We celebrated ThanksEarly yesterday. I cooked a turkey*, made mashed potatoes and gravy, and green beans cooked with 8 cloves of garlic in olive oil (a kid favorite). I also made pumpkin pie, which the Things loved. We were joined by Tragically Hip Single Mom and her daughter, whom she refers to as Feral Child. FC is the same age as Thing One and they are alternately thick as thieves and mean as nails with each other, causing THSM to coin the phrase "Girl Wars." But yesterday was good.
Friend Two also stopped by for awhile, post-dinner, and hung out. He played various hide-and-seek games with the Things and watched THSM teach me to knit. Right now I'm working on my very first knitting project: a scarf made from beautiful alpaca wool from Chile. I've already screwed up a dozen times, but the wool is so pretty, it's fairly forgiving. And THSM told me be easy on myself, so I'm not getting all worked up over the imperfections. I think it'll be a lovely scarf. The kids already are calling in orders for thinsg they want (knitted hats with various animal ears top the list, though Thing Two wants one with vampire ears).
After THSM and Friend Two went home, we went and picked up Friend R from the airport and drove him back to his apartment. When we pulled up to his apartment, he said, "wait here," and ran inside his house, returning quickly. With a pie. With a homemade apple pie. With a fancy top crust. "Thanks for picking me up!" he said.
So, all around, it was a good ThanksEarly.
*tm
*originally, I had planned on just making a chicken, but then gave in and bought a turkey. I experimented and roasted it with apples and butter, some tarragon (thyme would have been better), but it turned out fairly yummy.
so jealous. just so jealous not to be one of those friends stopping by, etc. i am sadsadsad here in my little vermont world of thanksgiving with strangers.
Posted by: Friend One | November 12, 2006 at 12:06 PM
What are vampire ears, anyway? Thing Two's ears entrance me, fascinate me, beguile me.
Posted by: Tragically Hip Single Mother | November 13, 2006 at 07:25 AM
http://artfiles.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/11749000/11749888.jpg
I've got nothing. I am stopping by to say it.. it.. the word. the word that feels... expresses.. and ummm.. it is.... it is... hi.
Dale
Posted by: Fozzy Bear - | November 14, 2006 at 08:03 PM
That's it?
Jeez, I thought I'd feel different once I knew what it was.
Posted by: badfreak | November 15, 2006 at 06:49 PM
Do you remember that old SNL sketch when Bill Murray (swoon!) first joined up, and he was doing the World's Worst Lounge Singer, and he'd croon, "Star...Wars...nothing but...STAR...wars!"
I wish we could get Bill to come and do that for Thing One and FC.
Wait, maybe he has a Myspace account!
Posted by: THSM | November 16, 2006 at 01:55 PM
I can't believe you cooked a TURKEY...
DOWN THHHHHEEEEERRRREEEE!!!
And admitted it.
Beware the Meat Gestapo.
Be. Ware.
Posted by: Pink- Haired housewife | November 22, 2006 at 11:05 AM
(It's because I never sleep.)
I did NOT mean to suggest that you used your vagina to cook a turkey.
I mean...it wouldn't really be warm enough to be safe from bacteria, would it? Not that you're full of bacteria or anything. Remember "The Accidental Tourist" 225 degree oven? I'm sayin. My body temp tends to run a little low. I could maybe pull off warm tapas olives and chickpeas.
And - a turkey's pretty big. Well, HUGE really, so there's that to consider.
I'm not saying it couldn't be done. Someone's probably doing it right now. And maybe someday you'll figure out how to do it and show the rest of us.
Right?
Posted by: Pink- Haired housewife | November 22, 2006 at 12:00 PM