Thanksigiving
Well, it is Thanksgiving.
I kind of miss the times when I actually used to look forward to this Holiday, instead of just being "meh" about the whole thing.
It's been extra stressful this year for some reason- Jeremy's mom is kind of obsessed with dishes (probably because she's been the default dish-doer since she stopped working? I dunno. I've been helping lately, though), so every time that Thanksgiving comes up she gets all mopey about the mess or whatever. She's also been really complaining lately that things get messy in the first place, which I of course think is pointless because, let's face it- dishes are gonna get dirty, bookshelves are gonna have books taken off them, and stuff is going to accumulate on the table. It'll get cleaned up for weekly people coming over, but it's going to re-accumulate and acting like it won't is just silly.
And look, I'm the first person to admit that cleaning sucks. But there's no way around it. No matter what you do, stuff is gonna need cleaning again.
Anyway, we ended up ordering a ham dinner from one place and a turkey dinner from another for Thanksgiving instead of doing all the cooking from scratch. I was the one who brought up the idea, so hopefully if it turns out to be a total disaster I won't be the one who gets blamed, though I suppose I won't be surprised if I am (sigh). We picked up the stuff yesterday and it's definitely not the same as what Wegmans does, which sucks, but it's still up in the air as to whether or not that is going to turn out to be a bad thing. We ordered from two grocery stores, as well, and so far Smith's is definitely winning out. We got the ham from there- but their sides are definitely superior. And it came with a pie. All for $5 less than what we spent at Albertson's on the Turkey dinner. Also, Albertson's was all frozen stuff- it wasn't even from the store's local prepared foods stash, it was all just frozen pre-packaged stuff that they probably got shipped.. I mean I'm sure it'll taste fine but Smith's actually had stuff from their prepared foods area- scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole. And while we were at Smith's we picked up some of their cranberry "salad" or whatever they called it, which looks pretty darned fabulous.
I've got no clue if any of this is going to even be that tasty (Well, at least some of it from Smith's is going to be) or if it's going to be just as much of a pain in the ass as regular thanksgiving (Well, the stuff we can microwave won't, but the turkey is going to probably still be half-frozen so even though it's fully cooked we're going to have to cook it almost as long as a raw bird), but I suppose we'll find out, and I hope that if people aren't impressed that I don't get the blame- because I didn't really suggest it, I just brought it up and mentioned my experience back in New York (which was positive).
Anyway, besides all that drama.. I guess what I miss most about holidays is actually being EXCITED for them. I mean, I guess that at least part of the lack of excitement is my own fault because I've largely developed the attitude that I don't have to wait till Thanksgiving to have turkey if I want it... and that sort of applies to other parts of my life and other holidays. I guess if I want to cultivate the excitement I should relegate some things to "Holiday-only," but at the same time that just seems silly to me, and also a wee bit dangerous because if we know anything about what tends to trigger my eating disorder and other issues, it's the whole "You can't have it now" thing when I'm craving any particular thing, be it food or yarn or whatever.
Anyhow, hope that you all have a good Thanksgiving that is free of family drama and filled with tasty food.
I kind of miss the times when I actually used to look forward to this Holiday, instead of just being "meh" about the whole thing.
It's been extra stressful this year for some reason- Jeremy's mom is kind of obsessed with dishes (probably because she's been the default dish-doer since she stopped working? I dunno. I've been helping lately, though), so every time that Thanksgiving comes up she gets all mopey about the mess or whatever. She's also been really complaining lately that things get messy in the first place, which I of course think is pointless because, let's face it- dishes are gonna get dirty, bookshelves are gonna have books taken off them, and stuff is going to accumulate on the table. It'll get cleaned up for weekly people coming over, but it's going to re-accumulate and acting like it won't is just silly.
And look, I'm the first person to admit that cleaning sucks. But there's no way around it. No matter what you do, stuff is gonna need cleaning again.
Anyway, we ended up ordering a ham dinner from one place and a turkey dinner from another for Thanksgiving instead of doing all the cooking from scratch. I was the one who brought up the idea, so hopefully if it turns out to be a total disaster I won't be the one who gets blamed, though I suppose I won't be surprised if I am (sigh). We picked up the stuff yesterday and it's definitely not the same as what Wegmans does, which sucks, but it's still up in the air as to whether or not that is going to turn out to be a bad thing. We ordered from two grocery stores, as well, and so far Smith's is definitely winning out. We got the ham from there- but their sides are definitely superior. And it came with a pie. All for $5 less than what we spent at Albertson's on the Turkey dinner. Also, Albertson's was all frozen stuff- it wasn't even from the store's local prepared foods stash, it was all just frozen pre-packaged stuff that they probably got shipped.. I mean I'm sure it'll taste fine but Smith's actually had stuff from their prepared foods area- scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole. And while we were at Smith's we picked up some of their cranberry "salad" or whatever they called it, which looks pretty darned fabulous.
I've got no clue if any of this is going to even be that tasty (Well, at least some of it from Smith's is going to be) or if it's going to be just as much of a pain in the ass as regular thanksgiving (Well, the stuff we can microwave won't, but the turkey is going to probably still be half-frozen so even though it's fully cooked we're going to have to cook it almost as long as a raw bird), but I suppose we'll find out, and I hope that if people aren't impressed that I don't get the blame- because I didn't really suggest it, I just brought it up and mentioned my experience back in New York (which was positive).
Anyway, besides all that drama.. I guess what I miss most about holidays is actually being EXCITED for them. I mean, I guess that at least part of the lack of excitement is my own fault because I've largely developed the attitude that I don't have to wait till Thanksgiving to have turkey if I want it... and that sort of applies to other parts of my life and other holidays. I guess if I want to cultivate the excitement I should relegate some things to "Holiday-only," but at the same time that just seems silly to me, and also a wee bit dangerous because if we know anything about what tends to trigger my eating disorder and other issues, it's the whole "You can't have it now" thing when I'm craving any particular thing, be it food or yarn or whatever.
Anyhow, hope that you all have a good Thanksgiving that is free of family drama and filled with tasty food.