Thursday, November 18, 2010

thanksgiving cometh........closer, and closer and CLOSER

i can't believe it's the dying of the year (or the beginning of the new year if you are pagan)
meanwhile my insane brussel sprouts finally decided to sprout!
with 1/4'' sprouts so far
so what? put the plants in the ground in JUNE next year?
plant them in pure compost? feed heavily?
oye
switch varities?
it's november .........doesn't the brussels sprouts realize that?
oye
mother nature is SO not watching the store.

ok i am behind yet, still........ yeah like that's news
i got most of the dishes washed after trying to dry out all my day pens
i got the baby girl ducks out finally
i managed to get the drakes out without them hanging up on my legs
and managed to get them in as well!
amazing
i did not kill one baby drake yesterday either
unlike sunday when thumbprint looked like a goner......

i can't get the woodstove going AGAIN
no kindleing today

now i plan on clearing the table and getting the good dishes out with the good silver and all that for thanksgiving
plus a tiny bottle of wine for bernie
i ask you
how long do you think we'll linger at the table?
italians linger for hours
when colleen is here we linger for hours
bernie eats and gets up
huh?
35 or so years married??? he's practically italian, most of his cells have mingled with mine
he GETS UP? from the TABLE?
oye
so i am thinking why bother with the china, the silver, the wine?

but i may do it anyway, i'll see how i feel on the big day

how about you all? any traditions you folks have?

1 comment:

  1. We just have a simple dinner--turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing (homemade stovetop, my kids won't eat the box kind), homecanned vegetables, veggie tray, cranberry sauce, homemade rolls, maybe a fruit or jello salad, and pies for dessert. Our newest tradition started when my son got married and was trying to do 2 Thanksgiving dinners in the same day. He told me what he would miss about my dinner the most was the pecan pie. So now, the Sunday before we do pie night. I make about 10 pies, and a simple dinner like a baked potato bar, and that is when my son's family comes. Most the other kids can be there that night, too, so we get our family celebration, and our son can go to his in-laws on Thanksgiving without any bad feelings for anyone.

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