tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post2300022479882627321..comments2024-02-27T04:14:48.904-05:00Comments on Stitch Bitch: ThanksgivingAnna van Schurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545037218589039870noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-91693401460283438642011-11-13T18:57:57.362-05:002011-11-13T18:57:57.362-05:00Dallas Cowboys football is an integral part of our...Dallas Cowboys football is an integral part of our Thanksgiving celebration. There was even one episode of me scaring the crap out of one of Jeff's grandmothers because she was napping on the couch and I might have yelled a little too loudly at the TV.<br /><br />That's the good part of Thanksgiving. The bad part is the turkey my MIL insists on cooking the day before, cutting it while Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432778814708875811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-30352883154392366162011-11-10T17:54:32.764-05:002011-11-10T17:54:32.764-05:00So are you saying you're not going to go all M...So are you saying you're not going to go all Martha on us???Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590452473318118140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-67292208669045796892011-11-10T15:53:23.118-05:002011-11-10T15:53:23.118-05:00We have no family nearby--it's just me, DH and...We have no family nearby--it's just me, DH and Molly the lab/pointer/coonhound. This year we are fortunate enough once again to be invited to my friend's house. She also insisted that we bring Molly. My friend is a great cook--me, not so much. Dress is very casual. Her family is small, too: just her, her DH, maybe her MIL, and Lexi, her pointer/lab. The first and only time Lexi and Southpaw Stitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912056845400653665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-77215604821175834962011-11-10T11:26:54.466-05:002011-11-10T11:26:54.466-05:00My Thanksgivings were odd for about 20 years when ...My Thanksgivings were odd for about 20 years when I met my soon-to-be husband. His mother's family is a big Italian one so they rented the Sons of Italy hall in SF and all the relatives went there because no one's house was big enough. There were at least 1 or 2 turkeys but 3 times that much in homemade pasta! Fun and noisy but not a cozy homy place to meet. Since some of the elderly MelissaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08555093208187975555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-59219389226339447612011-11-10T09:38:47.921-05:002011-11-10T09:38:47.921-05:00Our Thanksgiving went to Hell about 20 years ago w...Our Thanksgiving went to Hell about 20 years ago when my grandmother passed. It has been an un-chaperoned event ever since and my parents are in their 70's. Lately part of the family and some people without family in the area have been getting together at our winter home in Florida. This year parts of the family are not on speaking terms so a few of us are going to the country club for Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16147835732752604283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-12653913511549459802011-11-10T08:53:20.749-05:002011-11-10T08:53:20.749-05:00We are very casual for Thanksgiving. My Mom has a...We are very casual for Thanksgiving. My Mom has a centerpiece, but it always has to be moved because there is so.much.food. Our menu has been the same for my entire life. We may make additions, but no subtractions. <br /><br />Our dress is very casual - when my grandparents were alive we always shook the pecan tree for a Thanksgiving harvest and the children picked up nuts all afternoon.<br /Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01314806790368254476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-51642785485646637952011-11-10T08:29:36.247-05:002011-11-10T08:29:36.247-05:00No decorations except the napkins. We don't dr...No decorations except the napkins. We don't dress for the occasion. The house gets hot from the stove and extra people so there usually is a window open someplace. The tv is on for the guys if they aren't outside deep frying the turkey. Much laughter and loudness. Only 11 people this year, but we'll still miss Dad.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12503469692092817624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-53477687103132768742011-11-10T07:47:34.438-05:002011-11-10T07:47:34.438-05:00Our Thanksgivings are unpredictable. Other than my...Our Thanksgivings are unpredictable. Other than my Mom, no one lives nearby. My aunts come down from Bar Harbor, but they work on the actual day of Thanksgiving, so they show up (at the last moment) on another day when the kids have school ... very chaotic, and an awful lot of cooking for me. (Sometimes I almost miss the non-Thanksgivings in Holland, believe it or not!)barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898566437682135391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-2066493197960061352011-11-09T21:32:12.754-05:002011-11-09T21:32:12.754-05:00My mom has this badass platter with a painted turk...My mom has this badass platter with a painted turkey on it that she has probably had since the early 70s. I always wonder what will happen if I ever have to take over Thanksgiving because I don't have the space for a platter that big but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it. She also has a ceramic turkey that always goes in the center of the table made by my brother (her favorite child Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429686778448595596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5709631.post-20901227435407353782011-11-09T20:47:30.833-05:002011-11-09T20:47:30.833-05:00Thankfully I only cook for the immediate family fo...Thankfully I only cook for the immediate family for the day. There are only 4 of us and I cook enough so I pretty much get the weekend off from the kitchen.<br /><br />That doesnt count fixings I get to take to the inlaws and my sisters. Three days of feasting!<br /><br />Now as for fixing up the house? ya, that doesnt happen yet. I make the food - the boys (hubby and kids) can make the houseimnvertedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17862448904139398553noreply@blogger.com