Most of us were thinner before we came to dinner

Tap tap tap... this thing on? Does anyone read the internet on Thanksgiving?

It's early Wednesday morning. I was watching my mother deal with a naked flappy-skinned turkey until my inner pansy took over and insisted I leave the kitchen for the safer confines of the internet. I cooked Thanksgiving dinner once, when my parents still lived in Italy and I had a brand new house, and it was... well, I'll just say that I don't like to touch raw meat. I am totally one of those people who prefers to believe her steak dinners are magically conjured out of thin air. Also, how lame am I that I am WATCHING my mom and not HELPING? I will say that I artfully arranged the peaches in the peach jello last night. (Peach jello on top, ice cream on the bottom, totally the best part of Thanksgiving.)

ANYWAY. I am sitting here fulfilling my contractual obligation to let you know I have told everyone what I'm thankful for at Parenting today. And it's more things like "Elmo" than "Good Friends and Family". Although they're all right too.

I hope you have a wonderful, blessed and tasty holiday today, and I hope you score that plasma screen at a rock bottom price tomorrow. I will probably be in some sort of food coma till Sunday and unable to post. Oh, and DEFINITELY unable to weigh in on Monday. HA.

Comments

[Jen]

I read the internet on Thanksgiving! Nothing else to do while the turkey cooks. (No company.)

[lindsay]

I did my first turkey evah on Cdn Thanksgiving. I had never been that up close and personal with a raw, bloody disgusting animal. Tasted great, but I don't think I want to cook a whole headless bird again.

[Lindsay]

Gahh, my reader is EMPTY! This black friday thing ain't no joke! Thank goodness I have discovered House and a new old man crush on Dr. House to keep me entertained. Move over Don Draper! I kid, I kid.

[Shelley]

Ha! I found your blog from the BlogHer headlines, and right away your post struck a chord with me.

I hate raw meat, too. In fact, if I think about meat too much and where it comes from - even if I didn't have to see it in any form other than cooked and on my plate - I get a little bit ill.

Fun post! Happy Thanksgiving!