November 24, 2011

• Happy Thanksgiving Everyone?

   

  TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

  I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving.  The Beast and I shared the preparation of our chicken dinner.  It was very much like a regular Thanksgiving dinner except we cooked a 7 lb. capon that turned out wonderful.  I stuffed it with our regular bread dressing and made a separate dish of oyster dressing.  The Beast had already started the sweet potatoes boiling when I woke up so we had real sweet potato casserole.  With one difference because.....the Beast forgot miniature marshmallows.  That set me off laughing because this is HIS favorite dish and he forgot the part he loves.  I made a crunchy topping for it that was made from oatmeal, brown sugar, nuts, butter and flour.  You add it at the end of the cooking time like you would the marshmallows and let it get nice and brown.  Delicious and it's actually less calories.  Not that anyone is really counting calories around here...LOL.

  The bad thing that happened to me was I forgot to eat anything.  I was drinking coffee but it never occurred to me that I wasn't EATING because we were dealing with all sorts of foods.  You know, chopping celery and onions, nuts, making the stuffing, etc.  It seems like all you are doing is making food to eat and your stomach growling seems like it's just in anticipation.  So, when dinner was ready and I filled my plate, I suddenly got very sick and vomited.  I had to lay down and fell asleep.  When I woke up after about an hour, I was very leery about eating anything but I had a bite of this and a bite of that and it all stayed down.  Phew!  What a relief. 

  Later on, my niece, Tara, came by to drop off some leftovers from her Thanksgiving dinner.  Real mashed potatoes (she made the boys peel the potatoes  ), a delicious gravy, some sliced turkey, chicken and noodles, baked corn casserole (the Beast loves it) and....a favorite of Tara's and mine....a *fruit salad* that is made with cottage cheese, mixed fruits, jello powder and cool whip.  Poor Tara has had a tough time with that since she fell in love with it at one of my dinners.  She's made it several times and it always came out watery.  This time she nailed it and it came out right.  I had sent her the recipe again and stated that all the fruits used had to be thoroughly drained as a reminder.  She was so proud of herself and I really enjoyed it.  She didn't bring over too much.  It's just enough for one meal for us.  Perfect! 

  The Princess has promised us some leftovers which we will get tomorrow when she brings Chewlee, I'm sure.  I'm hoping she brings some of the squash dish since I love squash and some of the green bean casserole.  I didn't make any because the Beast didn't know it required the french fried onions and he can take it or leave it so it's not high on his list of things to remember. 

  My son, Mustachio, called to wish us a Happy Thanksgiving.  He was at Buttmunch's house.  She prepared Thanksgiving dinner for herself, Circle, Sheepie and Mustachio.  She wanted to have a family dinner this year so we didn't bring Sheepie down for the Holiday.  As it is, it's a good thing since both the Beast and I were sick.  I found out that she and the Princess were having some sort of fight on Facebook and Sheepie was saying her boyfriend's family was wonderful and HER family sucked.  Funny but I helped get part of her graduation fees paid for her and I've paid several times a year for her to come visit with us (Spring Break, Summer vacations, Thanksgiving and Christmas) where she ends up spending most of her time with her boyfriend.  They DO watch movies here on the big screen TV so we get to see her.  I've never complained about that because she was kept apart from us for so many years before we found her and got her back in our lives.

  She now lives with her mother in Louisville and will be graduating in May.  She WAS working but it was her first job and she didn't know that you don't tell your boss that you were offered another job at higher pay for when you turn 18 (she turns 18 at the tail end of January).  Result?  She got fired.  I don't know if she found another job but she liked being able to have pocket money and be putting money in the bank.  It enabled her to buy her own laptop and she still had money in the bank.  She had never worked before.  It was the reason we didn't get her this past summer.  She was making money instead.  It's not bad enough that the Princess and the Beast have bad blood going on (but it seems to be easing) but now the two cousins are fighting?  I'm too old for this shit.  It may just ruin my Christmas plans.

  Oh well.  C'est la vie!  I will just take a deep breath and let things unfold as they will.  I can't make things better and I don't want to make things worse.  I love all my kids and grandkids and I sure don't like to see them fighting and saying mean things to each other.  Family is forever.  Friends (even boyfriends) come and go as we grow and experience life.  One thing is very true.  Life is not stagnant.  It is in a state of flux all the time.  We should remember to be careful of what we say because it can come back to bite you in the ass later on.  There's an old saying that's very true.....If you can't say anything good about someone, don't say anything at all.  That includes when you are angry or hurt.

  Love you all.  Hope your day was as nice weather-wise as ours was.  It was like Indian Summer here today with lots of sunlight and gentle breezes.  Be good, be careful and drive carefully.  Watch out for the other guy.  Driving defensively is smarter than you might think. 
  

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