TheBanyanTree: Post Thanksgiving

[Monique Colver]

Me too. I do not have patience when I'm supposed to be fed. And when I'm
cooking, I get to sample things, which is why I prefer to cook.



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On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Jeri Xiques <jer.xiques at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unbelievable, Theta!!  I think I would have been on the phone ordering
> Pizza around 4:30!
>
> Jeri
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Jena Norton <eudora45 at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, I think Elise is a closet Colver.
> > Glad it went well, all things considered. Jena Norton
> >
> >       From: Theta Brentnall <tybrent at gmail.com>
> >  To: A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> > *original* writings. <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> >  Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:59 AM
> >  Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Post Thanksgiving
> >
> > I will say conclusively that you won the awesome Thanksgiving contest.
> > Ours was a little iffy from the beginning. Gerry's niece, Elise, has a
> new
> > (to her) house so she wanted to host the family Thanksgiving dinner. We
> > were to arrive at 3, which kind of made us think dinner at 4-ish so we
> > skimped on lunch. We got there early because we had anticipated horrible
> > traffic which didn't materialize. (Oh, yes, "we" consisted of Gerry and
> me,
> > our oldest, Darling Maggie, her Darling Shane and the two grandest of
> > grandchildren, Indiana and Micah.  Just so you know the players.) Elise's
> > boyfriend was there, but no Elise. Two raw turkeys on the counter. A big
> > pan of raw potatoes waiting for heat. A green bean casserole sitting on
> the
> > table which Mike said had been dropped off in the morning and apparently
> > had been sitting there unrefrigerated for some hours. I whispered to Indy
> > and Micah, "Don't eat any of that at dinner."  They whispered back, "No
> > worries. Wouldn't touch it!"
> >
> > We asked where Elise was when she didn't appear and Mike said she was
> > getting ready. After 20 minutes or so, Maggie and I dug out some carrots
> > and bell peppers to cut up and Mike found some guacamole and humus dips,
> so
> > we put out some snackings. A few more guests showed up. No Elise. Turkeys
> > still raw. Maggie put the potatoes on to boil.
> >
> > About a quarter to 4, Shane decided to put one of the turkeys on the
> grill
> > and some of the other guests started getting the oil hot to fry the other
> > turkey.
> >
> > Four o'clock, Elise appears.  She is beautifully dressed and coiffed, but
> > expressed dismay that the guests were doing the cooking.
> >
> > Four-thirty, Gerry's brother and his wife showed up with the pies. There
> > were 20 people there. They brought 10 pies. I thought there were only 8
> but
> > 2 were duplicates so they didn't get put out.
> >
> > Five-thirty. The turkeys were done. Two of the other guests had mashed
> the
> > potatoes and we started putting things on the serving table when Elise
> blew
> > in and said no, no, no, it's too early.
> >
> > Six o'clock.  Maggie encourages Elise to get the the food on the table so
> > we could eat. Her actual words were, "Oh my God!  Put the food out!  Do
> you
> > WANT to watch my kids have melt-down?"  She could have added me to the
> list
> > - I was pretty well on my way to melt-down myself.
> >
> > The new house is seriously tiny, so Elise had rented a tent with patio
> > heaters for the dinner. The day never reached 50 degrees, so we were all
> > wearing everything we had brought and we're still cold, but the heaters
> > worked pretty well. And finally we ate. The food was good. Conversation
> was
> > pleasant. And then one of the other guests leaned back in his chair and
> > complemented Elise on getting the tent because since we were outside he
> > could enjoy his post-dinner cigar. And proceeded to light up. I wonder if
> > he was at all puzzled by the fact that almost everyone else leapt out of
> > their chairs and fled back inside.
> >
> > We snarffed down pie, washed the dishes, said our good-byes and headed
> > home with the heater turned all the way up and when we got home we all
> > squeezed together in front of the fire until we were toasted all the way
> > through.
> >
> > I hope everyone else had a wonderful day and now we can look forward to
> > Christmas.
> >
> > Theta
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >
> >
> >
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