What with one thing and another, various members of The Tribe are
going off in all different directions for the first time in Recorded
History. The DH and I are the only ones left standing alone for Turkey
Day (US). We are, therefore, taking off on our motorcycles, carrying
light, and stopping wherever it suits, for a long weekend. This is
somethin': only the second time in 35 years that I haven't done a
turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Whoo hooo!

Anyone else doing solo?

Vroom, vroom, mi amigos!

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> What with one thing and another, various members of The Tribe are
> going off in all different directions for the first time in Recorded
> History. The DH and I are the only ones left standing alone for Turkey
> Day (US). We are, therefore, taking off on our motorcycles, carrying
> light, and stopping wherever it suits, for a long weekend. This is
> somethin': only the second time in 35 years that I haven't done a
> turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Whoo hooo!
>
> Anyone else doing solo?
>
> Vroom, vroom, mi amigos!
>
You go, girl! This will be the first time in several years that we'll
have a family member at the Thanksgiving table (SO's mom, who moved to a
nearby retirement complex). My grad school roommate will also be part
of the festivities. The menu will be relatively traditional, since the
mom is a bit leery of new things.

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

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In article >,
Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

> What with one thing and another, various members of The Tribe are
> going off in all different directions for the first time in Recorded
> History. The DH and I are the only ones left standing alone for Turkey
> Day (US). We are, therefore, taking off on our motorcycles, carrying
> light, and stopping wherever it suits, for a long weekend. This is
> somethin': only the second time in 35 years that I haven't done a
> turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Whoo hooo!
>
> Anyone else doing solo?
>
> Vroom, vroom, mi amigos!

Working at a university, I know quite a few people who do TG solo. One
friend likes to work at a soup kitchen on TG day. A couple of others
usually find someone they know to share the holiday with. Going out on a
motorcycle trip over the TG holiday sounds like an interesting approach.

This TG will be a bit strange for me. My sister got married last August.
Her and her husband decided this year to do TG with his folks. Last
year, they did TG with my side of the family. Alternating seems
reasonable, but it will be the first TG since my sister was born 40
years ago that we've spent that holiday apart. I am sure that we'll all
have a nice holiday anyway.

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

>
> Anyone else doing solo?
>
> Vroom, vroom, mi amigos!
>

This will be the first year my husband and I are by ourselves. Family
has either moved or passed on or divorced, and all our friends (the ones
we'd invite for dinner anyway) are going out of town this year.

I look at it like this. No complaints at the lack of mashed potatoes. No
whining "But I don't eat ____". No strange looks at the soup course.
No grumpy people declaring they don't want a salad they're just here for
the turkey dammit. Nobody asking "What else have you got" when I offer
dessert.

And a whole lot less dishes to clean up afterward.

The B&B sounds wonderful. I came ]this[ close to planning an
out-of-country holiday, and I'm glad we didn't as work got really bad
at hubby's office last week and we'd have had to cancel.


Dawn

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> What with one thing and another, various members of The Tribe are
> going off in all different directions for the first time in Recorded
> History. The DH and I are the only ones left standing alone for Turkey
> Day (US). We are, therefore, taking off on our motorcycles, carrying
> light, and stopping wherever it suits, for a long weekend. This is
> somethin': only the second time in 35 years that I haven't done a
> turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Whoo hooo!
>
> Anyone else doing solo?
>
> Vroom, vroom, mi amigos!
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Yep. Solo'ing here because I can't deal with my family. They all want to
control my life as if I'm still 10 years old. I'm roasting a deboned
chicken stuffed with boudin, accompanied by roasted acorn squash and some
steamed broccoli. I *might* make some soup; might bake some cornbread or
rolls... not sure about that yet.

Jill

Dawn wrote:

> This will be the first year my husband and I are by ourselves. Family
> has either moved or passed on or divorced, and all our friends (the ones
> we'd invite for dinner anyway) are going out of town this year.
>
> I look at it like this. No complaints at the lack of mashed potatoes. No
> whining "But I don't eat ____". No strange looks at the soup course. No
> grumpy people declaring they don't want a salad they're just here for
> the turkey dammit. Nobody asking "What else have you got" when I offer
> dessert.

Wow, anyone so rude would *never* be invited back. That includes family.

>
> And a whole lot less dishes to clean up afterward.

Sing it! However, last year, I schmoozed with friends while my partner
did Every. Last. Dish. So I can't complain.

serene, who is skipping the salad this year because no one ever eats it

serene wrote:

>
> Wow, anyone so rude would *never* be invited back. That includes family.

Sometimes with family you don't get that choice.

But to be fair, some people really like their traditional Thanksgiving,
and I found out if I mess with the menu too much the family will revolt.
The in-laws were not at all accustomed to change. I thought my FIL
was going to have heart failure over the mashed potatoes.

The salad comment got me though. I very nearly threw it across the room.


> Sing it! However, last year, I schmoozed with friends while my partner
> did Every. Last. Dish. So I can't complain.

My husband just finished loading the dishwasher and putting away
leftovers. I love him so.


Dawn