While I always enjoy the end result of Thanksgiving dinner (i.e. eating mass amounts of food with virtually no guilt), I despise all the preparation required for this one meal. I hate the crowds of people clogging up the isles at the grocery store. I hate running from store to store trying to piece together all my ingredients because for some crazy reason, several stores fail to order extra roasting pans, cranberry jelly, and frozen pies for the holiday weekend. I hate that the cashier at the grocery store ripped the price tag off my turkey and didn't give it back because now I have absolutely no idea how much my turkey weighs so that I can figure out its cooking time. I hate the fact that the cashier lady at the Quickie Mart has to make the comment to the other clerk, "Boy, this one sure likes the drink" simply because I bought two six packs of beer and vodka, again in preparation for our impending guests and the upcoming holiday. But mostly I hate the fact that Thanksgiving means my birthday is lurking around the corner and I turn another year older.
Okay, now that I have all my whining out the way, on a much happier note, we are excited that my dad, Ed, will be joining us for the next week. It has been almost a year since we've seen him, and this will be his first trip to Oahu, so we are all looking forward to the visit. And I cannot help but mention that we are also looking forward to spending at least a couple days of the week at the beach, lounging around and working on our tans in our balmy 83 degree weather. The reason I mention this you might ask? Oh, mainly because several of you mentioned to me in the past couple days that you are expecting snow. And yes, as crazy as it may sound, we are jealous that you get to experience snow. So maybe I'm trying to make you jealous that we get to spend some of the weekend at the beach. Is it working?
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Frozen pie??? (That probably wasn't what I was supposed to take from the story, huh? Hehe. You know I love you.)
I'm jealous of the ones expecting snow and I'm jealous of you at the beach. In Arkansas we are experiencing weather in the high 70s. It's not hot...not cold...just freaking boring. Blah. The fall colors of the trees are really pretty, so I guess that's something.
Dannie,
We all know the real reason is you can't cook! You are gifted in many ways but in the kitchen is not one of them. Frozen pie proves it!
Of course we all love you anyway.
Have a happy Thanksgiving,
Aunt Marge
I know, I know, I was a little embarrassed to even admit that I was looking for frozen pie...but truth be told, I AM going to buy fresh baked pies at Costco for us normal people. However, the ONLY kind of pie Brian will eat is Dutch Apple (crazy, huh?), and the only place this can be found is in the frozen section at the grocery store. And come on, this is ME we are talking about, so we both know there is no way in heck I will be backing pies from scratch.
I'm laughing...it is 80 in Tulsa today...but tomorrow the high is supposed to be 48!!! What in the world? Global warming, a myth??? Not so sure about that...
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