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It's not a holiday meal until....
It's not a holiday meal until.... You're missing at least one vital ingredient the main dish. Because I'm a non traditionalist, I planned on making lasagna as my Christmas meal. I had scoured the internet for the perfect recipe..... And collected my ingredients Christmas Eve morning when I finished my Christmas shopping. Certain I had lasagna noodles in the cupboard at home, I chose not pick them . I did not have lasagna noodles at home. Four gas stations, two dollar stores, and one Walgreens later, I was now scouring the internet on Christmas Day for alternate pasta options to the lasagna noodle calamity. Pork chops, mashed potatoes, and green bean casserole it is!! I've learned, over the years, that it really doesn't matter what I make as a holiday meal.... The simple fact that my offspring and I are gathered around my dinning table make any meal a special event. There will be fighting.... There will be laughing.... I will wind crying at some point.... And a lot of stories will be shared.... I haven't talked about Middle in a while, mainly because I'm so sad that he will be leaving me in June. The holidays this year have been especially hard as I know, they will be the last holidays I get to share with him and I find myself crying just at the thought. The thing is, a holiday meal doesn't really care about any of that. Before you know it, everyone is fighting over who took the crispy onions from the top of the green been casserole and someone has invariably spilled their drink not once but TWICE all over the table. My oldest is hoarding the cooked carrots and the Spawn is grunting in disapproval as I get teary eyed and cry, yet again, over the realization that Middle 's time with me is quickly coming to a close. Meanwhile, she is sitting at the table asking me to watch her new dance moves.... So I do, I look in her direction and watch. "Don't look at me! I can't do it when you're looking!" "Wait, what??? You just said 'want to see my new dance moves'. How am I supposed to see them if I can't look at you???" "I hadn't thought it out that far." , good lord.... Oldest is telling about his latest near death experience when a tree came crashing into the heavy equipment he was operating at work. He mentions eating a piece of pizza out of his truck that had been in there for four weeks and that actually worries me more than the tree incident. Yikes! Middle is proudly displaying his achievement card that states he has met all the physical requirements and passed some test as of his latest marine workout with the Sargent. He had been so bummed that he didn't have the required credits to graduate early and ship out when he wanted to... But I have been so thankful he didn't. I feel better knowing he has had this time to get prepared as part of the delayed enlistment program. It also gave me 6 more months to spend with him.... And, I sit back and smile. I see the Spawn sitting across the table from me, singing, doing some weird ass shit with her hands, being a . I see my Middle talking about his latest workout and how excited he is that he'll be starting out as a private first class after basic as he's somehow earned that elevated rank. I see my oldest with all the green bean crispies on his plate and the bowl of carrots tucked away near him. It's been another successful holiday meal. I hope you all had a very merry Christmas! |
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reads as a wonderful Christmas dinner
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Sounds like family perfection to me. It’s not a good holiday unless laughter, despair, cuss words and over eating come into play with love rounding out the day. Lasagna is my fave but the replacement meal sounds yummy too. It was relatively quiet here at Casa Wrong. Prime rib, mashed taters and creamed spinach and bread pudding was the edible stuff. And watched WW84. So win win. Lol
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You had a fun day I was at My brother's place and had a traditional turkey dinner. He beat me in Fifa 2020 (I think it's called?)...I've beaten him just once or twice in all the soccer games we've played over the years!
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You had a fun day I was at My brother's place and had a traditional turkey dinner. He beat me in Fifa 2020 (I think it's called?)...I've beaten him just once or twice in all the soccer games we've played over the years!
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Sounds like family perfection to me. It’s not a good holiday unless laughter, despair, cuss words and over eating come into play with love rounding out the day. Lasagna is my fave but the replacement meal sounds yummy too. It was relatively quiet here at Casa Wrong. Prime rib, mashed taters and creamed spinach and bread pudding was the edible stuff. And watched WW84. So win win. Lol My name is MrWrong and I approved this comment
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reads as a wonderful Christmas dinner
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Nobody tells you how hard it is to watch them become adults. Now I know what my grandma went through when I left home.... She would write letters about how quiet the house was and how empty everything felt. I know, now, how she felt.
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Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts. It's very much appreciated.
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It was a quiet one this year. Talk, 🍷🍷, shrimp 🦐, more wine, more talk, quiche, more wine 🍷 🍷, charades, those hot dogs marinated in stuff... more wine 🍷 🍷. We tested out the breathalyzer that my oldest got. She blew a 0.23 ... which freaked us out, then she read the instructions ; turns out, you're supposed to wait a couple of seconds after you gulp some alcohol _before you blow. Second time around it was only 0.032 which was more reasonable - since the night had just begun. Charades was fun. Who knew? 🤔 🍷🍷🎄🎄🎅😎❗❗
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Happy New Year to you as well! It wouldn't be a bona fide holiday without some sort of drama!
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Merry Christmas Secret_lade Hope your body has recovered from last sex escapade😘
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Since the g-girls trashed the dinner table in the spring and refused to clean it off even for Thanksgiving, we've all retreated to our neutral corners and ate meals in peace. I am so done living with El Douche that this works out better for me. Just a few more weeks and I will get my whole house back. I'm glad you're getting your house back! I'll bet you're super excited!
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12/26/2020 4:47 am |
Since the g-girls trashed the dinner table in the spring and refused to clean it off even for Thanksgiving, we've all retreated to our neutral corners and ate meals in peace. I am so done living with El Douche that this works out better for me. Just a few more weeks and I will get my whole house back.
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12/26/2020 2:20 am |
Merry Christmas Secret_lade Hope your body has recovered from last sex escapade😘
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It was a quiet one this year. Talk, 🍷🍷, shrimp 🦐, more wine, more talk, quiche, more wine 🍷 🍷, charades, those hot dogs marinated in stuff... more wine 🍷 🍷. We tested out the breathalyzer that my oldest got. She blew a 0.23 ... which freaked us out, then she read the instructions ; turns out, you're supposed to wait a couple of seconds after you gulp some alcohol _before you blow. Second time around it was only 0.032 which was more reasonable - since the night had just begun. Charades was fun. Who knew? 🤔 🍷🍷🎄🎄🎅😎❗❗ ... is there another way to look at it Going Too Fucking Far NEW Blog Features RevealeD O O A Foolproof Method Posted Over on that NEW site O O
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