After Thanksgiving

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I forgot to mention earlier that traditionally my very kind husband takes over the task of getting all the meat off the turkey after the meal and then cleans the roasting pan for me. I am so grateful — by that point in the day I’m wearing out!

I also forgot to mention in my Fave Five’s that when Jim went to pick up his mom for Thanksgiving dinner, he had his little car with the sunroof open. I guess he had never had it open when she had been in that car before. When she noticed it, she looked up to see out of it better and said, “Hi, God!” Cracked us up.

Edited to add: Here’s my husband’s (much better) version of the story, sent to his family:

I picked mom up in my car which has a sunroof.  Mom loves clouds and she always notices them and tries to figure out what they reminder her of.  So on Thanksgiving when I picked her up, at first, she did not notice the open sunroof (remember she sees with only one eye).  When we turned and the sun shined in her lap she looked up through the open sun roof and exclaimed “Hey!”.  Her head dropped back down to look at the sunshine on her lap, like she was figuring it all out and she looked back up and said, “Hi God!”.  Maybe you had to be there and to hear her squeaky voice say it,  but it was really cute.  Perhaps as long as a Thanksgiving prayer needs to be.

I had a very refreshing lazy day Friday. It was nice after a busy previous couple of days. I stayed in my jammies til after lunch, mainly messing around on the computer.

I hadn’t planned to go out on Black Friday, but Michael’s had a good sale on some things I was interested in, so I ventured out in the late afternoon. It wasn’t bad at all. Not too crowded and everyone was fairly friendly. The cashier and the lady directly behind me and I hadn’t been out in the morning and had, in fact, slept in, so we were pretty fresh! I imagine all those who had been out at 4 or 5 a.m. were taking a nap — or wishing they could. Plus I had some gift cards saved from birthday and Mother’s Day, which took care of 4/5 of what I bought, most of which was 50-60% off. A good excursion!

When I got home I told Jim I had been planning on making turkey bone soup, unless he wanted to take me out. 🙂 Jeremy asked me if that was a threat. I told him, no, I only use tuna casserole for that. 😀 We ended up all going out to a Mexican food restaurant — LOVE their chicken chimichangas!

Overall I’d say I had a pretty good day!

So, it’s turkey bone soup tonight. It is my all time favorite after-Thanksgiving dish. Plus I want to get the turkey carcass out of the refrigerator.

I’m not sure what all else is on the agenda for today besides a little laundry. I probably should sit down and make a game plan so I don’t waste spend another day being lazy. Two lazy days in a row would probably be even more indulgent.

Hope you have a great Saturday!

11 thoughts on “After Thanksgiving”

  1. Hey, that Turkey Bone Soup line really works. I told Amoeba that’s what we were having for dinner tomorrow, so he said we were going out tonight so he could have a different flavor!

  2. Hi God. I love that! Enjoy your turkey bone soup. I need to go to Michael’s too but I’m waiting until the boys are back in school next week. They love crafts and always load the cart up with stuff they want 🙂

  4. My DIL went out shopping before anyone else was up yesterday morning. They were to leave at 8:30, heading toward Texas. Needless to say, that didn’t happen. Son packed up but had to wait on her before he could load the car. He didn’t express any irritation, at least not to us.
    After they left, I laundered their sheets and towels, vacuumed and cleaned the guest bathroom. I had felt fine up until about 4:00, then began to have cold symptoms. I decided to go to bed at 7:00. Honey Bear joined me there. I was just so exhausted. Seems like we’ve been so busy for the 5 days they were here. I feel better this morning. I’m hoping this is just a cold and clears up soon.
    I think it would be fine if you rested up another day.
    Mama Bear

  5. That is so sweet, Barbara, and I loved it when Jim said, “Perhaps as long as a Thanksgiving prayer needs to be.” I believe he is right. 🙂

  6. I love your mother-in-law’s Thanksgiving prayer. When I cooked Thanksgiving dinner, I always made soup a day or two afterward. I love it.

  7. “Jeremy asked me if that was a threat. I told him, no, I only use tuna casserole for that. 😀 ”

    Loved that. 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving!

  8. LOL! If I told Dennis the choice was Turkey Bone Soup – we’d be having the soup – for sure! He LOVES my home made turkey soup – and I ALWAYS make it if I’ve cooked a turkey. And yea… I always put at least one bay leaf in ANY poultry soup I make. I’ve never put garlic in though… I’ll have to do that next time! I don’t use that garlic powder though… it leaves a BAD taste in my mouth! I just get the fresh and use that. Here’s the sad part. I LOVE my home made Turkey SOUP too — but I’m not at ALL a fan of the meat of a turkey. Although, my favorite lunch meat is turkey… I just care much for baked/roasted/fried turkey.

  10. Love the tuna casserole threat–I’ll have to use one like that on my husband!
    It’s nice to have a day or two to laze around after TG I think. I look at it as a time of regrouping for me.

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