Since I'm at home with nothing pertinent to do, I'm participating in Five Question Friday. I will try to do my best to update this blog a bit more with things other than generic blog questionnaires - I just don't always having something amazing to share. Or don't have the time is more like it!
So here goes nothing...if you'd like to participate too, hop over to My Little Life and link up!
1. What is your favorite part of a Thanksgiving Day meal?
I actually love everything about Thanksgiving. My favorite part of the food part of the meal is my Grandma's corn dish and turkey mixed with cranberries. I also love stuffing, sweet potatoes, and mashed potatoes. So, pretty much I love every food item on the table except for green bean casserole (but I ate some this year). Apart from the food I usually love sitting down with the family, eating together, and talking about Thanksgiving past and other fun memories. I haven't actually had a Thanksgiving like that in a while though - last year I was in Ecuador, the year before I was in Texas with my sister, the year before I went to my sister's in-law's house, and before that I was in Honduras. This year we sat down as a family but my sister and her family were in a bit of a rush to try to go to the in-laws for dinner so we literally spent 30 minutes at the table. It's quite ironic because I spent 6 hours cooking in the morning and then a full two hours cleaning up all the dishes - but only 30 minutes actually at the table (and that includes the time it took me to carve the turkey). Yeah - not really ideal, but it was fun anyway. I do miss Thanksgiving with my parents though.
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| My sister and me celebrating Thanksgiving in Ecuador! |
2. Are you a host or a guest for Thanksgiving this year?
I was definitely a host. I started getting the turkey ready at 8am and cooked until about 2pm. We ate and then my sister, her husband, and their two kids went off to her in-law's house and I cleaned up the dinner (which took a good two hours getting the meat off the turkey, packing all the food up, and washing dishes) and then husby and I cuddled on the couch and watched movies.
3. When you think of one Thanksgiving tradition, what comes to mind?
I usually think of watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but now that I'm cooking I can't actually do it. That's really the only thing I think of, even though it's pretty much the most common thing to do. We don't have any unique traditions like writing notes or sharing what we're thankful for or anything like that. When I was little and we lived overseas we always tried to invite host country nationals over to eat and share in Thanksgiving fun - in Italy we invited the Italian family that lived below us and in England we invited the people from whom we rented our house. However, we now live in the U.S. and we're our own host country nationals. Although it was my husband's first Thanksgiving, which was kinda fun.
4. You have two pieces of pie in front of you and you HAVE to eat one...do you pick pumpkin or pecan?
That's not too hard because we rarely have pecan. I would definitely pick pumpkin. Of course, if it were my house and I could do whatever I wanted I would have pumpkin, apple, and pecan all on the same plate. This year I had pumpkin and apple together, on the same plate - we didn't make pecan so I couldn't add that. I love pie!!!
5. Are you a Black Friday shopper?
I answered this for Fill in the Blank Friday on my other blog but I can recap here. No, as I am sitting here on Friday at home, by myself, writing my blog - I am definitely not a Black Friday shopper. I went a few times with my sister and it wasn't bad or anything. I just don't have any money to spend until our next paycheck so there's no point. I tried to do some online shopping but the websites kept crashing. Makes it difficult, no?
Have a lovely day!!!
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