Thank You, Catwhisperer and I send you best wishes and hugs!
Greeneyedlady - I don't think anybody is forcing any of us to do this. I cannot speak for others, of course, but I do it because I want to do it as long as I can. Venting about it here is not a bad thing, especially because I imagine we want to be gracious to those for whom we do these things. Venting is good. 
@chickenbuttSorry I didn't mean it that way, I just think there's nothing ungracious about putting yourself first. That's all Just think women deserve to sometimes.
Nothing wrong with venting either
greeneyedlady wrote:@chickenbuttSorry I didn't mean it that way, I just think there's nothing ungracious about putting yourself first. That's all
Nothing wrong with venting either
Good points! I think that, at least from my generation and back, there was so much of always putting everybody else first that it's a difficult mold to break. I know I still do that to the extent that I can and then sometimes I end up mad at myself for not considering ME for once. hehe -
You are totally right that putting oneself first, at least sometimes in life, is absolutely essential.
Yup - venting is good! Happy day to ya.
Hey Loves!
This is kind of what I do for Christmas. It's like a thousand times easier on me. I do a ham, mashed sweet potatoes, and - darn, I forgot what else I usually make.
We don't do a zillion courses, so it's usually just a veg on top of that and one dessert. But he really likes that meal, too. I'm not one for putting a bunch of sweet stuff into sweet potatoes. We like them just either baked (like a regular baked potato with butter, and s&p), or mashed (with maybe some hard cheese like an asiago, and a bunch of butter and s&p). With those, gravy seems inappropriate, so I don't even make a gravy.
This meal I can do in one day (yay!) still because there isn't the massive amount of prep that goes into the Thanksgiving one.
But my thing is that if I'm going to do it, I insist that I do it right so it's a lot of work. Next week will be a cake walk. I can take the morning off and start cooking in early afternoon.
I'm enjoying this morning but it's almost 1pm and I have to get started on the last part. For Mon, Tues, and Wed, I'm working most of the day because I have to take a lot of breaks. Last night I got done at 5:45 with everything except washing the last of the dishes and taking out the turkey carcass. He did the carcass thing for me and that was super helpful.
I just started doing the turkey on Wednesday a couple of years ago and it makes it way easier! I have it carved, some in a casserole for today (just add a splash of stock and heat it up in the oven with the dressing) and the rest in a Lock & Lock to dispense with on Friday. I make up some packets that I vacuum seal for the freezer. These turkeys have massive breasts so I enjoy having several packets of just that and then maybe one 2lb package to use later for turkey chili.
Well, it's almost 1:00 so I guess I'm going to start on my first task for today.
Happy day!
