The bit about the breakfast sounds nice. You two are a really happy pair aren't you. :-)
Oh gosh of course you do. Now that would be unnormal if you didn't. It that you both do so much together. It's like my mum and dad. He was writing to me and then he wrote that he had to stop as he had to go and choose the wallpaper mummy wanted!For the most part? Yes. I really do love the man....99.99% of the time. I think I'm pretty lucky overall. We have our share of "discussions", though.
What! No pumpkin pie? I thought that was mandatory for thanksgiving.Thanksgiving isn't a holiday here, so we're just going to celebrate on a small scale: goose legs, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes (very rare here, but I lucked out this year), green beans and either coleslaw or a tossed salad. No dessert.
I started to write to you but something happened in the middle. I said siblings can be difficult as can parents.Due to my knee being an issue, I've decided to stay home with my BF this year instead of driving over 2 hours to my youngest sister's house. She said she had to throw it this year because her husband is on call (doctor). Truth is, they easily could have gone to my other sister's house in separate cars but she was being cranky about doing that. Plus she hasn't even had the wherewithall to actually call either of us directly to tell us it's even at her house. Like, we were supposed to divine it out of the air.
My brother was refusing to go also - for him it's a 3 hour drive. And she doesn't have the room to put anyone up for the night, and kind of lives in a very small town with little to no hotel availability off-peak, let alone Thanksgiving. My other sister will be going to her since she's only 45 minutes away, but she isn't thrilled that we're not showing up.
So, I invited my brother and his kids to my house. My home is on the small side, but I can accommodate them. I'm going to try not to go overboard cooking to spare my knee, and hopefully the older of his kids will help out since she really loves to cook. The good thing about this is that my brother is very experimental in his food tastes, as we are, so it gives me an opportunity to expand the menu away from the usual things that we don't really care for but are traditional and nobody ever discards from the day.
The bad thing is I'm sure it's going to cause a rift with my youngest sister. But, I can't worry about that. If she can't see the absurdity of us driving that far when it would be easier for the majority to be elsewhere, she'll just have to get over it. My parents would be horrified if they were alive. But then again, if alive, we wouldn't be in this situation most likely. *sighs*
Oh she was expecting us for certain. She finally texted me yesterday saying "You are coming to Thanksgiving, right?!" I said no. As did my brother. But it seems like she understand our reasons or at least is pretending to so that's ok with us.I started to write to you but something happened in the middle. I said siblings can be difficult as can parents.
My sister was expected to go to mum and dad Friday evenings - sabbath eve for Jews - or for them to go to her. If there was a change dad got cross. I was talking to my sister and I told her my son is so silly. He phoned and said would I be upset if they didn't come on a certain Friday as they've been invited out. O told him not to be so silly and for all of them to have a good time. Mysister said he was lucky. Maybe your sister was expecting you all not to go. Will she make a big thing out of it?
What will you make?
I'll have some of my yummy lentil loaf leftovers for myself. And I'll share the side dishes from his T-Day meal. Plus the meal comes with a small pumpkin pie, which I will DEFINITELY take my share of! LOL@betsygee. Aren't you getting a little meal for yourself as well?
@MargeCat. Won't you make a small thanksgiving meal for yourself? It's rotten being alone on the holidays.
You don't live all that far away from me. Why don't you join us for dinner.....I'd love to meet you. Thursday is to be a good day weather-wise. You're more than welcome.
I will be all alone that day. No Thanksgiving dinner for me...
Oh, I see. I'm not normally a pie eater, but I love just about anything pumpkin flavored!Pumpkin pie.
I don't think English people eat pumpkin pie. I've only ever used it to make soup for my babies. When they were babies. Now they're middle aged.