The rest thing

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 07:11 pm
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The coon cat contingent is especially pleased with the day, it having eventually encompassed long periods of myself on the couch, artfully draped with both the floofy snowflake blanket and the venerable african.  They disposed themselves elegantly and commenced in to snoring while I did the rest thing, which meant nodding off from time to time and also reading.

Reading is, it says here, restful.  I would just mention here that it’s probably more restful if you can avoid laughing yourself into a coughing fit, and that I, too, want a Henderson.

The morning snailmail brought a surprise check for royalties from Fictionwise, making three on the year.  This particular check is especially satisfying because, what with one illness and another, Steve and I had decided that the Thanksgiving Buffet at one of the local establishments is what we shall do in terms of an Autumn Feast, and the funds just in will handily cover that and the tip.   Win.

Before that happy outing, however — tomorrow, in fact — I need to get to the day-job to do catch-up from today, and set-up for the long weekend.  Possibly, this will not take all day, but, with one of the searches on its last day, that’s not really the best square on which to place one’s last coin.

I believe I will take the elevator from The Street to the attic.  That’s rest, surely?

For now, I’m going to mooch back to the couch with Jan Burke’s The Messenger, and read to the coon cats some more.

For those celebrating this week — what are your Thanksgiving plans?





Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Date: 2010-11-24 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sb-moof.livejournal.com
Driving down state with Mom tomorrow for 5 hours (sans traffic) to visit my sister and her in-laws. Of course, that means all manner of housework needs to get done tonight after work and before I leave. :-/

Date: 2010-11-24 12:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thefoxglovelady.livejournal.com
Serving Thanksgiving Dinner at a soup kitchen, complete with dad-fried-it-himself turkey. Then dinner for us. Then sleep. The next day = Shopping!

Date: 2010-11-24 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caoilfhionn.livejournal.com
There being an ugly ice storm between us and the family, we are considering culinary experiments with Cornish game hens and the possible acquisition and installation of TV streaming technology.

Yay! I got out of hosting, I got out of hosting!

Date: 2010-11-24 01:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmellieon.livejournal.com
For some strange reason my Mom decided to host this year AND do the majority of the cooking. COOL! All I have to do is bring the mash potatoes. Bought the Yukon Golds, half-n-half and butter tonight. I'll cook Thursday morning then off to Mom's. On Friday, its up to Marion OH to my In-laws. My husband will be making his peanut butter fudge. I, on the other hand, talked my mom into making an extra batch of cornbread dressing for me to take! I told her I would pay her for it so she would have extra bingo money for Saturday. Everybody wins!

Date: 2010-11-24 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elektra.livejournal.com
Turkey Day in Northern NJ with family at the home of my Aunt. Friday will see us off to Darkovercon as usual for a weekend of fun and steampunk.

Sinus Infections

Date: 2010-11-24 01:19 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Having them for years while I lived on the east coast, the doctor recommended I spend a minute or two extra in the shower with the water as hot as I could stand it hitting the forehead. But then mine were due to allergies and since smoke is a lot less here in the desert I haven't had one since moving.
As to weekend activities, barring the day job I have a huge turkey to cook and be ready by 2pm for my son who will have to go to work. Then again, that leaves plenty of time to digest before eating the pies I will be baking tomorrow.
From the same place Kate left to return to Maine.

Date: 2010-11-24 06:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cailleuch.livejournal.com
I will be staying home and friends will come over for a feast. I make the turkey, stuffing & gravy. The rest of the dinner arrives. Nothing is exactly planned (assigned dishes, etc.) but we somehow get everything and it all works together.

I am considering making a maple pecan pie. There is never too much dessert, right?

And chaos ensued!

Date: 2010-11-24 07:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] micheledear.livejournal.com
There will be craziness here. We have 11+ coming over in addition to our 4 adults and 2 babes, so I guess it's a good thin g I got that 30lb Shelton Turkey! Which is brining even as I type. I had it spatchcocked this year. What an awesome word. Spatchcocked. Butterflied, in other parlance. So this time, IT. SHOULD. COOK. THROUGH. There have been issues with this in past years, as I was unaware of frozen joints, etc. This year I picked it up EARLY, had the backbone cut out, and I am damnsure the damnthing is THAWED. Ahem.

So then, folks will start arriving around noonish, to partake of the lovely 8-9 inches of snow we have here up at the homestead. There will be some cousins of mine, one of which has a 4 year old son to play with my 2.5 year old daughter and 7 month old son, and also the father of his wife will be joining us. Dad's brother, my Unka Bob. Also a couple of friends of my father's fiancee are coming up from CA. And the neighbors down the street might be joining us. Also there will be sundry "orphans" joining us.

The menu is less ornate than it has been - mostly basics. Well, what I consider basics. Turkey and stuffing (cooked under the turkey, cuz it tastes better that way, Alton Brown bedamned!) Mashers and gravy. Green beans with portobello sauce (sauteed and dressed, NOT baked, still a little snappy). Potato rolls. Candied yams with marshmallows (one of the orphans is bringing it, along with his 9 year old. Guilty pleasure...) corn bread mini-muffins cuz they're cute and fun. Also a good excuse to eat honey-butter (I need to pick up the honey from the neighbor at the end of the road tomorrow). Roasted delicata squash with not much on it since it's so tasty on it's own - you should try it - very fine texture and sweet enough to eat plain! And my famous cranberry sauce with apricots and oranges. I was going to send you some, but I didn't and besides they prolly wouldn't let you take it to the buffet. But maybe you'd like some in time for Xmas? Also there will be plain cranberry sauce, cuz I like both kinds. Oh, and another (vegetarian) orphan will be bringing a vegetarian main dish. I'm not so good with those....

There will be a lot of food. I wish that if I invited you, you'd be able to come.... but Portland Oregon is far from Portland Maine, and I don't want to subject you to the TSA patdowns. But I would dearly love someday to meet you in person!

After dinner there will be games, including Hold 'Em, everyone's favorite. For the younger set, there is the Goodnight Moon game. And also pie. Hubby is making his famous sweet potato pie. I am hankering the Costco pumpkin pie - I know, I know, but it's SO tasty, and you can't beat the price. Also, no high fructose corn syrup. So, yes.

It will be chaos incarnate. Also a really good time. I plan to actually sit down and eat this year!

Thanksgiving Day

Date: 2010-11-24 09:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] claire774.livejournal.com
Years ago I decided not to try the long trip back from southern UT to the family in the NYC area close to a major holiday. Which is lucky because Salt Lake City is now in the grip of a blizzard so...my usual trip which began in years past on the shuttle plane from St. George to Salt Lake would not be possible now. It's a Kanab Thanksgiving for me. A special vegetarian lunch at the sanctuary lunch room at Best Friends Animal Society, the nation's largest animal organization at the sanctuary outside Kanab. (Other work done all over the US.) Staff in the animal areas and clinic will be working as always taking care of the current around 1,800 critters of various species: 600 cats, 400 dogs, 50 equines, etc. Some will come for lunch at noon. Always great vegetarian food. Then home to prepare for my entry for the evening vegan/vegetarian pot luck at Frontier Movie Town in Kanab. I'm doing special cold pasta salad. Always good. Then onwards to a neighbor's house across the street. Usually it's visits to two neighbors families but one couple is going over to Springdale this Thanksgiving to visit their youngest son. So I get to go over to the other neigbors where at least one of the the daughter's family maybe the others too is going to try and make it down here from Salt Lake. I'll probably watch the grandkids eat pie like I did last year. Maybe nothing for me since I'm allergic to all dairy products and chocolate. Then I'll roll on across the street and home where the dogs will greet me effusively as they always do even though I've been gone on and off for hours. After signing off here I'll check the NOAA site for the weather to see if that nasty storm is going to make it way down here on the AZ border.
Am very impressed with the fan who's going to serve dinner at a homeless shelter. Our biggest formerly homeless in Kanab being the happy critters at Best Friends. At Christmas all the animals get tons of treats sent in by their admirers all over the country. Thanksgiving a little less festive for them.

Hope that you and Steve are progressing with various conditions ok. Gus as always sends his very best barks to the kitties. Happy Thanksgiving.

Date: 2010-11-24 09:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] isabellag.livejournal.com
Very happy Thanksgiving to all of you who partake... and some nice news for the reclining reader... I have Phryne Fisher in my handbag, for posting tomorrow. Think of it as a late Thanksgiving gift, or an early Yule gift...

Date: 2010-11-24 03:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com
I'll be heading to my mother's place (about half an hour drive) for breakfast, then we'll be going to the Gandy Dancer for dinner. This is the same train station turned restaurant I posted about last year (http://magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com/93548.html).

Date: 2010-11-24 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I am at work today (Wed), but hoping that the managers send us home a bit early. Tonight I cook 3 Lemon Meringue pies (almost from scratch) and a frozen pumpkin pie.

Thursday at my sister's in Palm Bay - 1.5 hr drive. Then another meal Friday at my sister-in-law's in south Orlando - 30 minute drive. Expected highs of 81 and 82 degrees on Thursday and Friday. However, only in the low 70s this weekend.

Speaking of traveling, TSA just put 3 body scanners at OIA this month. Randomness / suspicious behavior gets you a trip thru a body scanner instead of one of the 12 metal detectors.

Susan
Orlando, FL

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