I am so thankful for family, friends, and community this year.
And I'm feeling like a Thanksgiving pro today. After years of hosting, I have a stable menu that pleases and serves everyone. Fifteen years ago, when I started hosting, I'd be in such a dither about what to make--now I know exactly what I'm making and how long it will take.
In fact, around 11, I realized I was a bit ahead of schedule and that I should save some tasks for when people came around so they could feel like they'd helped with the meal too, so I hit pause. This means that I was able to sneak in a walk and a soak despite the busyness of the morning. Also, I was able to pull all of meal prep off with nary a cut or a burn.
I didn't get enough pictures, what with orchestrating the ovens, trying to dissuade Nu from cheerfully and charmingly trying to cheat at every Thanksgiving game, and Max going bonkers with first Thanksgiving energy.
Pic: My place setting with the hand-turkey Nu and At made over a decade ago...
5 comments:
Oh, this is wonderful Maya! Sounds perfect.
Nice.
Good for you! I love the little hand turkey. At Christmas, I always hang up all the ornaments the kids made for me in school each year, and the poem Sam wrote in second grade has a place of honour in the living room. What could be more special than our memories?
The hand turkey!!!!
Thank you, Friends!
Nance--Seriously! Memories are lovely (or unexpectedly brutal sometimes).
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