Cranberry Tea

Here is the fabulous Cranberry Tea recipe from Luci. It's a tradition in our house at Christmas, with its beautiful red color and cinnamony taste! MMMM.
Equipment:
You need a stockpot, sieve, and another large pan or bowl, wooden spoon.
Ingredients:
Water
1 pkg. fresh cranberries
3 1/2 C. sugar
1 cup red hots
3 oranges
3 lemons
12 whole cloves
See, it's simple!
Put cranberries in 1 qt. water and simmer until they pop.
Pour into a sieve over a bowl. Use the wooden spoon to smash the cranberries through the sieve. Scrape all the goodness on the underside of the sieve into the water. Keep at it until all that is left is a spoonful of skins. Discard those.
Back in the stockpot, put 1 qt. water, sugar, cloves, red hots. Simmer and stir until red hots are melted. Add cranberry water, juice of lemons and oranges and 3 more quarts of water. Heat. Strain and serve warm.

Thanksgiving plans

Ok, we have a plan. And it's 10 days before Thanksgiving. It's going to be an LSOP party. They have a dining room that should accommodate all of us. Not much of a kitchen, but if everything is brought in ready to go, we'll be good. We're asking everyone to chip in, which means there will be a ton of food. Don't forget your take-home containers for leftovers!

May I take your order, please!

Caroline was in waitress mode yesterday. From the time I arrived and she served all of us glasses of water, to lunch and dinner, she was quite the little professional. At lunchtime, she came to me with a sheet of paper and pencil. She had drawn pictures of lunch choices--bread, soup etc. and asked me to put a checkmark next to what I wanted. At dinner time, it went like this: (again with paper and pencil)
Caroline: Do you like Thai food or pizza?
Grandma: Umm, what do you like?
Caroline: Pepperoni pizza.
G'ma: Me, too.
BTW, there are NO five year olds in my school who would ask if you like Thai food...or name a stuffed bunny "Crabcakes".