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Post by Shooby on Nov 24, 2015 7:45:17 GMT -5
And, how much are little kids really going to eat anyway?
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 24, 2015 7:54:44 GMT -5
I like the breakfast idea... Eggs, bacon, pancakes (maybe you can do pumpkin pancakes), cranberry juice, and fruit. Doesn't matter what you cook really.
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Post by yogiii on Nov 24, 2015 7:58:58 GMT -5
We've had Thanksgiving at 11am some years to accommodate guests who were going to two Thanksgivings. What is so hard about 11am?
I don't know about your DIL but there were a couple years of my life where "nap time" was the only sacred half hour in the day that I got to myself. Yes, I would have done everything to protect that. But how can you eat a full turkey meal that early? Well I'm weird and would rather have my big meal at lunch anyway and since I'm up by 5 at the latest every day 11 isn't a weird lunch time. The other non-weird people we were feeding didn't seem to have a problem. Maybe some of them didn't eat breakfast, I don't know.
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Post by violagirl on Nov 24, 2015 7:59:59 GMT -5
I think you are reading too much into what she said. She suggested an earlier time and you jumped to she does not even want to come she hates me. (paraphrasing) How about you work on your inner dialogue. Most people are not out to hurt people they love. When you ask what time is convenient for her she is going to tell you. If that doesn't work for you, then don't eat at the time she suggested. I see this all the time when people blow up innocent comments into huge deals. For your own mental health let it go. You are imputing motives to her that you can't know. Instead of thinking the worst, how about think more positively. I have found giving people the benefit of the doubt works. I know a lady that people really dont' like because she is one of those people that take verbal jabs. I don't know why she does it. I assume she is lonely and had a rough upbringing where that was normal, so even if she says something to me that could be construed to be a jab, I take it at face value. This accomplishes two things: a) I don't get upset at her b) I don't judge her true motives and c) she actually rarely attempts the jabs with me because it doesn't work. I just am determined to be empathetic. Another great truth is that people are not thinking about you as often as you think they are.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Nov 24, 2015 8:01:44 GMT -5
I was a schedule Nazi when my kids were babies. Nap time was 1-3 without exception. If that got messed up, the rest of the day was unbearable as they were conditioned to nap at that time.
That said, requesting dinner at 11 is crazy. After their naps would be more appropriate.
Tell her that it can't be done and you would love to have them after their naps. Or do brunch. But no way would I have a full Thanksgiving dinner at 11am
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Nov 24, 2015 8:14:37 GMT -5
But how can you eat a full turkey meal that early? Well I'm weird and would rather have my big meal at lunch anyway and since I'm up by 5 at the latest every day 11 isn't a weird lunch time. The other non-weird people we were feeding didn't seem to have a problem. Maybe some of them didn't eat breakfast, I don't know. Yeah, I am the opposite, I don't eat much early in the day, but love eating later in the day. Hmmmm.....may be that's why I am the size of the house.
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Post by teen persuasion on Nov 24, 2015 8:17:51 GMT -5
I would feel like I'm related (by blood or marriage) to batshit crazy people if they got up before noon and it's not for work, surgery, or an emergency. Expecting me to cook and serve "dinner" at 11:00 a.m. would confirm it. You must be a part of my clan - we are allergic to mornings. The running joke is that this is a H***** gene (mom's family). We all know not to even expect to talk to mom if we call before noon. Dad, however is an early bird. It must work for them - they'll hit 50 years married this spring.
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Post by Shooby on Nov 24, 2015 8:17:43 GMT -5
I really hate eating late. I cannot stand to eat a big meal after 6 pm. I dont' like going out for late dinners at all.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Nov 24, 2015 8:21:27 GMT -5
I was a schedule Nazi when my kids were babies. Nap time was 1-3 without exception. If that got messed up, the rest of the day was unbearable as they were conditioned to nap at that time.
That said, requesting dinner at 11 is crazy. After their naps would be more appropriate.
Tell her that it can't be done and you would love to have them after their naps. Or do brunch. But no way would I have a full Thanksgiving dinner at 11am But she is also trying to accommodate DIL's mother who needs to be somewhere by 6pm. So, between kids' naps and DIL's mother leaving at certain time - she is basically stuck having Thanksgiving brunch/lunch/dinner at 11am or nothing at all. I don't think that's reasonable.
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Post by yogiii on Nov 24, 2015 8:24:26 GMT -5
I was a schedule Nazi when my kids were babies. Nap time was 1-3 without exception. If that got messed up, the rest of the day was unbearable as they were conditioned to nap at that time.
That said, requesting dinner at 11 is crazy. After their naps would be more appropriate.
Tell her that it can't be done and you would love to have them after their naps. Or do brunch. But no way would I have a full Thanksgiving dinner at 11am But she is also trying to accommodate DIL's mother who needs to be somewhere by 6pm. So, between kids' naps and DIL's mother leaving at certain time - she is basically stuck having Thanksgiving brunch/lunch/dinner at 11am or nothing at all. I don't think that's reasonable. The DIL mother already said thanks for the offer but I can't come if it interferes with the other obligation. I interpreted that as she's fine with not being able come and no one has to schedule around her. I assume bama wants to see her son, DIL and grandkids so could theoretically do an "after nap" meal and DIL mother would just miss out, no big deal.
eta - Maybe I'm a really bad judge of what is and isn't a big deal, so there is that!
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Post by Miss Tequila on Nov 24, 2015 8:29:07 GMT -5
I was a schedule Nazi when my kids were babies. Nap time was 1-3 without exception. If that got messed up, the rest of the day was unbearable as they were conditioned to nap at that time.
That said, requesting dinner at 11 is crazy. After their naps would be more appropriate.
Tell her that it can't be done and you would love to have them after their naps. Or do brunch. But no way would I have a full Thanksgiving dinner at 11am But she is also trying to accommodate DIL's mother who needs to be somewhere by 6pm. So, between kids' naps and DIL's mother leaving at certain time - she is basically stuck having Thanksgiving brunch/lunch/dinner at 11am or nothing at all. I don't think that's reasonable. Oh, I forgot about the MIL issue.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Nov 24, 2015 8:29:42 GMT -5
But she is also trying to accommodate DIL's mother who needs to be somewhere by 6pm. So, between kids' naps and DIL's mother leaving at certain time - she is basically stuck having Thanksgiving brunch/lunch/dinner at 11am or nothing at all. I don't think that's reasonable. The DIL mother already said thanks for the offer but I can't come if it interferes with the other obligation. I interpreted that as she's fine with not being able come and no one has to schedule around her. I assume bama wants to see her son, DIL and grandkids so could theoretically do an "after nap" meal and DIL mother would just miss out, no big deal.
eta - Maybe I'm a really bad judge of what is and isn't a big deal, so there is that!
Yeah, I am a pretty bad judge either. I've missed tons of holidays with my family bc of the distance and circumstances so what the hell do I know.
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Post by teen persuasion on Nov 24, 2015 8:51:42 GMT -5
To respond to the OP, by longstanding tradition meals are much closer to 6pm or later at holiday feasts at mom's house. Dinner is served when mom gets it done. We are > 1 HR away, so when the kids were younger we would have preferred a slightly earlier meal so we could help clean up after dessert (a whole production in itself) and still get the kids home at a reasonable time for bed. In practice, it never happened. We try to get out the door as early as possible, but it is often a couple hours later than we like. Eh, it's just once a month or so, and the kids fell asleep on the ride home (good and bad - got that hour of sleep, but hated to need to disturb them when we got home). Mom invited me, I could suggest an earlier time, but there was no way I could actually influence when dinner was ready. If I could not actually be available at that time, it was my problem and I declined. If it was just inconvenient, too bad, we dealt with it.
My FIL is out of state, so we don't have 2 places to be on holidays, but my sibs always have to do the split holiday thing. Mom is flexible - come early or late, whatever works for you, just to see everyone. There is always food out, maybe not turkey dinner, but mom overdoes it with snacks for the kids, desserts, etc. We do give her a head count for dinner, so she knows who she needs to cook for, but she'd never run out.
I feel like I should host a holiday feast sometime, but we are the out of town cousins, and our house is not good for entertaining, so I just try to help mom out as much as possible at their home. That way, they don't need to drive to my house (slowly becoming an issue for my 85 yo dad) and navigate my steep old house stairs.
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Post by garion2003 on Nov 24, 2015 9:06:31 GMT -5
I think you are reading too much into what she said. She suggested an earlier time and you jumped to she does not even want to come she hates me. (paraphrasing)How about you work on your inner dialogue. Most people are not out to hurt people they love. When you ask what time is convenient for her she is going to tell you. If that doesn't work for you, then don't eat at the time she suggested. I see this all the time when people blow up innocent comments into huge deals. For your own mental health let it go. You are imputing motives to her that you can't know. Instead of thinking the worst, how about think more positively...
Just wanted to second this comment. There's a great tool called the "Ladder of inference". I just googled it, there are a lots of graphics that explain it, but here's a bit of text:
"In today's fast-moving world, we are always under pressure to act now, rather than spend time reasoning things through and thinking about the true facts.
Not only can this lead us to a wrong conclusion, but it can also cause conflict with other people, who may have drawn quite different conclusions on the same matter.
In a fast business environment, you need to make sure your actions and decisions are founded on reality. Likewise, when you accept or challenge other people's conclusions, you need be confident that their reasoning, and yours, is firmly based on the true facts. The "Ladder of Inference" helps you achieve this.
Sometimes known as the "Process of Abstraction," this tool helps you understand the thinking steps that can lead you to jump to wrong conclusions, and so helps you get back to hard reality and facts.
The Ladder of Inference was first put forward by organizational psychologist Chris Argyris and used by Peter Senge in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization."
www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_91.htm
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 9:12:37 GMT -5
I was a schedule Nazi when my kids were babies. Nap time was 1-3 without exception. If that got messed up, the rest of the day was unbearable as they were conditioned to nap at that time.
That said, requesting dinner at 11 is crazy. After their naps would be more appropriate.
Tell her that it can't be done and you would love to have them after their naps. Or do brunch. But no way would I have a full Thanksgiving dinner at 11am But she is also trying to accommodate DIL's mother who needs to be somewhere by 6pm. So, between kids' naps and DIL's mother leaving at certain time - she is basically stuck having Thanksgiving brunch/lunch/dinner at 11am or nothing at all. I don't think that's reasonable. Thanks, Lena, for remembering this is partly about including my DIL's mom. I understand about naps, etc. The idea, though, was to make it early enough so that my DIL's mother could leave and be at her mother's to sit at 6 p.m. She would have to leave by 5 p.m. at the earliest. Her mother doesn't have to stay the entire time, either. So it isn't 11 a.m. or nothing at all.
I usually do set a time with a little negotiation room. But we really wanted to accommodate my DIL's mother. So I asked while we were all there together in Costco's parking lot. And I did it the "polite" way because I'm Southern. I asked, "What works for you?" Big mistake. My DIL answered instead of her mom.
Just for the record, this isn't our first Thanksgiving together. It's never been about naps before. These aren't their first children.
I did call her and tell her that it was too early.
Lunch is now at 12.
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Post by zibazinski on Nov 24, 2015 9:15:44 GMT -5
I am sure that when i was a young mother, i was probably less than thoughtful of how that impacted my mom. I was just trying to survive. Get things done, go to work, take care of the house, keep track of which kid needed what, pay the bills, etc. As my kids grew older and i could step back and really appreciate how much my mom did and helped me. And, it is part of growing as an adult. And, then when she was elderly and ill, the tables turned and it was my turn to be at her beck and call and side. And, it was my privilege to be by her side. So, now that my kids are in their teens and my starting to transistion to college and adulthood and have girlfriends, i try to remember that and try to be flexible knowing there is a lot going on in their lives and that we all have different Seasons of our lives. Shooby, I can't like this enough. Words of wisdom
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 9:17:19 GMT -5
I think you are reading too much into what she said. She suggested an earlier time and you jumped to she does not even want to come she hates me. (paraphrasing)How about you work on your inner dialogue. Most people are not out to hurt people they love. When you ask what time is convenient for her she is going to tell you. If that doesn't work for you, then don't eat at the time she suggested. I see this all the time when people blow up innocent comments into huge deals. For your own mental health let it go. You are imputing motives to her that you can't know. Instead of thinking the worst, how about think more positively...
Just wanted to second this comment. There's a great tool called the "Ladder of inference". I just googled it, there are a lots of graphics that explain it, but here's a bit of text:
"In today's fast-moving world, we are always under pressure to act now, rather than spend time reasoning things through and thinking about the true facts.
Not only can this lead us to a wrong conclusion, but it can also cause conflict with other people, who may have drawn quite different conclusions on the same matter.
In a fast business environment, you need to make sure your actions and decisions are founded on reality. Likewise, when you accept or challenge other people's conclusions, you need be confident that their reasoning, and yours, is firmly based on the true facts. The "Ladder of Inference" helps you achieve this.
Sometimes known as the "Process of Abstraction," this tool helps you understand the thinking steps that can lead you to jump to wrong conclusions, and so helps you get back to hard reality and facts.
The Ladder of Inference was first put forward by organizational psychologist Chris Argyris and used by Peter Senge in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization."
www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_91.htm
No, you jumped to that. I don't think my DIL hates me.
My inference is that we are one more checkbox on a holiday.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Nov 24, 2015 9:17:46 GMT -5
I am curious - do you guys all expect kids to sit through the entire meal?
My kids are fairly good at sitting at the table when it's required of them, but if lunch was served at 12, I would have no problem sending them for a nap at 1 and possibly continuing a meal with the adults. They could catch up on their deserts after their nap.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 24, 2015 9:21:47 GMT -5
I don't. DH and I eat in shifts at my grandma's if we need to. One of us is with the kids in the living room and the other one goes and socializes.
DH's family is huge so there is always someone around to entertain the kids while we eat.
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Post by yogiii on Nov 24, 2015 9:23:05 GMT -5
Just wanted to second this comment. There's a great tool called the "Ladder of inference". I just googled it, there are a lots of graphics that explain it, but here's a bit of text:
"In today's fast-moving world, we are always under pressure to act now, rather than spend time reasoning things through and thinking about the true facts.
Not only can this lead us to a wrong conclusion, but it can also cause conflict with other people, who may have drawn quite different conclusions on the same matter.
In a fast business environment, you need to make sure your actions and decisions are founded on reality. Likewise, when you accept or challenge other people's conclusions, you need be confident that their reasoning, and yours, is firmly based on the true facts. The "Ladder of Inference" helps you achieve this.
Sometimes known as the "Process of Abstraction," this tool helps you understand the thinking steps that can lead you to jump to wrong conclusions, and so helps you get back to hard reality and facts.
The Ladder of Inference was first put forward by organizational psychologist Chris Argyris and used by Peter Senge in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization."
www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_91.htm
No, you jumped to that. I don't think my DIL hates me.
My inference is that we are one more checkbox on a holiday.
I have a person in my life who keeps referring to themselves as a checkbox and always assumes the worst of me. Unfortunately, I think that person is turning into a checkbox as never being able to please this person is becoming tiring to me. I'm not saying this is your situation, but something to be aware of.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Nov 24, 2015 9:42:25 GMT -5
But she is also trying to accommodate DIL's mother who needs to be somewhere by 6pm. So, between kids' naps and DIL's mother leaving at certain time - she is basically stuck having Thanksgiving brunch/lunch/dinner at 11am or nothing at all. I don't think that's reasonable. Thanks, Lena, for remembering this is partly about including my DIL's mom. I understand about naps, etc. The idea, though, was to make it early enough so that my DIL's mother could leave and be at her mother's to sit at 6 p.m. She would have to leave by 5 p.m. at the earliest. Her mother doesn't have to stay the entire time, either. So it isn't 11 a.m. or nothing at all.
I usually do set a time with a little negotiation room. But we really wanted to accommodate my DIL's mother. So I asked while we were all there together in Costco's parking lot. And I did it the "polite" way because I'm Southern. I asked, "What works for you?" Big mistake. My DIL answered instead of her mom.
Just for the record, this isn't our first Thanksgiving together. It's never been about naps before. These aren't their first children.
I did call her and tell her that it was too early.
Lunch is now at 12.
If the MIL has to leave by 5, I'd have the meal at 2 or 3. Everyone arrives before the kids have to nap and the adults can socialize, kids go down for their naps, and if they're still asleep at meal time then it's a win for adults. With holidays at my mom's we typically eat between 3 and 4. Hubs and I arrive around 1 or 2, leave around 6 or so. We have a 2 hour drive to get to my mom's. We're going to hubs' aunt's this year (we rotate thanksgiving between my family and his) and we'll arrive around 4, probably leave around 8 or so. My mom started to get whiny about us not coming up this year. I told her tough shit, she has to share us. But that's not your problem. :-)
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Post by emma1420 on Nov 24, 2015 9:55:17 GMT -5
Another great truth is that people are not thinking about you as often as you think they are. Amen. You asked your DIL for a convenient time and she proposed a time. I doubt it was anything more than thinking was most convenient for her. I don't know why you didn't immediately tell her that you thought that would be too early. However, bamafan1954, I also think perhaps its time to do your own thing, and not worry about hosting Thanksgiving for your children. Perhaps if you stop hosting one of them will step up in a few years. Your children are adults. They have their own lives and they probably want to do their own thing. You have your own life. How about next year you go out to dinner? Or perhaps go on a trip over Thanksgiving? It might be less stressful, and I suspect that your children might stop taking for granted that you will always play host.
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Post by steph08 on Nov 24, 2015 10:27:41 GMT -5
MIL always has Christmas and thanksgiving on the day at noon, so we have to work around that. My parents are coming to my house tomorrow for dinner so my mom doesn't have to cook and they get more time with DD.
I am not a nap Nazi because she will sleep in the car and usually be happy afterwards. But I am a bedtime Nazi and I wouldn't accept a dinner invite that meant being out after 6 pm.
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Post by bean29 on Nov 24, 2015 10:33:31 GMT -5
Another great truth is that people are not thinking about you as often as you think they are. Amen. You asked your DIL for a convenient time and she proposed a time. I doubt it was anything more than thinking was most convenient for her. I don't know why you didn't immediately tell her that you thought that would be too early. However, bamafan1954, I also think perhaps its time to do your own thing, and not worry about hosting Thanksgiving for your children. Perhaps if you stop hosting one of them will step up in a few years. Your children are adults. They have their own lives and they probably want to do their own thing. You have your own life. How about next year you go out to dinner? Or perhaps go on a trip over Thanksgiving? It might be less stressful, and I suspect that your children might stop taking for granted that you will always play host. I agree with this. We are still struggling with this, but not in a big way. My Mom and my in-laws are in their 70's, My husband has 7 brothers, 5 of whom live close by. I have 1 sister and 1 brother. Sister and Brother have 3 kids each, only one is still at home. I have 2 kids in college. Sis's oldest is Married with 2 kids, Brothers 2 Girls are in relationships. My Brother's wife's family rotates holidays, but they often end up hosting holidays b/c they have a nice big house. I have also hosted more than a few holidays.
I actually find both sides of holidays are difficult. Going to 2 houses for Thanksgiving and Christmas is hard. Even though my kids are young adults, I still have to get them up and get them going. DD can take hours to get ready. Easter I left DD and DS to come on their own, and then it took them about an hour and a half to get to my Mom's. DD said DS was waiting for something in the dryer.
We started the discussion about what the dishes to pass would be on FB Messenger on Sunday. My DS queried what kind of vegetable dish everyone wanted. Turns out my family is on a health kick, so we are going for fruit, veggies, Traditional Turkey, Potatoes, Salad, Stuffing and cooked carrots and green beans. I also find I like FB Messenger or Text Messaging for invites to family members for parties. Two weeks ago I got a FB Messenger invite from DH's SIL that her Teenage son wanted a party on Sunday for his birthday. She apologized for the last minute invite, but said her kid didn't want to put it off a week. She had about 2/3 of the family. Some were missing, but that is kind of normal unless it is my in-laws b-day or something. She in fact set the time as 1 pm, and one of my SIL's messaged back that her husband wanted to be there for the start of the Packer's game. SIL told them they could come early if they wanted, but she did not move the time she was serving food.
Thanksgiving is the absolute hardest to deal with. I think it helped me that my SIL who often hosts her family told me once she hates doing Thanksgiving b/c everything has to come out of the oven and be served hot at the same time. My husband actually cooks. He cooks no matter if we host or not. He is going to cook a turkey for his Mom, he does 2 pumpkin pies and one apple pie and stuffing and Mashed potatoes. MIL will also cook a turkey and Mexican rice and beans. DH will have to go to his Mom's and drop off food before he goes to my Mom's but my Mom is serving at 12 pm to accommodate my Brother, who needs to be at his in-laws at 4pm. Last year DH went to his Mom's with DD and I went to my Mom's on my own. This is the plan again this year, and if we don't end up together, so be it. Our Mom's are more important. I love my MIL too, and she is a little more laid back, they way she serves food is more of a buffet style, and her family is so big she just makes the food and feeds people as they come in.
I am glad that you moved the time of your Meal to 12, but since you are already not on the actual holiday, I do think that changing what you are serving to more of a brunch would have also worked. When one of my Cousin's got married my Aunt had brunch the next day and she just ordered a huge box of donuts and other fancy cakes and served Ham and Rolls. It worked really well, many of us had traveled to the wedding, so we stayed in hotels and we had to pack and check out and then head on over to my Aunt and Uncle's. With the casual food, she was not trying to serve everyone at once, and it also worked in her favor, b/c her house is on the small side and people sat down to eat in shifts.
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Post by sesfw on Nov 24, 2015 10:55:16 GMT -5
Tell her that it can't be done and you would love to have them after their naps. Or do brunch. But no way would I have a full Thanksgiving dinner at 11am
E ither a full Thanksgiving dinner about mid afternoon or a brunch at noon. Either/or, two times to choose from. Love families. When DD was growing up we always had the holiday meals. After she married and everyone finally lived within 150 miles of each other, her in-laws invited all of us for the meals. We brought pot luck and sleeping bags. Had marvelous times.
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Post by yogiii on Nov 24, 2015 11:04:44 GMT -5
After she married and everyone finally lived within 150 miles of each other, her in-laws invited all of us for the meals. We brought pot luck and sleeping bags. Had marvelous times. Sounds great and like people on all sides are reasonable. Unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 11:05:54 GMT -5
What time does your store open? The chickens only take about an hour to cook. No grocery store here would sell chickens cooked 2 days ago. They don't even sell chickens cooked the day before. If by chance they have a chicken or two left over at the end of the day, which I personally have never seen, it goes into their chicken soup for the deli.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Nov 24, 2015 11:07:29 GMT -5
We aim for lunch at noon with my family but it's usually closer to 1 before it's actually time to eat. Just saying... The last few years my in laws haven't managed to get everything together so I've only had to deal with my family and have immensely enjoyed that. This year, well, they started off well but now there's drama. I will have 3 places to visit this year. 3!!!!! All because some people want to act like they're still in Jr. High.
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Cookies Galore
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Post by Cookies Galore on Nov 24, 2015 11:22:56 GMT -5
We are children of divorce and decided years ago that we were only rotating Thanksgiving, no more multiple visits. It has made the long weekend a pleasant one for hubs and I. The past three years were with my mom (brother in hospital in 2012, BIL overseas so I went with my family and hubs with his in 2013, last year his Mom went to her sister's in Virginia). Christmas is always a three day event but it's not terrible. Christmas Eve is at my Dad's with that entire side of the family, Christmas day we usually drive up to my mom's since my SIL usually works holidays and MIL wants us all together, so we do Christmas with hubs' mom and siblings the day after. FIL is gone so one less person to visit.
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Nov 24, 2015 11:25:08 GMT -5
What time does your store open? The chickens only take about an hour to cook. No grocery store here would sell chickens cooked 2 days ago. They don't even sell chickens cooked the day before. If by chance they have a chicken or two left over at the end of the day, which I personally have never seen, it goes into their chicken soup for the deli.
or why not just roast a couple yourself? obviously not as "grab and go" as a rotisserie bird, but still way easier than roasting a turkey. if you're doing it yourself, you can accommodate whatever time you like.
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