Comments on: Themed Weekend: Ho-Ho-Holidays

By: Deborah Buckingham

Deborah Buckingham — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:31:22 +0000

Yes, I have packed the bag 100% of the time too. My husband wouldn’t know what to put in it. Even when he takes off with just our toddler (like today) I pack the bag.

By: Deborah Buckingham

Deborah Buckingham — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:29:54 +0000

I borrowed a crock pot and made sweet potatoes in it. My husband doesn’t normally eat sweet potatoes but he loved my dish. I was traveling, so I was not cooking in my kitchen. Instead I was cooking in my mother-in-laws kitchen. She does not cook. So I bought all the spices (even salt). I should have bought a veggie peeler. I was trying to peel 7 large sweet potatoes with a dull knife. Not so fun. The dish was a hit and I have been assigend to make it again next year. I will be sure to pack my veggie peeler next time.

By: Marina

Marina — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:38:28 +0000

Exactly the same thing happened to us. We were an hour late for Thanksgiving dinner. Our excuse was that we had to pack for 4 days at in-laws. Plus the baby started screaming whenever I bent down to put her on the floor, high chair, crib, etc… So one of us was holding her the whole time. How much can you get done that way? Plus the three year old needs to be taken care of …

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:08:13 +0000

I’d say I was happy. I had my whole family (extended) with me. My brothers and sister and dad came to my house for the first time ever. I had lots of hands to help, a busy kitchen and activity all around, the whole day. The only down side was it wasnt log enough. The weekend flew away and goodbyes came too soon. But Im thankful for the time I had to spend with my favorite people in the world. :)

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:06:02 +0000

I always pack the bag too, if I forced my husband to do it he’d leave some necessity behind. I spent all day making pies and side dishes. When my SIL walked in the door with pies from Sam’s club, I thought maybe I should have done that and enjoyed my day. But when we ate pie I was so glad I made mine.

By: Madeline

Madeline — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:21:07 +0000

Every year my mother majorly freaks out about holidays. It drives all of us crazy. She finally mellowed this Thanksgiving…to everyone’s delight. But experiencing the freak outs every year of my life has made me a much more relaxed holidayer. And, since she’s relaxed a bit too, our Thanksgiving was pretty much wonderful. Hopefully, we can keep this up.

By: Nini Lettner

Nini Lettner — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:50:50 +0000

I can relate with you on so many things in this post…you are so great and so normal (in a good way)…thankfully we have a gracious God and fabulous husbands (who just so happen to have fabulous wives :) Our Thanksgiving was mellow this year. Neither of our families are close so we spent it with some friends. All I had to do was bring a cake, so we were happy this year! Love the turkey you guys made!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:30:20 +0000

Can I just say that I think this was a great post. It was very real and relatable. I too am in charge of “The Bag” and that fact has annoyed me in the past. However, my husband was always annoyed when we were late for church and since I had to get me and our two girls ready I taught him to get “The Bag” ready.

As for Thanksgiving…it could have turned into quite the mess, but miraculously it didn’t. We had a major kitchen crisis Wednesday night (unrelated to Thanksgiving) and were up dealing with that till about 2 AM. My husband was still dealing with it the next morning thus not helping with the kids and making it impossible for me to cook. We ended up heading to my in-laws with two crock pots of uncooked food and me with wet hair and no makeup. It all turned out alright though. We just ate my mother-in-laws food first and mine a little later for a late snack.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:46:00 +0000

I totally understand the bag issue. Happens a lot in my house. All in all, we had a nice day.

Reading through the comments, Cyndi, I hope your little boy is okay.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:50:57 +0000

Our thanksgiving was unfortunately drama filled but there were a couple wonderful moments thrown into the mix.