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Turkey - not too dark!
Nov. 27th, 2024 09:30 amThis is - in some ways - not our First Quiet Thanksgiving Rodeo. It's definitely different.
I know during Covid and some years since we moved, sometimes mom was here, and sometimes she wasn't - either at her own house or visiting Chris & Michelle. I think there was a year I was sick and couldn't go out.
But this is definitely the first thanksgiving of its kind for me. In the Lego movies, Batman sings about being an orphan with no parents to comedic effect. That's how I look at myself when I'm noticing it - I hear Lego Batman being overly and sillily dramatic. (Silly should be an adverb, I say.). Anyway, so this is the first time I got no parents, no grandparents, and could call maybe 4 aunts on the phone when once i had 7 aunts (and many years I'd see at least 2 of the aunts in person and a grandma!) So, I acknowledge that times have changed, that it is sad, and also not to get too dramatic about it.
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The 4 of us will try to do the usual and have way too much food. It's the best I can do - something kind of traditional but also finding our new identity as a family, again, as the kids grow, and life changes.
The only tiny turkey I could find was fresh, and I got it on saturday, and I had a panic yesterday thinking maybe I shouldn't have got it so early - 'fresh turkey stays good in the fridge only for a day or so,' says the usda or butterball.
HOWEVER, it goes on to say "or if it's sealed until the best-buy date on the tag" which puts us in a safe zone. (The date is the 29th - friday)
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I called the Turkey Hotline last night and dan laughed at me when he realized what I was doing so I hung up before I talked to anyone.
I know during Covid and some years since we moved, sometimes mom was here, and sometimes she wasn't - either at her own house or visiting Chris & Michelle. I think there was a year I was sick and couldn't go out.
But this is definitely the first thanksgiving of its kind for me. In the Lego movies, Batman sings about being an orphan with no parents to comedic effect. That's how I look at myself when I'm noticing it - I hear Lego Batman being overly and sillily dramatic. (Silly should be an adverb, I say.). Anyway, so this is the first time I got no parents, no grandparents, and could call maybe 4 aunts on the phone when once i had 7 aunts (and many years I'd see at least 2 of the aunts in person and a grandma!) So, I acknowledge that times have changed, that it is sad, and also not to get too dramatic about it.
---
The 4 of us will try to do the usual and have way too much food. It's the best I can do - something kind of traditional but also finding our new identity as a family, again, as the kids grow, and life changes.
The only tiny turkey I could find was fresh, and I got it on saturday, and I had a panic yesterday thinking maybe I shouldn't have got it so early - 'fresh turkey stays good in the fridge only for a day or so,' says the usda or butterball.
HOWEVER, it goes on to say "or if it's sealed until the best-buy date on the tag" which puts us in a safe zone. (The date is the 29th - friday)
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I called the Turkey Hotline last night and dan laughed at me when he realized what I was doing so I hung up before I talked to anyone.