Thanksgiving dinner is over, and the last of my family have left. About 90%, or maybe more, of the cleanup is done, and I have the first of two loads of table linens in the washer. The rental chairs have been collected, the recyclables gathered, and the dishwasher is running as we speak. Most of the dishes were hand washed by my nieces, but I'm cleaning up the dessert plates and a few pans.
It was lovely! One of my nieces said that this is the most incredible meal our family has during the course of the year. I think it's because everyone rises to the challenge and brings their finest recipes. As a family, we love to try new recipes, so there are always too many appetizers and desserts. We have food left over for days of meals, and I have to surf for ways to use up leftover ham.
I got to see parts of my family I haven't seen for several years, and I played with a one year old who wore me out just watching him. I love Thanksgiving.
Thank you, to my family, for making it such a wonderful day.
Comments (3)
Sound like you had a blast with the family. That's great. Thinking of you from Chicago.
Posted by joe | November 26, 2004 1:02 PM
Posted on November 26, 2004 13:02
I'll rest up for you, Buffy! Glad everything turned out so well (and I'm glad to hear that you had to have rental chairs for that many people--we could only provide chairs for 22 people using every reasonable chair in the house and every reasonable bench, including the piano bench for two people and our desk chairs!)
Posted by Cop Car | November 26, 2004 1:09 PM
Posted on November 26, 2004 13:09
I hope you're having a good time, Joe, despite the cold weather!
Cop Car, we've been known to use dressing table seats, benches, bedroom side chairs and office chairs in a pinch. It was easier when the kids were a lot smaller. Now that so many of my mother's great grand children are adult sized, we have to rent chairs to seat everyone.
Posted by Buffy | November 26, 2004 5:59 PM
Posted on November 26, 2004 17:59