Its a Blue ball!

Xmas eve 2006 - set the stage. Jisaner and Beano always have to open a present on Christmas Eve - Big Daddy is once again argumentative about it with a sneaky look in his eye. I hand out the two "presents" to Jis and Bean. Jis opens hers first - "it's a blue ball!" Bean is yelling at the top of his lungs - let it be a can of simonzie, let it be a can of simonize! Lo and behold a can of simonize. The Christmas Story - the movie comes to life in my living room. So began gag gift Christmas Eve. Xmas eve 2007 - Jis writes a lovely poem for a daddy and presents him with his xmas eve gift - A LIVE MOUSE! Xmas 2008 - Bean receives Unlce Eddie's White shoes from Big Daddy - so the saga continues.

Turkey Day 2009

Kind of different - lots of fun. The schedule was all screwed up this year so we ended up eating at 5pm instead of 1pm. It was a lot easier to get everything together a little bit at a time but I still ended up cleaning up until 9pm. Also, got to go see the great tree lighting in L'ville which is now a Young family tradition. I even got props for my pies!

Turkey day coming soon

Well this is indeed going to be an interesting turkey day. Just about everybody is mad at everybody else and nobody seems to want to compromise so I told big daddy last night that maybe I just wouldn't cook for turkey day this year. The man almost fell over crying. My family has always looked forward to the big food day. I begin at about 5am - put the turkey in. Make the cornbread, make the mac and cheese, green beans, swwet potato casserole, dressing, pecan pie, pumpkin pie and for some reason my mom always has to make sure that we do fruit salad and ambrosia. I could really do without the last two because they are just a pain to fix right at the end. So after about 7 hours of straight cooking, eating and cleaning up I collapse on the sofa only to have someone tell me that they need something else. Maybe this year I will just tell everybody that we are working for Hosea's homeless and serve somebody who really appreciates it.