Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

The Day After Thanksgiving

November 25, 2016

As of this morning, I haven’t been out of the house since Wednesday morning. Yeah, that’s right, I’ve spent the last two and a half days at home! Wooot! We spent Wednesday cooking the rolls and stuffing. I would have got the pumpkin pies done, but the line at Starbucks drive through was long both times I went by there and I got home later than expected. So, instead of pulling an all nighter since I get dead tired by 6:30pm now, I waited until Thursday morning. Oh, and no, I didn’t do it all by myself. All of my teens helped in the cooking. In fact, there was a little quibble about who was going to make the green bean casserole. Am I a lucky mom or what?

Thursday was spent doing the normal Thanksgiving rituals. Attempt to watch the Macy’s Parade while doing a little bit of housework (dishes and laundry have to be kept up you know), and figuring out when to put the turkey in. I still don’t know how to do the big pan of dressing and green bean casserole after the turkey comes out. Both came out not very hot. Delicious, but not hot. We also had crock cheese and summer sausage on crackers as lunch and then the kids and I gathered for a long game of Apples to Apples. Very fun indeed. Then it’s a cooking frenzy until we eat. After the big meal we rest, and then around 7ish we have our pie and watch “A Christmas Story” as we have forever. It’s tradition and I love it.

Today was spent…doing nothing. Okay, not quite true. I got my butt in gear and cleaned up the house and did a bunch of laundry and dishes – it needed it and I felt really good looking at the clean-ness. The kids and their dad went to the tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree – another tradition. We had leftovers for lunch, pie and tea a few hours later, and whatever they wanted to eat for dinner. After two major days of cooking, I don’t do much the day after. I also spent a lot of time reading “The Year of Living Danishly” and cozied up on the couch in the quiet. Yeah, quiet. The tv stayed off for the majority of the day and so it was really, really nice. I felt refreshed and I didn’t feel one twinge of guilt over any of it. And kind of ironic to be all cozy while reading about the Danes and Hygge.

Tomorrow will be the usual busy – grocery shopping in the morning and bumming around town with one of my kids (more of a ritual than tradition). We also have started movie night on Saturday nights again as well so we’ll do that. Or maybe we’ll start reading “A Christmas Carol” since Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. So, I have to get all that stuff down too – the nativity set, the advent wreath and candles. I feel more excited this year than I have in awhile. It’s a good thing.

So, that’s Thanksgiving at the Oh Crap house. I hope your Thanksgiving was just as good and let’s all remember to be grateful each day for all we have – even if it’s not much, it’s still something.

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The Day After Thanksgiving

November 25, 2016

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