Thanksgiving/Weekend plans

[sapphire bou]

How are you spending Thanksgiving?

What are you looking forward to?

What are you dreading?

What's in store for the weekend?

[sapphire bou]

How are you spending Thanksgiving?
We're staying with H's oldest brother and having Thanksgiving at his house.


What are you looking forward to?
Seeing a BIL who I haven't seen since spring, maybe? And seeing the older nieces interact with the younger niece and nephew. 


What are you dreading?
The questionable Thanksgiving spread. BIL who's hosting is a meat and potatoes guy, and when asked what we need to bring he said 'nothing'. Umm...how about some vegetables? Plus all of H's brothers are extremely strong-willed and they tend to argue over everything. 


What's in store for the weekend?
We're coming back on Friday and it's supposed to rain Thursday - Sunday, so I'll probably spend a lot of time on the couch on Saturday. Chores on Sunday. Oh yeah, and I'm supposed to do my sister's family pics on Sunday (keeps getting postponed), but that won't happen unless the rain clears off.

[sitnspin]

How are you spending Thanksgiving?
Teaching morning classes that are sold out!!  We are going to Jerry's cousins house (who I LOVE!) to eat.  They live around the corner and have kids my age ( ) and we all have a blast together.


What are you looking forward to?
Having Friday off to do basically nothing.  Well, I am working out in the a.m.


What are you dreading?
While we make a ton of money, small business Saturday sales in the studio turn into a freaking zoo each year.


What's in store for the weekend?
Eating, Spinning, catching up with family and friends.


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[sapphire bou]

Nov 25, 2015 10:21:44 GMT -5 @ello said:

the caramelized onion dip that I'm making.

That sounds delish!

[glw]

How are you spending Thanksgiving?
Going to my aunt & uncle's house in NJ, eating my face off and not much else.

What are you looking forward to?
Relaxing, drinking good wine, staying in PJs all day, doing crossword puzzles and playing boardgames with my nerdy family.

What are you dreading?
Well, I am a bit nervous about seeing my other uncle. [The one who was married to my mom's sister who committed suicide three years ago and has been battling alcoholism and pill addiction.] I'm nervous because he stopped talking to my family for two years and has just recently reconnected and asked if he could come to Thanksgiving...and I just SO want him to be the person he was before, one of my favorite people in the whole world. I know that's selfish...I just miss the "real" him and I'm afraid I will be uncomfortable/disappointed/awkward/sad.

What's in store for the weekend?
We typically all sleep in on Friday, then the whole gang (my parents, sister & bf, aunt & uncle, two cousins & their fiancees) will go out to a museum, or a winery, or a concert or something. Everyone heads home Saturday afternoon and then I plan on doing as little as possible for the rest of the weekend.

[sapphire bou]

Nov 25, 2015 10:33:23 GMT -5 glw said:

What are you dreading?
Well, I am a bit nervous about seeing my other uncle. [The one who was married to my mom's sister who committed suicide three years ago and has been battling alcoholism and pill addiction.] I'm nervous because he stopped talking to my family for two years and has just recently reconnected and asked if he could come to Thanksgiving...and I just SO want him to be the person he was before, one of my favorite people in the whole world. I know that's selfish...I just miss the "real" him and I'm afraid I will be uncomfortable/disappointed/awkward/sad.

I'm sorry I hope since he's reached out, at the very least he's on the path to becoming his old self. 

[honeydew1894]

How are you spending Thanksgiving? We are in FL with my whole IL family. It was a great time.

What are you looking forward to? P.I.E.

What are you dreading? cleaning up

What's in store for the weekend? We will swim all day tomorrow before we fly home :-( We will just recharge this weekend, I hope.

[RoxMonster]

How are you spending Thanksgiving? A little late to this, but my parents are visiting us this year.

What are you looking forward to? Seeing my parents for a few days, NOT seeing ILs (we aren't speaking to them), Black Friday shopping with my mom

What are you dreading? Nothing!!

What's in store for the weekend? Friday my mom and I are going shopping all day. Saturday, they leave in the morning but DH has to work. I think Saturday night, we may go see a movie. Sunday, we're putting up Christmas decorations in the house.

[honeydew1894]

glw, How did it go?

[glw]

Nov 28, 2015 21:42:46 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

glw , How did it go?

It was good, thanks for asking
He's stopped drinking completely but was okay with us drinking in front of him (and alcohol was everywhere because, well, my family likes booze!) I think he's still on (prescribed) pain medication, but managing it much better. I think the combo of alcohol + pills was making the major mood/outlook issues he was having when I last saw him. He's clearly lonely, but he mentioned looking at property in another state so it seems he's making plans for the future which is a huge relief-- he was so hopeless before.

[honeydew1894]

Nov 30, 2015 11:51:12 GMT -5 glw said:

Nov 28, 2015 21:42:46 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

glw , How did it go?

It was good, thanks for asking
He's stopped drinking completely but was okay with us drinking in front of him (and alcohol was everywhere because, well, my family likes booze!) I think he's still on (prescribed) pain medication, but managing it much better. I think the combo of alcohol + pills was making the major mood/outlook issues he was having when I last saw him. He's clearly lonely, but he mentioned looking at property in another state so it seems he's making plans for the future which is a huge relief-- he was so hopeless before.

I am so glad! It must be tough to see someone you love in that place.