Dinner was served and all talking ceased. Conversations ground to a halt as we all ate and then began to grunt from the wordless fascination we had with our plates. We all ate more than usual. No sooner would your plate be full than you had to hurry up and eat something to make more room for that stuff you really liked before one of the others got more and there wasn't any left. I also used paper plates this year and Mom says that might have had something to do with the intense eating. We had to gobble it up before our plates gave way.
Anyhow- the food was damn good. I usually don't use profanity here on this family blog, so forgive me. It was so good I have no pictures of the night. After eating, we all sat around talking about how full we were until the kids asked for pie. Then we all had slices of pie and sat around again and continued talking about how full we were. After that, we packed up left overs.....oh, no we didn't cuz THERE WEREN'T HARDLY ANY LEFT since we all ate like it was our last hours on the earth.
The Thanksgiving Menu 2010
Turkey
Crockpot Stuffing w/sausage and mushroom
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Sweet potatoes with sweet crunchy nuts on top that my mom makes
Green Salad
Creamed onions
Cranberry sauce (Not the can shaped stuff, either.)
Pecan pie, frosted cookies, pumpkin pie, french silk pie,
carrot cake (we didn't actually eat this one)
AJ and I spent Friday picking up toys and organizing his toy corner in Mike's office so we would have room for the Christmas tree. AJ has only been around a few short years and only this year has he shown any interest in Christmas. He really likes lights. So I put lights all over. Mike is not really a fan of any decorations. But he is older than AJ and can get over it. AJ is little and he gets preferential treatment here at our house. So now the tree is up, the place is somewhat clean, and all is now documented here on the interloop for me to refer to next year.
So to the Liz who will read this in a year: remember that the lights on one fourth of the tree are out and you have to use that one string of white lights that Dad had to go buy special for you that you forgot to pay him for, and you need to put the hooks in ONE place instead of all over.
