Ah…thank you! Yes I believe we watched your team do pretty well yesterday – congrats!!
Just returned from my friend’s house. Don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it, but Friend is a talented artist and art teacher, and DD is a photography major - the two of them hit it off! They really enjoyed talking with each other. 
Everything was going well until I dropped the stuffing. I had put it in the microwave for a minute to reheat(the oven was in use), and when I took it out, instead of putting it down and then closing the microwave, I tried closing it with the stuffing still in my hand. Bad idea. Not only did I shatter the serving dish and waste the stuffing, but I also cracked the platter the turkey was on as it was grazed by the falling serving dish
The good thing was no turkey was lost and only half of the made stuffing was actually in the serving dish. Other than that mishap, it was a good day,
I’m so glad so many had a good day!
@MaineLonghorn – smells like home – that is so sweet! Glad you had a “normal” day.
@emilybee – not traveling is the best gift of all.
@shellfell – glad you didn’t lose the turkey! Most of my mishaps are from trying to do 2 things at once. Our turkey wasn’t as fully cooked as I had hoped but we still gathered round and ate the sides (which IMHO are the best part).
I am so proud of myself. This year is the first year that DD is living with her boyfriend, and the whole crisis of where they were going for the holidays came up. It would be her first one not at our house, and believe me, I have prepared myself for this since she was born. My own mother made me jump through hoops during the holidays, and I swore I’d never do that to my kids. But…
His mom and dad are divorced, and as I understand it, there’s some dysfunction going on, particularly with mom. At one point, the plan was for his mom to go to DD/BF’s house in the morning and cook over there. My daughter was kind of horrified at that prospect. Kind of like a home invasion, with turkey.
I assured her that I didn’t want to pressure her, but I extended invitations to her, BF, his dad and dad’s girlfriend. BF kept hesitating on responding, and I was getting a little anxious/annoyed as the time approached to actually buy the turkey, etc, and plan the food. Finally I told her “How about I do what we usually do, and if you come, you come, and if you don’t, you don’t?” She was SO relieved.
So they wound up going to his mom’s place, and stopping by our house for pie. DD saved room for sides. BF has never been to our house. In fact, even though we’ve met on many occasions, we haven’t spent a lot of time together. We have a very cozy, cabin-like home, and BF was enthralled. We sat around, watched “The Simpsons” and talked and ate pie. Pie brings people together!
I’m proud that I didn’t give in to my crankier instincts when I was waiting for an RSVP. And I’ll give partial credit to CC, because I read a lot of the parent/adult child questions intently.
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Glad it all worked out-- seems like maybe the BF was worried about his mom spending the holiday alone.
Thanks, HarvestMoon! I think there’s a lot of pressure from mom (who has a boyfriend) and BF is a sweet but anxious young man. I’m so glad I didn’t follow my worst instincts and instead gave them some space. It kind of gives me a starting place to behave like a grownup from now on. I think that they are heading towards marriage, so look for me on the wedding thread!
I did most of the cooking on Tuesday and Wednesday so once the turkey was in the oven , my husband and I went for a 23 mile bike ride. My oldest daughter made a pie and a vegetable side dish while we were out.
My step-daughter and her boyfriend showed up for dinner , somewhat unexpectedly s that was nice.
We played games after dinner and had some laughs. All in all , it was a very nice day.
Because we didn’t think our son was coming home for Thanksgiving, I agreed to let my mom host as my brother and SIL were in town and staying with her and it just seemed to make sense to let her have the day. Then, circumstances changed, and our son was able to come home–for the whole week! I really hated not having the big cooking party in our kitchen Wednesday night and not having the leftovers in our fridge to pick on afterward, but our son is within hugging distance, so it was a great holiday after all. Not looking forward to him going back on the red-eye tonight, but I am looking forward to hosting Christmas.