Day after Thanksgiving

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving. Thank you all who supported The Casserole Shop for your holiday needs. We really appreciate it.

Chris and I are visiting some family for the holiday weekend. Looking forward to getting back and doing a ton of baking for December absolutely one of my most favorite things to do.

Dont'f forget if you need a caramel or chocolate (yellow cake w/choc frosting) cake give us a call. The fresh apple cake was a huge hit for thanksgiving gift giving. I think it would make an amazing Christmas gift.

I specify about the chocolate cake becasue the first year we did the layer cakes someone ordered a chocolate cake and I made a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and the customer returned very upset. They stated they ordered a "chocolate cake", it was then I learned just what a chocolate cake is.

Saturday before thanksgiving

A little chilly this morning. Might have to be a late golf day. We are golfing with Gwen and Rusty today. Had a slight mishap at the house the other night, some of you will appreciate this more than others because of what I do for a living. I was making Chris a tuna melt for dinner and created just a small amount of smoke. Our smoke detector is connected to our fire alarm which alerts the fire dept. automatically if there is a problem. We canceled the call when the smoke detector went off and thought all was fine. 3 minutes later the fire dept. arrived at our home. Really great to know how prompt the fire department is in case of emergency. Not so great telling people the reason they were there was because I burnt dinner!!!!!! The good news is I will
not be preparing Thanksgiving dinner at home.

Sunday evening

Another weekend zoomed past and Chris and I are mourning Sunday evening. There is just not enough time squeezed into these two days. He had a great day playing with Jimmy today even though Jimmy was not happy with him, he did enjoy the fellowship as always. This will be a fast and furious week we hope for the Casserole Shop and Walsh Honda. Zeus is ready for a fun filled night since we have left him for the whole day by himself. Getting ready to watch Jimmy Johnson clinch the championship for the Nextel Cup.

another fabulous day

A little cool but none the less a fabulous day on the golf course. Happy Birthday to Elaine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aka chesty glitter horn!!!!!!!!!!! Karen, Vicki and I spent a great day together on the golf course. We came in third and fourth, it could not have been any better. This starts a busy couple of weeks for the Casserole Shop. Please don't forget to order your caramel or chocolate cakes for the holiday. You can also pick up your dressing and sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving. The Quiches and Hash brown casseroles make a great addition to the holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you ellen

Ok so we know that we can receive comments on the blog. THANK YOU ELLEN. So anyone feel free to share. Saturday on the golf course WINDY, COOL AND TOO MUCH FUN!!!!!! Today is my friend Elaine's birthday. Happy Birthday Elaine!!!!!!!!!!!! Chris, Elaine and I went out to Forsyth Golf Course after laying in bed until.... like 10:00 (Elaine did not lay in bed with us, but Zeus did) Then I went to the shop did minimal amount of work, went to the bank and of course my day would never be complete without going to Kroger at least once. Came home went back to the shop did a little more work then came home to enjoy the rest of the night with my Sweetheart and Zeus!!!Love the weekends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

living the dream

I just had a customer come in tell me how good it smelled when they walked in and asked what was I cooking. I had to think a minute and then when I looked down at my shirt I could identify at least 8 things off the top of my head that I had prepared today.
Of course I was soaking wet because while doing dishes I sprayed the water nozzle directly into a scoop which anyone who does dishes knows that this is a strategic placement of water for a quick bath. It is times like this that I realize how great I have it. So tonight when I am washing the caramel frosting out of my hair, cleaning the spaghetti sauce off of my shoes and putting my feet up after a hard day I am living my dream!!!!!!!!!!!! Life is good!!!!!!!!!!!

artichoke dip

One of the appetizers we are offering is the Hot Artichoke Dip. This makes a nice snack on a cool night. Perfect to take to a party of just to have as a snack before dinner with you and your sweetheart. Triscuits, scoops or fresh veggies go well with this dip.

time

Wow, the days go by so fast as we get closer to the Holidays. After seeing the news the past couple of days it makes the holidays seem so unimportant and rough times ahead for those who will be unemployed through the auto industries and others like them by Christmas. This season may actually bring out what is really important to us all this time of year. We can only hope.

Veterans Day

Happy Veterans Day and thany you to all of those men and women who have served our country. My father Hardy Bush served in the Navy on a ship called the Nipmuc. My husband Chris Carrol was a combat engineer for the Army in Korea and Germany. My stepfather Knute Christensen served in the 10th mountain division where he spent most of his time in Italy. I am very proud of all of them.

Hot meal pick up

Don't forget you can call us in advance to order a meal for hot pick up on your way home.

great day

Wow, what a beautiful morning. Most of you are probably headed to Christmas in the South. Great place to do some Christmas shopping. For those of you up north Christmas in the South is a huge event where folks come from all over the south to display thier beautiful crafts and or items from their shops. It is a great event.

The Casserole Shop is also a great place to do your Christmas shopping. From gift cards to home made bakery products or the gift of a meal.

Our pound cakes are perfect for shipping they are very durable. Chris and I shipped them in our early years of catering. They were very well recieved. I remember in 1995 we shipped over 100 pound cakes from a customer in Atlanta to Wall Street. New Yorks introduction to Dooga and the Duchess was very a huge hit. We also shipped to the White house that same year. Our most famous person we shipped to was Naomi Judd. (for those of you who don't know here she used to sing with her daughter Wynona...The Judds) She sent a note of thanks to the customer who sent it, we tried to get it for our scrapbook but he kept it for his!!! While we no longer ship the cakes you can package them or take them to one of the mailbox places and they do a great job.

Now those of you not from here know what to ask your friends from Macon to get you for the Holidays!!!!!!! Instead of money just send a poundcake!!!!!!!!!!!

FIGURING IT OUT

OK, SO I AM NEW TO THE BLOGGING THING. I THOUGHT ANYONE COULD PUBLISH A NEW POST ANY TIME. AS IT TURNS OUT UNLESS I HAVE PUT YOUR ADDRESS IN AN PERSONALLY INVITED YOU TO JOIN THE BLOG YOU CAN ONLY POST A COMMENT. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST A COMMENT THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE RELEVENT TO THE ITEMS POSTED. UNTIL WE FIGURE OUR HOW TO HAVE AN OPEN FORUM THIS WILL HAVE TO DO. SO ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS WHATEVER PLEASE POST THEM SOME WHERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT.

SO WHAT HAVE I LEARNED? IF YOU HAVE A BLOG IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU....SOME OF YOU MAY THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ME (EE), BUT IN FACT WE ARE REALLY TRYING GET YOU ALL CURRENT INFORMATION OUT ABOUT OUR SHOP AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER.

breakfast casseroles

Talk about a great christmas gift. The breakfast casseroles make a great gift. We gave them last year and people are already asking when they can expect to recieve them this year!!!!!!

Eclairs

Perfect dessert for any function. We have the best home made eclairs in Macon. (or so we are told) Sweet, petite and oh so delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $10 per dozen.
These also make a great holiday gift.

Twice baked potatoes

the perfect addition to any meal - twice baked potatoes.
They come 4 to a pack for $10

Appetizers - Cheese Wafers

We sell a slice and bake cheese straw dough that is a great appetizer while you are waiting for your meal to heat up. It comes in two logs that make 4 dozen plus cheese wafers. One of the great things about them is you can just make 3 or 4 and the dough keeps in the fridge or frozen for weeks.