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Wonder if Sarah P. is out hunting down her turkey this week??

In an effort to include everyone in thanksgiving dinner, we are driving 250 miles west while my daughter and bf are driving 250 miles east. We will meet in Springfield MA where we are having thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant. It will be very odd to not have leftovers. I'm imaging a scaled down version of a turkey dinner to be cooked up at home next weekend.

Still here is my thanksgiving day recipe/tradition:

Grapefruit Cocktail (must be served just before dinner).

- Half and cut out sections of about a dozen grapefruit into a big tubberware or ice cream pail. Make sure you get the juice.

- Slowly cook down about 3 or 4 cups of sugar to a fine thread. Let it cool a bit and add to cut out grapefruit.

Also, I've got cranberries soaking with some other stuff. It will be ready to set to brewing into Cranberry wine Thursday night. Then ready to drink for t-day 2010.




Edited, Nov 23rd 2009 3:35pm by Elinda

The in-laws will be cooking dinner on Thursday. Mr. Ambrya and I will be contributing a pumpkin pie and some ribbon jello. I think Tristan will have lots of fun helping to make the ribbon jello. Note to self: put down tarp.

For Christmas, however, I'll be hosting dinner, and I'm thinking of attempting a prime rib. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanksgiving rotates in my family so this year is at my mothers house. About to go over there to do a bunch of cleaning: oiling cupboards, cleaning ceiling fans, scrubbing bathrooms top-to-bottom. Sucks but at least the timing coincides with scheduled maintenance in FFXI.

25 pound turkey, 9 pound ham, and all the fixings, sides, and desserts to make one move their belt down one notch. Plus, all the leftovers.

Expecting 30 people.

Studying for exams, cooking, and eating, and maybe an hour or two of Final Fantasy X-2.

Nothing too strenuous, after I got robbed I discovered most of my kitchen tools were stolen and I have yet to replace them.

It's going to be more low key this year for me.

We were anticipating it just being us but I got a phone call about 10 minutes ago that my moms husband just found out he has Turkey day off (he works in a restaurant) so he'll be driving over to join us for an extremely low key day. We're going to try and cook a Turducken

We are going to a friend's for dinner. She is an amazing cook so I'm looking forward to cashing in on that whole eating for two dealie. :)

I must be missing some funny joke, because I can drive 250 miles west and not leave my state.

Because, according to Google Maps, 250 miles east of Springfield MA is about twice as far as the distance to the Atlantic Ocean, putting their starting point if they're driving 250 miles west somewhere out in the Atlantic Ocean.

Southeast, presumably, since Elinda is in Maine.

I will be in Portland Maine for my two Thanksgiving dinners. Two because my brother and sister can't get along enough to have dinner together. I will be flying up very early Thursday morning.

Edited, Nov 24th 2009 1:35am by Annabella

I will have to fill up while I'm there.

Going to Norman this evening, dropping Kai off at her grandparents in OKC on my way there. Kai will spend from Wed to Sun in Mena, while I hang with the BF during that time and play wife.

Will meet his family and kids on Thursday in Tulsa, and then drive back with him that evening.

At some point during my stay in Norman I will go see my two step brothers and a couple of friends in nearby Edmond/OKC while the BF works.

Sunday we drive back to Tulsa to pick up his kids, then back to Norman, where I will proceed to drive to OKC, pick up my kid and then drive back to Bixby.

Yes, just as complicated as it sounds.

And during all this I plan to gain no weight, hoping to keep it in the decline!!!

Man that stinks Nad. My daughter put off going to the dentist and ended up with an infected tooth last year. She got SO sick - I worried.

She was actually spending a week at home when this happened. She claimed the salt water rinses helped a ton - enough so that I didn't have to bug her to do it (I suspect the antibiotics and pain-killers probably helped too).