The Day After..
Oh my gosh! I did it up good yesterday. I now have to let my belt out another notch! It was all sooooooooo good though.
I stayed up on Wednesday until 11:30pm getting the kitchen set up, stuffing made, table set, and everything ready to go so all I had to do on Thursday was get the bird in the oven, turn on the stuffing (crock pot), and finish up with some last minute cooking.
We had 8 people at my house: brother-in-law Bill, his wife Jackie, their daughter Amy and her partner Nick, Mary - Jackie's mother, and Ella, my mother-in-law, and of course me and hubster.
The food was delicious, if I do say so myself. Most importantly, the gravy did not have lumps! (That's because I've finally found out that it is less headach to just go by the premade stuff than to keep apologizing for the lumpy gravy!) ~L~
My in-laws are ranchers - so by 3:00pm, everyone was gone. My first year I cooked Thanksgiving dinner, I was just SURE that they hated me because they didn't stick around and visit. I grew up in a family where everyone shows up at 10am and leaves at 10pm. But, after so many years with my in-laws, it's become second nature for me to have the table cleared, dishes washed and put away, leftovers stowed away in the frigdge, and me sitting on the couch watching football or a movie by 4pm. ~LOL~
Today, the day after, is a casual day. Instead of going to the gym as I had planned, I pulled out my mat and did a full hour of yoga - down dog and all! I was a little worried on how it would feel after gorging myself on food yesterday, but it was a piece of cake. It felt good to move, breath and stretch out, and just get inside my head and let the outside world fall away from my thoughts.
I do plan on going in to town later though - doing some shopping (as little as possible!), and maybe catching up with some friends later on. My mother-in-law and I are going to watch the Holiday Razzle-Dazzle parade on main street - hopefully from the comfort of indoors!
I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving and is surviving the Black Friday hustle and bustle.
I stayed up on Wednesday until 11:30pm getting the kitchen set up, stuffing made, table set, and everything ready to go so all I had to do on Thursday was get the bird in the oven, turn on the stuffing (crock pot), and finish up with some last minute cooking.
We had 8 people at my house: brother-in-law Bill, his wife Jackie, their daughter Amy and her partner Nick, Mary - Jackie's mother, and Ella, my mother-in-law, and of course me and hubster.
The food was delicious, if I do say so myself. Most importantly, the gravy did not have lumps! (That's because I've finally found out that it is less headach to just go by the premade stuff than to keep apologizing for the lumpy gravy!) ~L~
My in-laws are ranchers - so by 3:00pm, everyone was gone. My first year I cooked Thanksgiving dinner, I was just SURE that they hated me because they didn't stick around and visit. I grew up in a family where everyone shows up at 10am and leaves at 10pm. But, after so many years with my in-laws, it's become second nature for me to have the table cleared, dishes washed and put away, leftovers stowed away in the frigdge, and me sitting on the couch watching football or a movie by 4pm. ~LOL~
Today, the day after, is a casual day. Instead of going to the gym as I had planned, I pulled out my mat and did a full hour of yoga - down dog and all! I was a little worried on how it would feel after gorging myself on food yesterday, but it was a piece of cake. It felt good to move, breath and stretch out, and just get inside my head and let the outside world fall away from my thoughts.
I do plan on going in to town later though - doing some shopping (as little as possible!), and maybe catching up with some friends later on. My mother-in-law and I are going to watch the Holiday Razzle-Dazzle parade on main street - hopefully from the comfort of indoors!
I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving and is surviving the Black Friday hustle and bustle.
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