As Thankful as I am for all that God has done in our family this past year, I have to admit, I am Thankful that Thanksgiving Day 2008 is over.
Problem #1)
After a full day of cooking on Wednesday, I ended the day with a slow moving kitchen sink.
I honestly would never have thought I would say those words but the photo story below will explain my sentiments:
Problem #1)After a full day of cooking on Wednesday, I ended the day with a slow moving kitchen sink.
I could fully understand the feeling my sink was experiencing, I was moving pretty slowly as well. Right before I settled into bed, I served my hard working sink a whole container of Drano to help her settle during the night.
Yesterday morning--Thanksgiving day--I woke up to find the Drano right where I left it.
Yesterday morning--Thanksgiving day--I woke up to find the Drano right where I left it.
The sink was completely plugged up on both sides.
In response to my shrieking, my honey, who is a "thinker" not a "handyman" kind of guy, sweetly went right to work to help out.
In response to my shrieking, my honey, who is a "thinker" not a "handyman" kind of guy, sweetly went right to work to help out.
He plunged, he snaked, he finally climbed under the sink, after pulling out ALL of my under sink materials and spread them out on the kitchen floor!!!!
He then proceeded to take apart all the sink pipes to "clean them out".
All the while, I am running back and forth to the garage sink to complete my final cooking.
All the while, I am running back and forth to the garage sink to complete my final cooking.
The bad news got worse when after my honey had completed his PIPE surgery and was unable to figure out what went back where!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO NOT GOOD!!!!!
After several hours of heating tempers and no HOT (or cold for that matter) water in the kitchen sink, honey and I decided to pull ourselves together and rise to the occasion.
After several hours of heating tempers and no HOT (or cold for that matter) water in the kitchen sink, honey and I decided to pull ourselves together and rise to the occasion.
We made a decision to CHOOSE to deal with this thing in a good hearted way.
We moved all the cars around and opened the garage up for an impromptu kitchen sink.
Mind you, my table was already set with china and I had used pretty much every serving bowl, plate and spoon for my dinner planed for 12!
Mind you, my table was already set with china and I had used pretty much every serving bowl, plate and spoon for my dinner planed for 12!
It was not going to be an easy day.
Problem #2) A mess up--ON MY PART-- in the timing of dinner, resulted in one of my sons and his family not being able to come.
Problem #2) A mess up--ON MY PART-- in the timing of dinner, resulted in one of my sons and his family not being able to come.
It was not going to be an easy day.
Problem #3) (What is that saying about 3 STRIKES!) I guess I woke up on Wednesday with some kind of tape worm because I cooked so much food I am telling you, we could have fed the entire neighborhood. I don't know why I cooked so much. Maybe it was the nostalgia of my cooking day. Maybe because I wanted everyone to have leftovers to take home. Maybe it was because I did not want to take the time to breakdown recipes.
Problem #3) (What is that saying about 3 STRIKES!) I guess I woke up on Wednesday with some kind of tape worm because I cooked so much food I am telling you, we could have fed the entire neighborhood. I don't know why I cooked so much. Maybe it was the nostalgia of my cooking day. Maybe because I wanted everyone to have leftovers to take home. Maybe it was because I did not want to take the time to breakdown recipes.
Who knows why, but I was serving 12 and cooked for 25!!
When we sat down to dinner I popped the 4 duplicate casseroles that I had not cooked yet into the oven to cook while we ate. Not too long after the blessing, our smoke alarms went off, our 5 month old G-Baby began to cry and smoke started to curl from the kitchen to the dining room. As I ran to the kitchen to take action, the phone rang. It was our alarm company telling us that firetrucks were on the way!! Seconds after I hung up the phone, a firetruck pulled up to our house!
After assuring the brave Firemen that it was simply smoke from casserole overload, I begged them to join us for dinner as I had enough food for the entire firehouse. They declined. I am not sure if it was from fear of getting served burnt food or if it was the table that was set up in the garage with the dishes on top and the plunger sitting next to it on the dirty garage floor!
When we sat down to dinner I popped the 4 duplicate casseroles that I had not cooked yet into the oven to cook while we ate. Not too long after the blessing, our smoke alarms went off, our 5 month old G-Baby began to cry and smoke started to curl from the kitchen to the dining room. As I ran to the kitchen to take action, the phone rang. It was our alarm company telling us that firetrucks were on the way!! Seconds after I hung up the phone, a firetruck pulled up to our house!
After assuring the brave Firemen that it was simply smoke from casserole overload, I begged them to join us for dinner as I had enough food for the entire firehouse. They declined. I am not sure if it was from fear of getting served burnt food or if it was the table that was set up in the garage with the dishes on top and the plunger sitting next to it on the dirty garage floor!In any case, once they left, we tried again to settle down and eat our dinner.
The food was delicious and the events of the day provided plenty of fodder for conversation.
After a while of sitting in our front porch rockers and letting it all digest, honey and I got to work washing a BILLION pots, pans and dishes in the garage, drying them and carrying them inside to put away.
It was an interesting Thanksgiving day to say the least.
In the interest of knowing that "ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD..." I have come to the the following conclusions about Thanksgiving 2008, in case anyone wants to turn it into a movie or a book (I am certain it will turn up somewhere in a speech!)
I am thankful to have cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner with my sweet daughter.
I am thankful that my honey and I have been together for enough years that we have learned to do an attitude adjustment very quickly.
I am thankful that my older son, whom I messed the dinner times up on, still loves and forgives me.
I am thankful that the Fire Department can get to my house in less than 5 minutes should I ever really need for them to.
I am thankful that God has created some to be thinkers and some to be PLUMBERS!!
(The "Plummer" one, called by the "Thinker" one is on the way as I write this blog)
I am thankful to have enough leftovers that we will have food from now until Christmas which is very lucky since I am NOT COOKING before then!!
Bottom line...I am thankful!
