Just One Thing

Lori here ~

Like Alison, I'm in a deadline crunch. I got nothing interesting to say, folks. Unless you've got some pertinent info on calf pulling or the steering mechanisms in a John Deer tractor, I really don't have time to chat. Hell, I've barely been out of my house for over a week. I don't foresee myself seeing much besides the inside of my house, my laptop, my family if they INSIST and my coffee cup, at least until next Thursday when Thanksgiving rolls around and I have to be sociable. Have I mentioned that:

I HATE Thanksgiving?

Not that I'm not thankful, because I am soooo lucky, but I don't like the food. I don't like cleaning up after I've picked at the food I don't like. I don't like the naps everyone takes after stuffing themselves on the food I don't like. I don't like the stupid goddamn football games blaring. When my parents are in town, we go to their house for the big meal. Yes, my mom works hard on making food, and bless her for it. My 98 yr old grandma will be here. I'll be chewing the fat with my aunt and uncle. Less, you think...well, less of me, I've been trying to come up with one thing I like about Thanksgiving besides it's a day off from work for Mr. LGA, and a school break for the kiddos.

Oh, and this is so fucking lame I can't believe I'm admitting it: I like reading the ads for the great deals for "Black Friday" the biggest shopping day of the year. I fantasize about hauling my ass out of bed at 4:30 am and fighting with the other stupid folks at Target to buy a Barbie for .99 - because I know I won't do it. I wouldn't do it even if I didn't have two books to finish. But in my fantasy world? I get all my shopping done that day, I run into friends I haven't seen in years. I drink hot toddies at a local restaurant while snow swirls around the frosted window panes. Have I mentioned I'm thinner, richer and have great shoes, too?

So enlighten me FOFO's, what's your one favorite thing about Thanksgiving?

Comments

[Jeff Shelby]

The nap after the meal.

[AlisonGaylin]

One word: Tryptophan.

[Victor Gischler]

The food.

then the leftovers.

Then football.

Then a nap.

Then more food.

VG

p.s. Oh yeah, and ... uh ... thankful for stuff or whatever.

[J. Carson Black]

I hate Thanksgiving, too! I've been carrying this around my whole life. At last, validation. There is little about that long, gray, argument-inducing, housecleaning, clog-streeted weekend I like, including the Friday where everybody gets on the road and goes to the malls for the big Shopping Day.

That said, I think Thanksgiving Tamales are very cool. Especially if you buy them at the grocery store and round out the meal with dressing, potatoes, yams, and salad. So three cheers for the Thanksgiving Tamales. Red chili beef or green corn, sir?

Preferably on Chinette dinner plates.

[patti abbott]

Me too. Where are the presents? Where are the decorations-other than turkeys? Why two holidays in a month? We need to invent a new meal for it at least. Who eats like this anymore?

[David Terrenoire]

Wow, what a bunch of curmudgeons.

I love Thanksgiving. My wife's family descends on us and we co-host with my brother-in-law a weekend for 25 to 30 people including assorted children, boyfriends, girlfriends and a half dozen dogs, large and small.

We do two massive turkeys and often an additional breast, a gazillion family tradition casseroles and drink hyper amounts of alcohol beginning with Bloody Marys before lunch and not stopping until we're near comatose with vodka and tryptophan at midnight.

I cook several hundred waffles, serve up mountains of cold cuts, vats of chili, tubs of cole slaw, potato salad, green beans and sure-fire, throw-your-hat-over-the-hedge, hickory smoked Carolina barbecue.

Don't get me wrong, I love it when the house is quiet again on Sunday, but from Wednesday through Saturday, it's my favorite time of the year. Much better than Christmas. No question.

[Jeff Shelby]

Damn. I'm going to Terrenoire's house.

[JDRhoades]

Me too.

Favorite thing about Thanksgiving? Turkey sandwiches made from leftovers, piled with stuffing and cranberry sauce between bread, often eaten over the sink.

[Mr. LGA]

Vodka and Waffles.....
I knew I liked you!!!

[David Terrenoire]

Oh, did I mention the firearms? We usually find time to hit Burlington's handgun range and throw massive quantities of lead downrange.

We drink AFTER.

Now what could be better than a family get-together with firearms?

Oh, wait, that didn't come out in quite the spirit I intended.

[J.D. Rhoades]

"Now what could be better than a family get-together with firearms?"

Oh, I hear about a lot of these. Usually the Monday after Thanksgiving when they're doing arraignments for the folks locked up over the long weekend.

[Lori G. Armstrong]

David, will you adopt us?

If we get into trouble with the guns, Dusty can bail us out.

[David Terrenoire]

Sure, come on. There's always room for a few more.

This crew includes a soldier, a cop, a prosecutor and a few spooks so a few crime writers would fit right in.

Hey, they like me.