The rest thing

[rolanni]

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.

Comments

And chaos ensued!

[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!