Squee! Attack of domesticity!
Nov. 10th, 2004 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wordinistaOkay, so after a lot of beating around the bush, and a lot of "Are you SURE it's okay???" It has been decided that George and I will NOT be having Thanksgiving dinner with his family OR my family.
WE'RE HAVING OUR OWN! :D
Now this may not seem like a very big deal, but in our ten years of being together, the holidays have ALWAYS proven stressful for us. We eventually managed to get Christmas worked out in a way everyone could agree with, which only left Thanksgiving. Honestly -- so many years we wound up gorging ourselves sick, having to pack away not one, but two dinners. Eventually my mother took pity on us, and started having Thanksgiving dinner on Friday rather than Thursday. This helped a LOT (and Mom was always cool with it because it meant she could watch football on Thursday), but this year my mom is expecting out of town compamy: my uncle, my cousin and his wife -- and their kids -- and possibly more. George's parents always invite the whole neighborhood over for dinner, so it's always bustling. Thanksgiving with my family was always quieter, more subdued.
But now -- now we have our own place, and we're looking forward to having our OWN Thanksgiving dinner.
The tentative menu:
10-12 lb turkey (the smallest size I could order)
Mom's bread stuffing (must get recipe for both turkey and stuffing)
garlic mashed potatoes (I cheat - ordered taters from same place as turkey)
sweet potatoes with pecans (see above)
asparagus (will do myself)
corn (same)
rolls (have not decided whether I will try to bake or not)
pumpkin/caramel cheesecake (ordered from same place as turkey and taters)
Since I have never in the whole of my life cooked a turkey, I figured it would be smart to make the rest of the dinner as idiot-proof as possible. Perhaps it's cheating to order taters. I'm remarkably okay with that.
I do need to figure out how to get us two chairs to go with the dining room table. We're chairless. Hmmm. Must rectify.
In other news, they're supposedly testing the fire systems in the apartment buildings today. It was supposed to commence at 9 am. Nothing's happened so far, so we'll see. I have the kitties in their carrier, since they freak out whenever people come by (never mind people who make those evil discs on the ceiling go "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP"), so I figured I'd take them for a little ride when the fire inspection people came by.
In other OTHER news, the forum is acting up YET AGAIN. At least it's a different problem this time around. Seriously though -- if it's not one thing, it's another.
WE'RE HAVING OUR OWN! :D
Now this may not seem like a very big deal, but in our ten years of being together, the holidays have ALWAYS proven stressful for us. We eventually managed to get Christmas worked out in a way everyone could agree with, which only left Thanksgiving. Honestly -- so many years we wound up gorging ourselves sick, having to pack away not one, but two dinners. Eventually my mother took pity on us, and started having Thanksgiving dinner on Friday rather than Thursday. This helped a LOT (and Mom was always cool with it because it meant she could watch football on Thursday), but this year my mom is expecting out of town compamy: my uncle, my cousin and his wife -- and their kids -- and possibly more. George's parents always invite the whole neighborhood over for dinner, so it's always bustling. Thanksgiving with my family was always quieter, more subdued.
But now -- now we have our own place, and we're looking forward to having our OWN Thanksgiving dinner.
The tentative menu:
10-12 lb turkey (the smallest size I could order)
Mom's bread stuffing (must get recipe for both turkey and stuffing)
garlic mashed potatoes (I cheat - ordered taters from same place as turkey)
sweet potatoes with pecans (see above)
asparagus (will do myself)
corn (same)
rolls (have not decided whether I will try to bake or not)
pumpkin/caramel cheesecake (ordered from same place as turkey and taters)
Since I have never in the whole of my life cooked a turkey, I figured it would be smart to make the rest of the dinner as idiot-proof as possible. Perhaps it's cheating to order taters. I'm remarkably okay with that.
I do need to figure out how to get us two chairs to go with the dining room table. We're chairless. Hmmm. Must rectify.
In other news, they're supposedly testing the fire systems in the apartment buildings today. It was supposed to commence at 9 am. Nothing's happened so far, so we'll see. I have the kitties in their carrier, since they freak out whenever people come by (never mind people who make those evil discs on the ceiling go "BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP"), so I figured I'd take them for a little ride when the fire inspection people came by.
In other OTHER news, the forum is acting up YET AGAIN. At least it's a different problem this time around. Seriously though -- if it's not one thing, it's another.
