there have been so many good thoughts for thursday posts today. i haven't commented on any of them yet. dang! this post is late, but i have been working on other things and posting is a chore this week.
here's my question: what are you doing for thanksgiving? do you host dinner? do you go somewhere else? is it a HUGE family get together, or something more close to home? what is your favorite thing on the table during dinner? oh and also, are you crazy enough to go out shopping on black friday?
next thursday, i will be at my grandma's during the day with tucker and my mom's family. matt might be working. then, that night, i'll be going over to my dad's to have thanksgiving dinner #2 with my dad, stepmom, bro and his wife. my favorite thing on the table is ... turkey, my grandma weezie's stuffing, and mashed potatoes. yum de dum.
friday, i think i'm going to be stupid enough to go shopping on black friday. i have a few things scoped out and i'm about to purchase a taser to help make my way to the front of the line go faster. YES.
saturday, we'll be having thanksgiving dinner #3 with matt's family at my in-law's house. i think by this point, i will be in some type of turkey coma. on saturday evening, my cousin is getting married, so we'll be attending that. i think that if they happen to be serving turkey at the reception, i just might start growing feathers.
sunday, my belly will be 9x the size it is now. oh, and there's a good chance my unborn child will develop a 'wish bone' after the holiday weekend.
now, how about you?
We're coming to Duluth, having t-giving dinner at my parents', and staying a few days. My HUSBAND is making the pies (he rules!) I think if I ever had to host something major like a Thanksgiving dinner I'd freak the freak out. I doubt I'll be doing any shopping on Black Friday. Gave that up a few years ago:)
Posted by: anne | 2009.11.20 at 14:01
you just crack me up daughter, please don't let your unborn child sprout wings or anything, lol.
we spend our thanksgiving with "gramma weezie" (my mom) she is one of the best cooks in the world and a pretty good "Fudge Maker" too. (right jen?)
we have gone to my step neices house in the past, but really enjoy spending time with my kids and tucker at my moms.
i don't get to spend too much "Quality Time" with my kids these days, so these times that we do get together are "Very Special" to me.
Happy Thanksgiving to all jenny's "Stickyfeathers" friends!
Posted by: jenny's mom/tucker's gram | 2009.11.20 at 09:52
We have Thanksgiving dinner at my in-laws. I am so lucky that my m-i-l makes EVERYTHING and refuses to let her kids and myself make anything, unless it's something little. Like this year, she asked if we could bring cheese and crackers. She totally enjoys making tons of food and loves having her family close.
My faves are: a little turkey, dipped in stuffing with mashed potatoes & gravy, then rolled in corn...all in one bite. I know, I know, I AM weird and I'm okay with that. :)
Shopping on Friday? I tried it once last year. I got up early (not on purpose, just happened to wake up). So I headed to Best Buy and waited in line outside the building from 3am until 6am...all for nothing. They passed out vouchers for the biggest deals and since I was towards the end of the line, I didn't get one. Apparently, the folks in the front got there Thanksgiving Day afternoon! Instead, I do the Black Friday shopping online.
Posted by: Val | 2009.11.20 at 08:52
thanksgiving day is the only day out of the year that my mom's family (siblings and offspring) get together...so we will be going to see that side of the family(40+). fortunately we won't be driving far this year...my grandma moved to an assisted living place here in town and we're just using the fellowship hall at our church so we'll have enough room for everyone.
favorite thing on the table: mashed potatoes, noodles, corn and dressing. it has to be all of these items because you can't have one without the other. :)
shopping: NO NO NO NO NO. i do not have the patience for it. i hope to make dan drag out the christmas decorations that day!
Posted by: Amber | 2009.11.20 at 07:44
I'm hosting this year and there will be 12 of us - mix of Mike's family and mine. My fave is stuffing.
Yes - shopping on Fri. Last year was my first experience and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be.
Posted by: Leah | 2009.11.20 at 07:22
Joleen and Logan are having Taco's at their wedding so that will be a good change for you :) Except if your like me at the moment... that just means a worse case of pregnancy heartburn Saturday night :)
Posted by: Angela | 2009.11.19 at 22:29