Thanksgiving 2014 starring… … …

… … … The New Landfill Chitchen of course (minus a wee bit of a flood this morning but that was easily remedied). I can’t remember the exact conversation I had with Certified Kitchen Lady last winter or spring or whenever but I said something like, “I just want to cook Thanksgiving dinner in a new kitchen next fall.” It was a joke and we all laughed. Our kitchen reno was on or ahead of schedule from the get-go. It was completed in three weeks and I reveled in cooking today’s turkey dinner in it, not to mention Eggs Benny for breakfast this morning! Both of Gertrude’s ovens got a workout and the GG cooked the turkey on the grill and here are the GG and Mouse after the turkey came off the grill. I do not have a pitcher of his apron but that might be okay because it isn’t exactly work or family safe. It came from a closet at the moldy old Houghton Lake cabin, probably the same one in which Jimmy C found a jacket with a vole placenta in the pocket.

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I’ve posted this turkey platter before but I love it and it is the last xmas gift I received from The Commander (who enlisted the GG’s help to obtain it). She was never very happy with my taste for garish, flashy things but she had a genuine smile on her face when I opened that big box!

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We always trek over to The Plum Market on Thanksgiving Day and Liz always manages to take a pitcher of me and Mouse from behind. I guess that’s as good a tradition as any, eh? Don’tcha love my purple tights? You might be able to see a flash of Mouse’s hot pink leggings.

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Finally, here is the GG doing what he does when he is not slurping coffee in the nook behind the Red Puano or grilling turkey or whatever. I sometimes see a version of this image from the woods when I am walking early in the morning and he hasn’t left for work yet.

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I shooed everybody out to take a walk after dinner. I needed a wee bit of space and they needed to egg some cars from the freeway bridge. Oh, not really, the GG and the Uncly Uncle once did that off a railroad bridge when they were 10 or whatever. Guess what their mistake was… They egged their dad’s car.

Gobble gobble and g’night! Love!

2 Responses to “Thanksgiving 2014 starring… … …”

  1. l4827 Says:

    A flood? We had our flood too. Though ours was yesterday. The day/long weekend was saved by a Roto Router, thanks! Did the turkey trot in the Thumb. Safely back now from in-laws/outlaws.

  2. Margaret Says:

    I love your purple tights and your turkey platter. I don’t have much in the way of cool dishes. We actually served our gravy in creamers since I discovered that I don’t have a gravy boat. Worked just fine. 🙂