I went to Grandma’s house for Thanksgiving, as usual. This year, I was smart and prepared the desserts I was taking the two days earlier, so Thanksgiving morning I wasn’t running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get everything ready in time. I made chocolate banana cream pie, fruit cocktail cake, coconut cream pie, strawberry banana pie, and banana split pie. I’m the dessert queen of the .

I’ve always been good at making desserts, spaghetti, and other common things like hamburgers, but I’ve cooked a lot since I’ve been too broke to eat out the past few months. I’m becoming adept at cooking dinner. I’m still not acclimated to cooking for just one person so I often have leftovers, but that’s okay, I just take them to the next day. I usually have company on weekends, so I don’t cook for just one all the time.

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