I had a nice Thanksgiving.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Just a small group, and none of my in-laws [which is sad], so I didn’t drive myself insane cleaning the house and cooking enough for a division [which is good].

The turkey was dry, but, hey, that’s traditional, and the white potatoes came out like rocks, but with squash and sweet potatoes, they weren’t missed. And my very first giblet gray came out fine.

My older sibling tormented me, and I tormented my older sibling’s child, and the spouses got in a few hits, and even the ‘child’ came up with a few pertinent and impertinent asides, and a good time was had by all. [We are so funny when we are being mean. And the happy result is a quick-witted next generation.]

And we played cards, just like we used to do at my parents’, and we didn’t watch any television, and we talked a little about the past, and a lot about the future, and argued about politics and the economy [which is fun, because we pretty much agree on the big picture, but quibble over the details].

The kitchen is a shambles, but the china is clean and the left-overs [only enough for a platoon; quite an improvement] are put away, and I have tomorrow off to finish up.

I missed my in-laws and the other ‘children’ in the family, but it was nice to have plenty of time to spend with the one who was there, and fun to play a little rougher than my in-laws do.

Yeah, I had a nice Thanksgiving.

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I’m glad someone’s was good. Mine is still sucking.

3

Mine was fantastic. But then it always is.

4

Mine was good, then I got out of bed.

Actually, it wasn’t that bad, but I’ve considered starting a Thanksgiving Family Mini-Rants already…

I did have some good wine, though.

Brendon Small

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Mine was lovely. Just me, husband, and our three little boys. WAYYYY too much food, but most of it turned out good, and my husband even helped out a bit, so we had some kitchen time together, which was a first. (He kicks ass at peeling potatoes!)

We watched the parade, a couple of Christmas movies, played with the kids all day. Very relaxing and comfortable. Now I have 11,000 lbs of leftovers in the fridge, so I don’t have to cook for a day or two.

Yep, the kids are getting sweet potatoes for breakfast. :slight_smile:

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I had a very nice Thanksgiving too.

Instead of going with my brother to a friend’s sister’s place, I opted out and went over to a different friend’s place.

She doesn’t normally celebrate Thanksgiving, as she was raised Jehovah’s Witness. We made lunch out of fettucine alfredo. I made my kick ass salad. We watched Life of Mammals and then Casanova. There was a nap in there somewhere. We sat and talked. I knitted some. Then we went out for Chinese food.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a more restful, pleasant, relaxed Thanksgiving.

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Mine was (is?) really nice. Both of my roommates left so I have the house to myself. The weather was gorgeous and I went for a lovely long traffic-free bike ride. Then I had dinner at a friend’s whose parents came to town. It was delicious and crashing in on their family was a lot less awkward than I’d expected.

I did get in a mini-fight with my parents over the phone though. Maybe it was just stress of not being together.

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I planned everything out very carefully beforehand. And it paid off. Very little stress on the day, everything turned out, and four hours after eating, people still didn’t have room for dessert. Also, I got a plush turkey that looks like Patrick Stewart. “Engage.”

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Our family east of the Mississippi is down to 5, counting my brand-new son-in-law. Because he is a chef, we knew he couldn’t get here til late afternoon, early evening, so we planned dinner for 7 and actually sat down to it around 7:30. I spent the previous evening and night making 2 loaves of bread, apple pie and angel food cake, all by hand and from scratch. It was fun. Then the three of us who live here all slept til past noon, had a light breakfast, and my unmarried daughter and I got the rest of the meal together in a leisurely manner.

When the newlyweds arrived we had shrimp and other snacks, and then enjoyed a dinner in which miraculously everything turned out perfectly. Well, the gravy was not as smooth as I’d have liked it to be, but other than that it was all fine.

I called my sister in New Mexico, and she & her husband were settling down after a couple of prime ribs & red wine. I didn’t call my niece in Phoenix, but then she didn’t call me, either.

I got half the dishes into the dishwasher and my daughter is now doing the rest of the kitchen cleanup.

There were no arguments, no fights, and no unpleasantness. Nice day.

AND I have the day off tomorrow to rest up!

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Mine turned out a lot better than I was anticipating. I ate with my mom and her husband’s family. It was kind of weird because they are getting divorced but my mom has decided to wait until after the holidays. I did kind of feel down because my dad is working in New York and went to Spain this week and I haven’t seen him in a long time. After that I went and saw The Mist with a friend of mine and I really enjoyed the movie. In the evening I went to a friend’s house and ate with his family, all in all a most enjoyable day.

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My Thanksgiving was pretty good.

I started out the day watching Fox 8 Turkey Bowl. I never get tired of the Butterball Gutter balls.

We then flipped to the Macys day parade followed by some court shows.

My son came over about noon with his PS3 and Guitar Hero. He and his sister entertained themselves with that for most of the afternoon. The BF and I even tried it a couple times. We both sucked at it but it was fun.

My mother who is always late for everthing was of course late again even though I spoke with her earlier in the day and told her what time the kids were going to pick her up.

It worked out as my BF got behind on dinner, he forgot about making mashed potatoes, how that is even possible I don’t know but we ended up eating over an hour later than what we had planned.

The food was great. I packed up leftovers for my mom while the rest ate a slice of pie. I was to full to eat any though.

We all gobbled til we woddled.

My daughter drove my mom and her brother home and it was all over.

I have a stack of dishes to do so I better get cracking, right after I eat a piece of pie of course.