I have responsible adults in my life who take care of tedious holiday preparations. My only chores for the holiday season consist of cleaning the house and then staying out of the way while the adults start freaking out about said tedious holiday preparations. That being said, I have never seen a raw turkey before.

But this year, since the parentals are gone and I am a big girl now, I'm hosting new years at my place. And Tina suggested turkey, so I bravely went to the store and picked up a frozen 5,4 kilo bird. After some interwebsing I discovered(shock,  horror) that turkeys are supposed to start defrosting like, three-four days before you plan to eat them. I got mine about 20 hours before we planned to eat it. The solution? Finding a plastic container big enough to house a frozen turkey, filling it with cold water and changing the water every 30 minutes. Add thirty minutes per 0,5 kilos of turkey and stay at home all day changing your turkey's bath water.

Since I figured we're going to be spending a lot of time together, I've named him Herman. He's quite heavy. I hope he had a good life. I hope he didn't die a virgin. It makes it harder to eat meat when it looks like an actual animal. One that you've seen at the zoo, even. Trying to squeeze Herman's plastic covered body into the sink, then realizing that he was too fat to fit and having to put him in the chemical/explosive recyclables bin(you know which one I mean? the red one?) made me better understand why my sister is a vegetarian.

Speaking of my sister, she is surprisingly nice this christmas. So far, she has hung my laundry TWICE, offered to pick me up from a party in the middle of the night, and even cooked me a delicious dinner. We're not trading friendship bracelets just yet, but I might avoid going to jail for homicide. Hooray!

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go change someone's bath water. I think my cat's jealous of all the attention Herman's getting, so I need to go snuggle her afterwards. How have your holidays been?

i'm just gonna start blogging.

Stina, we've had this blog for about a year and now and haven't published anything more than a test entry. So I'm setting a joint new years resolution for us to keep this blog updated about the going ons in our lives now that we're gonna be in different corners of the world. Aight? Great, that's what I thought.

I haven't blogged for years, so let's hope it's like riding a bicycle!