Alaskan Thanksgiving plans
Just to respond to some comments on the Christmas blog : First of all, Sandy, the only one up here who really likes snow is Justin - he gets a snow machine for Christmas because they will be building cabins out in the mountains for work this winter, so he is all excited about snow. Plus, he grew up in the hot part of New Mexico, so it is still new to him.
Even Brian has had a lifetime of snow and Trust me, I complain and whine about the snow ALL THE TIME!!!!
I would LOVE to live somewhere that had snow on a distant mountain. Snow in a rural area is just as inconvenient as in a city. Although, last night a warm wind blew in with rain and now it is in the 40's so the snow is pretty melted down and just an ice field. Sorry Justin.
Justin does a little snow dance every time a flake falls - now when lots of flakes fall, Brian calls home and tells Justin to go do his snow dance with a snow shovel in his hands. hehehe
We decided to have our own Thanksgiving this year. We have never had a Thanksgiving that was just the two of us - the years Alicia was away at school, we celebrated with the neighbors and the last few years, we have gotten together with church families. But this year, we have been sick and don't feel like going anywhere and with Brian working nights, we just don't get to see each other that much so we are having our own dinner. We are even having turkey.
Brian did the shopping yesterday and got everything but turkey - they were all $3.00 a pound and we were NOT going to pay that for a turkey, so we tried to figure out what to have instead. Then today he checked back and they had them on sale, so he got a big one so I can freeze the extra meat. I like to have it around for pot pie or alfredo noodles or soup.
Mother was right about the nap part - but we watch college baskeball on Thanksgiving week instead of football. There are 5 or 6 tournaments - including the Great Alaska Shootout. Probably next year, we will try to go to the shootout if the kids are here to watch the dog and cat. We have always wanted to go in person.
Besides now that the Ducks have broken my heart again, I have lost all interest in college football. Stupid Ducks - now they won't even get to be in the Rose Bowl.
LOVE YOU ALL - Charlotte
Even Brian has had a lifetime of snow and Trust me, I complain and whine about the snow ALL THE TIME!!!!
I would LOVE to live somewhere that had snow on a distant mountain. Snow in a rural area is just as inconvenient as in a city. Although, last night a warm wind blew in with rain and now it is in the 40's so the snow is pretty melted down and just an ice field. Sorry Justin.
Justin does a little snow dance every time a flake falls - now when lots of flakes fall, Brian calls home and tells Justin to go do his snow dance with a snow shovel in his hands. hehehe
We decided to have our own Thanksgiving this year. We have never had a Thanksgiving that was just the two of us - the years Alicia was away at school, we celebrated with the neighbors and the last few years, we have gotten together with church families. But this year, we have been sick and don't feel like going anywhere and with Brian working nights, we just don't get to see each other that much so we are having our own dinner. We are even having turkey.
Brian did the shopping yesterday and got everything but turkey - they were all $3.00 a pound and we were NOT going to pay that for a turkey, so we tried to figure out what to have instead. Then today he checked back and they had them on sale, so he got a big one so I can freeze the extra meat. I like to have it around for pot pie or alfredo noodles or soup.
Mother was right about the nap part - but we watch college baskeball on Thanksgiving week instead of football. There are 5 or 6 tournaments - including the Great Alaska Shootout. Probably next year, we will try to go to the shootout if the kids are here to watch the dog and cat. We have always wanted to go in person.
Besides now that the Ducks have broken my heart again, I have lost all interest in college football. Stupid Ducks - now they won't even get to be in the Rose Bowl.
LOVE YOU ALL - Charlotte
posted by Brian & Charlotte Carper | 9:34 PM
1 Comments:
Sounds like a great Thanksgiving. An alaskan shoot out, neat! and hurray of left over meat!!
-Laura
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