Nathan at the park, Thanksgiving 2008It's Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday of the year. What I like about Thanksgiving is that it has the warmth and family togetherness of Christmas, without the insane stress and commercialism. Plus, is there anything better than mashed potatoes mixed with cranberry sauce? What, is that just something I like?
Also, there's the sweet potato casserole. I list that as one of the foods I would eat with reckless abandon if I found out I only had a month to live. (The other food is the strawberry Jell-o and pretzel salad.)
This year, my small family of three is going to a restaurant for Thanksgiving. Some people think going to restaurants on Thanksgiving is kind of sad. I used to think that, too, until last year when I cooked the whole meal. It was so stressful. And it was so expensive. I spent $200 on just the basic ingredients to feed 4 adults and two extremely picky toddlers. Shortly after Thanksgiving, I drove past this one restaurant that still had the advertisement up that they were offering an all-you-can-eat Thanksgiving buffet for $18. And I thought, I could have paid for everyone to go to that restaurant and only paid half of what I paid to cook. So this year, we're going to that restaurant. (I should note that our guests from last year's Thanksgiving are out of town this year.)
Honestly, I am so happy about how low-key this Thanksgiving is. I admit that it is sad that I'm not with my extended family today. It would be nice to have a big family dinner where we all pitch in and cook. But if I can't have that, I'll settle for a quiet Thanksgiving dinner that somebody else cooks for me.
After the restaurant, we are going to see Megamind. That movie has something for everyone. It's a kids' movie for Nathan, a superhero movie for Bill, and it has the voice talents of Tina Fey for me.
What I like about Thanksgiving is that everything slows down for a tiny little while. I didn't really realize how much our recent schedule has kind of stressed me out. But between the twice-weekly preschool battle, the gym, running around between children's activities, and, yes, even my blog obligations (blobligations?), things have seemed pretty crazy.
And it's nice to have everything shut down for a weekend. I mean, yes, the gym is still open (and in fact I'm doing their Butterball Burner 5K tomorrow). I will still be completing my blobligatory last few days of NaBloPoMo on this blog. But I'm taking a little break from my other blogs, because I figure not many people will be reading this weekend anyway. And we'll all be home, indoors where it's warm, with an excuse to be schlubs for a few days. Because it's Thanksgiving!
I'm thankful for my family and the time I have to spend with them. I'm thankful for my vast network of loving extended family members, even though I won't see them today. I'm also thankful that we all have our physical and mental health. And of course I'm thankful for a financially stable lifestyle with enough to eat and a roof over our heads, because there are many people who don't have those things.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Also, there's the sweet potato casserole. I list that as one of the foods I would eat with reckless abandon if I found out I only had a month to live. (The other food is the strawberry Jell-o and pretzel salad.)
This year, my small family of three is going to a restaurant for Thanksgiving. Some people think going to restaurants on Thanksgiving is kind of sad. I used to think that, too, until last year when I cooked the whole meal. It was so stressful. And it was so expensive. I spent $200 on just the basic ingredients to feed 4 adults and two extremely picky toddlers. Shortly after Thanksgiving, I drove past this one restaurant that still had the advertisement up that they were offering an all-you-can-eat Thanksgiving buffet for $18. And I thought, I could have paid for everyone to go to that restaurant and only paid half of what I paid to cook. So this year, we're going to that restaurant. (I should note that our guests from last year's Thanksgiving are out of town this year.)
Honestly, I am so happy about how low-key this Thanksgiving is. I admit that it is sad that I'm not with my extended family today. It would be nice to have a big family dinner where we all pitch in and cook. But if I can't have that, I'll settle for a quiet Thanksgiving dinner that somebody else cooks for me.
After the restaurant, we are going to see Megamind. That movie has something for everyone. It's a kids' movie for Nathan, a superhero movie for Bill, and it has the voice talents of Tina Fey for me.
What I like about Thanksgiving is that everything slows down for a tiny little while. I didn't really realize how much our recent schedule has kind of stressed me out. But between the twice-weekly preschool battle, the gym, running around between children's activities, and, yes, even my blog obligations (blobligations?), things have seemed pretty crazy.
And it's nice to have everything shut down for a weekend. I mean, yes, the gym is still open (and in fact I'm doing their Butterball Burner 5K tomorrow). I will still be completing my blobligatory last few days of NaBloPoMo on this blog. But I'm taking a little break from my other blogs, because I figure not many people will be reading this weekend anyway. And we'll all be home, indoors where it's warm, with an excuse to be schlubs for a few days. Because it's Thanksgiving!
I'm thankful for my family and the time I have to spend with them. I'm thankful for my vast network of loving extended family members, even though I won't see them today. I'm also thankful that we all have our physical and mental health. And of course I'm thankful for a financially stable lifestyle with enough to eat and a roof over our heads, because there are many people who don't have those things.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
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