{"id":450,"date":"2009-11-28T14:47:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-28T21:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baconwrappedlife.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2009-11-28T14:49:06","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T21:49:06","slug":"november-has-been-good-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"November Has Been Good To Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

As November wraps up, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m realizing that amid some craziness, stress and worry, there has been a lot to be thankful for.  Matthew and I have had a really great month.  We got our holiday flight for Christmas nailed down, watched the Yankees win the World Series and got a brand new comforter for our bed\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6we are easily impressed \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Mid-month, around my birthday, we flew to Hawaii (a  partial work trip) and took full advantage of the sun, relaxing atmosphere, tourist-y goodness, and amazing food.   Here are some pictures to share:  <\/p>\n

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Some of the food\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0786<\/a> Sampler (for lunch) at the Kona Brewing Restaurant.\"IMG_0806<\/a> Lots of pineapple at the Dole Plantation\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6where we tried to refrain from chomping them right of the stems :)    <\/p>\n

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Fancy dinner at Roy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, where we had an AMAZING meal:<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0815<\/a>Free spicy edamame appetizer. \"IMG_0816<\/a>Pineapple martini (that piece of fruit had been soaking in vodka for days). \"IMG_0819<\/a><\/p>\n

Macadamia-crusted Mahi Mahi w\/ lobster butter sauce.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_0820<\/a>Caramelized scallops with a blueberry vinaigrette and some bacon-wrapped sweet potatoes I think. The scallops were cooked to perfection. <\/p>\n

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Finally, pineapple upside down cake, which you give them 30 minutes to prepare because they make each one fresh.  They sliced the pineapples thinly so there were juicy amazing layers of pineapple on top of the cake.  On the side: vanilla bean ice cream in a burnt sugar cup.  All in a caramel sauce.  Unbelievable. \"IMG_0821<\/a> \"IMG_0822<\/a> <\/p>\n

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To wrap up our wonderful November, we are in the middle of a spectacularly relaxing Thanksgiving weekend.  We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been together almost 3 years and this is the first time we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve spent Thanksgiving together.  It was wonderful.  We went with turkey tenderloins, sliced into medallions, marinated in Annie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Natural Tuscany Italian dressing, breaded with Panko breadcrumbs and pan fried.  Really yummy.  With some comforting sides and homemade stuffing\/dressing\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.yum! We went with a nice mix of new\/more-involved things and easy standbys. Matt was in charge of the traditional green bean casserole and did a great job!  I made some dinner rolls from a Cooking Light recipe, and my favorite was the turkey knot\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

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Here are the rest of our pictures, including pumpkin pie that we were so excited about we made 4 days earlier, and some gorgeous orange flowers we got for $5 on sale! <\/p>\n

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Thankfulness all around!  Happy Thanksgiving!  Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cross our fingers for a December that is full of pleasant surprises, healthy families, lots of love and new adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As November wraps up, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m realizing that amid some craziness, stress and worry, there has been a lot to be thankful for.  Matthew and I have had a really great month.  We got our holiday flight for Christmas nailed down, watched the Yankees win the World Series and got a brand new comforter for our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,21,22,9,25,11,30,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-fun","category-holidays","category-leftovers","category-life","category-magical-magical-animal","category-matthew","category-seattle","category-yum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions\/451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}