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November 27, 2006
Thanksgiving - 2006
We had the kids for Thanksgiving this year, and since we weren't going to my parents' house for a celebration until Saturday, we spent Thanksgiving Day at home doing nothing that didn't involve cooking, eating, or playing video games/on the computer. There was some cleaning up too (particularly mid-way through the Thanksgiving dinner preparations when I realized that I had used every mixing bowl we had and needed clean ones so I could continue preparing the food, not to mention to serve said food in), but that wasn't the main focus of the day. It was nice to be able to relax at home and not have to worry about running around visiting people.
I got up when the dogs started their "it's morning, we have to go OUT" prancing, and after they were through, I started prepping the turkey. There was a moment of near-panic when I realized that the turkey was still a little frozen, even though it'd been defrosting in the fridge since I'd bought it on Sunday, and then another when I couldn't find the giblets. I knew they were supposed to be in the turkey, and hell if I was going to start cooking it until I found those things. Finally, after a couple minutes of staring at the inside of the turkey wondering where the giblets'd gone, I noticed a blob peeking out from under the turkey that hadn't been there when I set the bird down. Further inspection revealed that the giblet bag had come open and was hanging out of the other end of the turkey. Having solved that mystery, I retrieved the rest of the giblets, threw them away, and finished prepping the turkey. I made a phone call to my mom, put the turkey in to start cooking, and then went back to bed, happy in the knowledge that I had a couple of hours before I needed to start on the rest of the food.
Dinner included turkey, ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, peas, corn, olives, cranberry sauce, rolls, cornbread muffins, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. Getting everything together was more time-consuming than I would have liked even though I'd made some things the night before, but since we were able to sit down and eat around 2:30, I was pretty happy with the way things turned out. Afterwards, we spent the rest of the day puttering around the house, occasionally going back for more food or pie as necessary.
Posted by oracle at November 27, 2006 6:39 AM in the third year