Here’s How I’m Going To Spend My Thanksgiving Week: Laughing
This site has been a little too serious lately and needs some light-hearted humor so I’d thought I would share some about Thanksgiving. And it’s not because I haven’t achieved any goals this week and don’t have anything to write . . .
really.
Here’s a little story from my Thanksgiving last year.
My youngest daughter wrote a beautiful, thought-out story at school about all the things she was thankful for and wanted to read it at Thanksgiving. There were a couple of meaningful parts in the story that were meant for her Grandfather, and her Great-Grandmother to hear, who lost their spouses in the previous years.
So before dinner, she read her moving story. The room was quiet and she read it well. Everyone clapped. I looked over at her Grandfather and Great-Grandmother, expecting them to look proud or sad or happy. Instead, they were conversing together with puzzled looks on their faces.
Ends up, they didn’t have their hearing aids turned up and couldn’t hear a darn thing! I didn’t have the heart to make my daughter read it over again, the moment was gone.
Here is something fun I found on the Internet.
12 Reasons to be Thankful You Burnt the Turkey
1. Salmonella won’t be a concern.
2. Everyone will think your turkey is Cajun blackened.
3. Uninvited guests will think twice next year.
4. Your cheese broccoli lima bean casserole will gain newfound appreciation.
5. Pets won’t bother to pester you for scraps.
6. No one will overeat.
7. The smoke alarm was due for a test.
8. Carving the bird will provide a good cardiovascular workout.
9. You’ll get to the desserts even quicker.
10. After dinner, the guys can take the bird to the yard and play football.
11. The less turkey Uncle You-Know-Who eats, the less likely he will be to walk around with his pants unbuttoned.
12. You won’t have to face three weeks of turkey sandwiches.
What Happens When You Leave The Room on Thanksgiving
How I’m Going To Spend My Thanksgiving Week
I am going to enjoy having my kids home all week, see Wicked in S.F, go see New Moon, take the kids to volunteer, have Thanksgiving at my house, and take my daughter and her friends to a David Archuleta concert.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Do you have any funny stories to share? How are you spending your Thanksgiving?
(Kim has already accomplished her first big dream by traveling to New York with her teenage daughter June of 2009. She lost 20 pounds and overcame her intense dislike (do we say fear?) of flying to accomplish that dream. Now she is looking to take her youngest daughter to Japan and decided to look at taking her graphic design career to the next level to finance her travels. She feels a bit lost with her dream these days though. Kim’s post day is Monday)
DREAM GOAL: NOVEMBER 01, 2010 MAKING $50,000. As A GRAPHIC DESIGNER and WALK THE BAY TO BREAKERS MAY 2010 WITH 8 WOMEN DREAM
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Comments (6)
My best memories of Thanksgiving growing up were with my grandparents. My mom had 3 brothers and a sister, there were always close to 25-30 people each year. Big kids table and little kids table. Standing around in the kitchen for what seemed like HOURS until 15 minutes before we were going to eat, then it seemed as all hell broke loose. And with all that time, the big joke was, the rolls were always burned. Always. But we didn’t care, it actually tasted quite good. Then after dinner, the kids would run around out side, and the adults would just lie around and moan. We’d wait the obligatory 30 minutes for pie, and then we’d head home smiling and tired, ready for bed, and then, the 10pm turkey and mayo sandwich on thin white bread. YUM. Thanks for the reminder…what a great week. My favorite holiday for sure.
I have those kinds of Turkeys at my house – except they are called teenage boys! Happy Thanksgiving Kim!
“6. No one will overeat.”
Ha! Burning the turkey won’t help with that — ’cause it’s not the turkey we eat too much of. It’s the mashed potatoes… and the desserts!
Here’s a story that my mom delighted in telling… over and over again!
I was 16 the first time my mom let me help prepare the turkey. It was early Thanksgiving morning, and “The Bird” as she always called it, was sitting unwrapped on the kitchen counter. She’s sauteing vegetables at the stove, and asks me to pull out the gizzards from the cavity of the bird. I reach in the neck cavity. “Nothing in there.” “Try the other end” she says. So I reach in there expecting to pull out a bag with the heart, kidneys and liver. Nobody ever told me that they stick the neck of the bird in there, too. So I feel something loose, and begin to pull it out. After 5 or 6 inches, I start to cringe and say what *IS* it??? She just starts laughing, and as I pull the rest of the THING out, I screamed and threw it on the floor! My Dad was in the room, too, and boy did they get a good laugh out of that. So mothers, warn your kids about the neck of the bird.
The best part of Thanksgiving when I was in my teens was, my boyfriend and I had to run around to my parents house, then his parents house, then friends houses, we ate so many thanksgiving dinners and enjoyed so many different families, I really miss that.
Eat eat eat…..
Happy Thanksgiving.
One Thanksgiving my dad accidentally spilled the coffee all over the turkey… Mmmm mocha turkey!
My boss years ago told a story about how she thought she was coating her turkey in paprika and accidentally used cayenne pepper (both red!) – whooops! Holy hot turkey!
Thanks for the reminder to keep a sense of humor during the holiday week which can be stressful for many people for sure… Lots to cook, lots to do and sometimes trying relatives… Luckily I adore my family and they make me laugh and my mom is handling the hard stuff with the cooking this year – tho’ I’ll help with the clean-up
Happy Turkey day all!!!
xoxo
Lisa