Oh dear... I've not been in planning ahead mode the last couple of days and that is not good. I have some left over chicken here we can do for lunch or dinner. I guess I need to run down to the freezer downstairs and figure out what else I can do today.
I had been planning a feast for thursday and then I found out last minute we are "expected" at my husbands brothers house. This always happens with his family, if they have a thing it is a last minute thing. whatever. I'll have to go to the farm and pick up our turkey tomorrow and just come home and cook it that night. None of the other preparations are really thrown off, especially since this time I actually got a few days notice. lol. My daughter wants to make an apple pie so I can still do that with her and take it with us. I never know with his family what they think is a good thing and invariably end up feeling like whatever we did was the opposite of good for them, but I've learned to just not care too much.
I'm a little bumbed because I make really good Thanksgiving food and I'm never comfortable hangin out with DH's family pretending that any of them have a relationship with us. But oh well. Its just for one day and then I can do a "wrong day" thing with my family.
Sorry for the venting! Y'all are the best!
My MIL invited us there for Thanksgiving, but she never did tell us what time to be there...well yesterday she told us it would be dinner time. Why dinner instead of lunch as usual??? Well, because she has invited my best friend's ex-husband over to join us...they JUST got divorced a few weeks ago! 
Can anyone say AWKWARD?!?!!! 
DH is so mad that she is putting us in this situation. He jokingly suggested we leave the kids there for dinner while we go do dinner and movie by ourselves! 
sure do wish we could for real!
Oh dear... I've not been in planning ahead mode the last couple of days and that is not good. I have some left over chicken here we can do for lunch or dinner. I guess I need to run down to the freezer downstairs and figure out what else I can do today.
I had been planning a feast for thursday and then I found out last minute we are "expected" at my husbands brothers house. This always happens with his family, if they have a thing it is a last minute thing. whatever. I'll have to go to the farm and pick up our turkey tomorrow and just come home and cook it that night. None of the other preparations are really thrown off, especially since this time I actually got a few days notice. lol. My daughter wants to make an apple pie so I can still do that with her and take it with us. I never know with his family what they think is a good thing and invariably end up feeling like whatever we did was the opposite of good for them, but I've learned to just not care too much.
I'm a little bumbed because I make really good Thanksgiving food and I'm never comfortable hangin out with DH's family pretending that any of them have a relationship with us. But oh well. Its just for one day and then I can do a "wrong day" thing with my family.
Sorry for the venting! Y'all are the best!
Aren't in-laws wonderful?
) and a bottle of mead for a hostess present. 
Haha. We have gotten away with that a few times over the years, when the "short notice" was like the day before we were "expected". but in the interest of not being guilty of separating my DH from his family all together I try to play along when I feel like I can cope even a little. Although I'm not a big drinker, I'm taking a Samuel Smith's Organic hard cider with me for me (this will not seem odd to DH's family they all bring booze to family gatherings
BTW- maybe DH and I will leave the kids with MIL and her awkward guest and hop over to your house for Thanksgiving! LOL! Where in TN are you? I live 30 miles east of Nashville... Not trying to be a stalker, promise I won't REALLY show up for Thanksgiving!
But as it is I'll just love it for the taste. 
The label also says "honey sun" at the very top and African Herbal Blossom in the middle just over top of a big graphic with a face in the middle. I think the graphic is kind of neat since is seems like both the sun and a daisy at the same time.
I really enjoy doing that. DD11 has torn up a bunch of gluten free rolls for our stuffing we will be making soon. And I am about to stand up and go make either mashed potatoes or potato leek soup.... I haven't decided which.... I hope the an impulse strikes me when I get in the kitchen. After that all that will be left will be putting the stuffing together and in the bird and then the roasting of THE BIRD. Oh and gravy after that, of course. I have the giblets cooking on the stove top for that. That was actually what really got me going to make everything I'd planned on making. DH found out that his brother was planning on gravy from a jar and offered to bring gravy so that we could make a gluten free one that I could have some of.
MMMM- are we on the same page for dinner or what??? I was gonna get some pepper poppers and changed my mind....I will probably HAVE to go get some now, because you have me craving them again...such a bad influence you are!
@LilyWDW oooooh a foodie blog! I'm there.
(I just noticed. hehe.)
