I've been sitting in this recliner for an indecent number of hours - occasionally getting up to serve myself some more pumpkin pie, or to make what I refer to as "turkey slop," (turkey slop recipe: Combine a handful of turkey, a couple of scoops each of gravy, stuffing, and mashed potatoes - heat on medium-high until it steams and is awesomely mushy and delicious) - I even had a bagel sometime in there. It's been AWESOME.
Thanksgiving is great because it's all about the food. Normally I'm as excited about Black Friday as I am about Thanksgiving, but as I have explained previously, I'm not doing big shopping this year. But I have done some serious imaginary shopping in the past 24 hours!!
Diane, a friend of Mom & Jeanne's, came to Thanksgiving dinner and brought her paper, chock full o' store flyers. Were you aware that Walmart had Kitchenaid stand mixers for $150!?!? Granted, I already have one, and I got it on super sale at Kohl's a couple of years ago for $99, but I tell you - if I were upper middle class instead of on the lower end of it, I'd be on top of that. Why would I need two mixers you ask? Because they're fabulous and it's such a deal.
Imagine how much of a hoarder I'd be if I were rich!!!
I had a few more near-seizures looking through the flyers. But, somehow managed to stay in my pajamas all day watching Christmas movies. A good time was had by all - well, specifically a good time was had by me.
Today we watched Surviving Christmas, I think Mom and I are the only people in the country (maybe aside from Ben Affleck's mom) who love that movie. The fact is that a movie has to be REALLY bad before I'll say I don't like it. I don't know that I've ever met a movie that sucked so badly I was unwilling to power through it (do you hear that makers of 'Vanity Fair'??? I watched your whole godforsaken film - what felt like about seventeen hours I'll never get back). We also watched a two-episode Christmas Little House on the Prairie dvd, and 'Holiday in Handcuffs' - a delightful ABC Family made-for-TV lovely flick.
My fingers are crossed that we'll be able to find Mom's copy of 'Scrooged' tomorrow when we dig out the ornaments. I don't know if Azi has ever seen it, and I know I haven't in a couple of years. Probably someone should buy it for me as well.
Tomorrow we're off to the woods to chop down ye olde Christmas Tree. Last year we tromped around Dad's property in Howland to find our tree - this year it'll be on the banks of Cain's Pond. Cross your fingers that we find the PERFECT tree (at least let it be more like Charlie Brown's tree AFTER the application of the magic ornaments than before when it only had a few branches) - last year we had to triple up ornaments on some branches.
Thanksgiving is great because it's all about the food. Normally I'm as excited about Black Friday as I am about Thanksgiving, but as I have explained previously, I'm not doing big shopping this year. But I have done some serious imaginary shopping in the past 24 hours!!
Diane, a friend of Mom & Jeanne's, came to Thanksgiving dinner and brought her paper, chock full o' store flyers. Were you aware that Walmart had Kitchenaid stand mixers for $150!?!? Granted, I already have one, and I got it on super sale at Kohl's a couple of years ago for $99, but I tell you - if I were upper middle class instead of on the lower end of it, I'd be on top of that. Why would I need two mixers you ask? Because they're fabulous and it's such a deal.
Imagine how much of a hoarder I'd be if I were rich!!!
I had a few more near-seizures looking through the flyers. But, somehow managed to stay in my pajamas all day watching Christmas movies. A good time was had by all - well, specifically a good time was had by me.
Today we watched Surviving Christmas, I think Mom and I are the only people in the country (maybe aside from Ben Affleck's mom) who love that movie. The fact is that a movie has to be REALLY bad before I'll say I don't like it. I don't know that I've ever met a movie that sucked so badly I was unwilling to power through it (do you hear that makers of 'Vanity Fair'??? I watched your whole godforsaken film - what felt like about seventeen hours I'll never get back). We also watched a two-episode Christmas Little House on the Prairie dvd, and 'Holiday in Handcuffs' - a delightful ABC Family made-for-TV lovely flick.
My fingers are crossed that we'll be able to find Mom's copy of 'Scrooged' tomorrow when we dig out the ornaments. I don't know if Azi has ever seen it, and I know I haven't in a couple of years. Probably someone should buy it for me as well.
