My first official Thanksgiving turkey was successful. I can be more confident to handle the turkey next year. :) Unfortunately, I couldn't take any pictures of my turkey, sad... It was very hectic to cook and prepare dishes before our guest came. Honestly, I feel like I need one more oven for Thanksgiving. haha~ Anyhow, it was a super fun dinner! :)

Some pages from my first book, My Sweet Box- :)

I received some copies of my book yesterday. It isn't being sold yet, but it will be in the bookstore very soon!

Unfortunately, I was completely disappointed by the printing quality of my book. Especially, most important part, the cover has much more cyan color than I assumed. The color of photos on the cover doesn't even match the tone of the same photos inside book. whoa... Anyway, everything is printed and I can't help anything about this. I wish I could've been there during the printing process to control the color.

I hope that they will sell a lot, so it can be printed once more with better color quality. The real game is going to start soon, I can't even imagine though. :)

Upside-Down Caramel Apple Muffins,

adapted from Melissa Clark's recipe in the NY Times.

Part of the New York City Marathon route was in our neighborhood. Mike and I went to cheer the runners on at the Lafayette Avenue as they ran by us. I was very thrilled whole time being there. Everyone passionately cheered on runners while they were passing through. All the people whether they participated in the marathon or not were happy with big smiling faces. It was a big festive atmosphere. I am already looking forward to seeing the 2011 New York City Marathon!

Mike took pictures of me for the author's introduction page of my book. I was supposed to finish this photo shoot much earlier, but I kept postponing it again and again. I've only done this before when my picture published in my graduation book. hah! I was embarrassed about putting my photo in my book and on the front flap. Anyway, I needed to do this. Mike helped me a lot as always. I selected two versions of the photos, and my publisher picked the second one. Actually, Mike likes the second one too. Same taste... :)

I finally sent all the files to the printing house two days ago. I was relieved at that moment when I pushed the "send" button to them. But, the next day I felt a bit empty. I even can't remember how I wrote and baked 98 recipes in such a short time. It is insane!

Anyway, situation is like this now. One piece of good news is that my next project is already lined up, so I can start now. This new project will fill me up with excited energy. By the way, I bought a 2011 moleskin diary and started writing today because I needed a physical change. :)