For fucks fucking sake, why are they playing goddamned Christmas music before fucking Thanksgiving?!?!
Fuck all this fucking contrived crap.
I used to love Thanksgiving because I had dead turkey on my plate – just good food all around and football all day long. Shit, the men at the table would occasionally use the 2nd half of the Detroit game to go toss some football out in the front yard and get a neighborhood pick up game going – and if someone tackled you on the sidewalk…walk it off.
Now I have to sit through fucking Amazon commercials. People stay indoors and just use their smartphones all fucking day.
Not only has the ‘maul’ had their tree up, carols playing, & Santa in the chair to take pics for two weeks already but today I saw a tree up, in the window of a private residence. I swear if I had an RPG with me I would have remedied that situation, Carrie Fisher style.
So sad your day off ain’t fun for you.
Too bad I’ve never had a day off for Thanksgiving. What with cleaning the house ahead of time for guests coming. Doing the shopping and all the cooking (It’s not just one meal, 3 squares a day + snacks for the duration) Thanksgiving day is one long ass day. After dinner clean-up is a 2 dishwasher load affair. And, god Uncle Pete is pissy drunk and looking for a fight.
And then having to baby-sit all day Friday so my children can shop for their children on black Friday. Holidays are stressful for me too.
Not getting to play pickup football at halftime of the game on TV doesn’t seem to be a big problem. TV ads never killed anyone.
Take out the trash please.(:))
After ATMB, a post like this actually cheers me up. It is a shame about the cell phone addiction and crazy consumerism. Maybe a song will cheer you up?
Don’t host that shit anymore; meet up at a restaurant. Shit, it could be Taco Bell for all anyone cares, right? Just don’t go out of your way to put lunch or dinner together.
We men need testosterone release, but I’ll take out the trash.
You don’t get to decide whether you’re the hostess of these family things. It just happens. I have the biggest house. My kids wanna come home for holidays. What am I’m gonna do run away and hide?
Beck, I know what you mean about parties happening want them or not. My Beloved Butthead aka BB was a very forward facing “dig up the world to build oil pipelines” sort of guy. Until he retired, we ENTERTAINED for holidays. He is no longer going to work every day, but he still does all the networking and shit to keep our stock options valuable. The parties are still happening, but thankfully, we are able to cut the guest lists to under 50.
People honestly don’t listen to the music. I have this sort of stuff playing just so I don’t lose my mind.
Most folks don’t notice what I’m playing, and those who do get put on my “cool” list.
No, but you don’t have to do all the cooking. “You’re bringing THIS, and you’re bringing THIS, and you’re bringing THIS, and you’re going to set the table and you’re going to clean it up.”
As soon as the red cups and Christmas drinks come out, Starbucks starts playing Christmas songs. Otherwise, most places here continue their normal strange mix of 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s music.
So I don’t spend much time in Starbucks. Or I stay home. It’s cheaper.
The peeps eating here will be here for most of the week. Save an old Uncle, an Old Sister and a few deer camper stragglers. None have the facility or wherewithal to cook and bring. My DIL and Daughters and my Chef Son-in-law will be helping me. This year DIL is being planner, plotter-in-chief. She’s dictatorial but pleasant about it. Don’t think I won’t let her take over. It’s still under my roof and in my kitchen. I’ll manage.
My biggest concern is mid-DAUGHTERs Chihuahuas. OMG! the 2 most annoying animals on earth. Yappy doesn’t begin to describe them. Isn’t that silly to worry about those dogs?
I love having her boys around though. I was her labor coach through both births. I caught those boys and cut the cord. They’re my pets. We don’t see them near enough. I am looking foward to the week regardless how much work it is.
Agreed, but as I age I’ve gotten tired of the cold water, and shivering in a wetsuit, and waiting for MizPullin to bring the damned boat back around and… Well, the lakes are empty, but it’s just not worth it anymore.
Seriously? With today’s politics it’s pretty easy to drive away at least half your relatives. We’re down to just 3 or 4 depending on who’s in town, and it’s wonderfully relaxing now. No politics, fighting, or drunk uncles – just a good movie, hanging out in the hot tub, and smoking the turkey all day. And in Casa pullin, everyone pitches in for cleanup and it’s over in a jiff.
We’re hos5ing a dozen people for thanksgiving this year and are 90% of the way through a major kitchen remodel that will at least be done enough to use by thursday. I go pick up our first turkey tomorrow and I’ll be cooking 3 of them for Thanksgiving. This is by far my favorite time of the year.
