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thanksgiving  

jdoten3 46M
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11/29/2008 9:17 pm
thanksgiving

Well I am finally home, I arrive yesterday after traveling since the 25th on Iraq time. Oh man was that a long trip home and talk about frustrating at points, maybe one day I will elaborate on what fun I had coming home, oyi.

But man is it good to be home, even for just a few weeks. Hugged my wife and almost broke a few of her ribs, same thing with my . Man I am glad to see them again.

Tomorrow we celebrate thanksgiving, yeah I know, late, but they waited for me to be home. I am the cook of the family, I don’t do traditional roles, being a guy normally the wife is the cook, not in my case. It will be a huge has hell meal, and I start having help this year. My oldest will start helping out in the kitchen and learning how I cook, I will pass on my dumpling recipe and gravy as well.

But man do I have a lot of work cut out for me tomorrow. First thing after I get up is get the bird stuffed and put on. I make home made stuffing too, none of that store bought crap. Then after that I start the morning snack meals, first will be cinnamon biscuits and then pigs in a blanket and finally deviled eggs for the small meals until all the food is ready.

After that I get done the sweet potatoe pie, and then start prepping the veggies. First green beans, then carrots and finally the mashed tatters. I make three kinds, one is made with garlic and butter, the next with onions and the final one is sour cream and chives.

I will also be making up fresh buttermilk biscuits, dumplings, and two pies for desert. And all that is just for a family of 5 lol, god I love to cook.

I told my daughters today what I am grateful for, just being home and alive. I am thankful that I live in the country I do, for running water and electricity, clean water and air, internet and cellphones and everything everyone else who has not been in Iraq or Afghanistan takes for granted. I also started to teach them about giving, giving them what few dollars and change we had to give to the salvation army bell ringers. I told them that there are people that have even less then we do and that everyone should always help out no matter how small it is. That we should help others, they are starting to learn some of the lessons I had to learn the hard way.

Well I hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and will have some good holidays to come, when I go back I will have just 9 more months to go before I am home again.

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