Is
there anything worse than holiday family drama? Only if it is non blood family holiday drama.
My poor young lass.
Our
Thanksgiving feast is translated! Maybe I need another word for that but I can’t
think of one.
So
the deal is this, with all her culinary skills and ambition I asked my daughter
if she wanted to do the honor and cook the Thanksgiving turkey. She signed on
for the job.
Last
Thursday as we headed to see Contagion at the theater in Sunrise mall
we discussed the menu and guests. She was talking a host of sides. Some I have
never made or even heard of before.
Mashed
Potatoes
Gravy
Stuffing
Hot
Salad (Never heard of, don't eat spicy things...)
Lumpias (Yikes time consuming. I have never even tried)
Macaroni
Salad
Bread Rolls
Sweet
Potatoes
Pecan Pie bought not homemade
We
do not have a roasting pan much less pots and containers enough to prepare all
this food. PLUS she wanted to cook it all on Thanksgiving.
I
began to throw up red flags about her 'fly by the seat of her pants' plans and
she began to get annoyed. We still needed to shop. We switched to the invite
list.
Turns
out she wanted to invite her two step sisters. Both sisters have boyfriends who
they live with and baby girls. No my house is not toddler or baby proof.
Still I threw out the crazy idea that seeing as none of our three families have cars they could all come over tonight and sleep here to avoid public transit tomorrow.
Still I threw out the crazy idea that seeing as none of our three families have cars they could all come over tonight and sleep here to avoid public transit tomorrow.
Step sister #2's relationship is volatile. I already told step sister #1 and company, "Abusive
boyfriend is invited to my house any time for a good old fashioned exorcism
lol (intervention) with some modern twists like water boarding." Mamma don’t play
enraged drug addicts attacking family.
Still
with my iron will, a room with a door and a walk in closet I figured I could
brave the 6 of them if they all decided to attend.
If
you can imagine…things are too hot all over for either side to make it. My daughter
came home from being with her father all upset.
“I
tried to call step sister #1 and she wouldn’t answer her phone.” she told me.
“So I called her again and again.”
Yeah that is her type all indignant because she is being “ignored”.
“So I called her again and again.”
Yeah that is her type all indignant because she is being “ignored”.
Both sisters eventually declined our invitation for
holiday dinner and it hurt her feelings. She quit the turkey roasting gig and
wanted to just forget the whole thing.
To put a positive spin on the day I asked her if
she would settle for what she has been craving Lasagna.
I offered for us to make it from scratch but she
declined.
The donut shop across the street says it will be
open 4am-2pm tomorrow. If we get up early and feel interested we can head over
there.
I made two batches of pudding and bought a 3rd.
I have one more to try and then there should be a post on my results on this
blog or the main one. I bought a New York Cheese cake too, so desserts are
covered.
The only thing we are low on is juice. When that
runs out we will make tea. My kitchen is full I do not want to have to grocery
shop for anything besides bottled water until the second weekend in
December. We will see how that goes.
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