How Was Your Thanksgiving?

Got into major fisticuffs over politics in the deep south and grandma OD'ed on blood pressure meds and fell during night and shattered her arm resulting in surgery and a possible mini stroke leaving her combative and verbally abusive (she's usually super sweet) and unable to use bathroom herself etc so our hosts were overburdened and it ended up being best to leave BEFORE Thanksgiving dinner (after driving two days to get there) and then my kids caught a mystery virus and broke out in mouth sores in the hotel on the way home, and we've been anxiously waiting for today's Dr Appt. while the sores spread all over their bodies ~Ahhh, the Holidays. (Grandma is OK btw and came back to her senses once family cleared out)

We had a comically tragic Thanksgiving. We left town on Wed afternoon (driving two states away to be with family). The car broke down 2 hours outside of town. Hubby could have fixed it but the local parts stores didn't carry the parts, so we had to make the tough decision of calling off the trip, getting a tow truck, etc. The tow truck then had an accident - with our car on the flatbed. Had to wait another 1.5 hours for a new tow truck and finally we were all home by 2 am on Thanksgiving with two cans of cream of chicken soup and solitary box of Stove Top - LOL.
thank goodness Kroger and Walmart were open on Thanksgiving. Ended up having a super - super weekend with my little family, though. A game of twister that rivaled any before:)
So Thankful. . .

Ours was perfect!!!! Besides the snot we picked up from our nephews. ;)

Hi T.,
I have to say: Drama free and fabulous this year! Great food, drink and company!

(Of course this was the year we were at my family's! LOL We switch every year.)

OH MY GOODNESS It was awful.

My little sister was being a BRAT.

i asked my mom a simple question, yes it was about Politics, but I have never had any issues discussing this with my family. It is a discussion we LOVE having.

My little sister was in a bunch of pain. Would not tell me why. SO when she snapped at me with ''Do we have to talk about this, why cant we talk about anything else''. Shut the conversation down. Then she gets up and walks away.

I was left totally bewidered that one my mom took that from her. And just stopped the conversation on her scream.

I was pissed. I wanted to punch my little sister in the face. And being someone who can react sometimes way to fast on angry emotion. I knew the only way to avoid confrontation was to leave. Before PIE:(

My mom was in tears by this point and I was so mad I was spitting fire.

Turns out my little sister was in pain cause she went and had a boob job done on Tuesday. So I really have no sympathy for the pain and grump mood she was in. She is toxic.

I love my sister, we used to be best friends. Something happened to her. And now she lies, is mean and very very all for herself. If that was how I looked to other people when I was her age, god help me, and I owe some people apologies.

I had such high hopes for this year. It is ok though. I have so much more good going on in my life right now. That is real and amazing, so I wont let her get me down. I am just not going to be talking with her for a very very long time!

We had an un-Thanksgiving - no turkey, no obligatory family gathering. I was lucky enough to be at Euro Disney with my mom, step-dad, husband and daughter :) The best Thanksgiving ever!!! Pizza, salad and wine for dinner at a small bistro.

Mine could have been better. Thanksgiving dinner at my SIL's house was good, and drama-free. But my husband and I wound up arguing Thursday night and missing a second get together as a result, and then I had to leave for the rest of the weekend that night without solving the problem, despite my best efforts to get him to talk to me. My grandmother is having some medical problems and I left to drive seven hours to go and help them out for the rest of the weekend. I think my husband resented this even though he would never say so out loud, because he doesn't like my grandfather and because he was looking forward to a 4-day weekend with me. He's also stressed because of some family issues on his side and because he just started a new job.

Thankfully he called me on Friday and we talked things out, so that helped my mood quite a bit. I'm glad I went to my grandparents'; it was good to see them and I could tell they appreciated my being there to help out. And since I was gone for the rest of the weekend, I didn't have to (get to) eat leftovers and expand my waist line :)

ETA: I forgot to mention we got a last-minute invite to my neighbors' house for Thanksgiving breakfast. She did a great job; just light foods and fruits and coffee, perfect for a day when you know you're going to be doing a lot of eating. It was good to touch base with them because we're good friends and we haven't seen them in a while.

it was ehhh I had a fun day with my daughter and my mom down town at the parade, except for an incident where an adult was mean to her (she was in front of him and his wife, and she was next to their kids and other peoples kids sitting down watching, i was behind him staring at her the whole time, him and his friend blocked her view of M. on purpose and then told her I left and then giggled when she cried...jerks!) other than that the parade was great except she was on my shoulders the whole time after that ebcause she was too afraid to go up with the other kids again...so my neck feels horrible still
and then I dropped her off at her dads for thanksgiving and went home and cried and didnt eat anything, because it was my first thanksgiving without her and it hit M....buit she had fun=)

We had a nice Thanksgiving with my mom, uncle and grandpa. It was mellow, just ate, did dishes, took some left overs, gave our hugs and left.

Yesterday we had a very nice day with my dad and brothers family. My dad and I made the salads, pie and ham together and had a great time talking before the rest got there. Then we all visited for a few hours. We came home and put the Christmas tree up then my dad called and said he wasn't ready for the family time to be over. He asked my oldest to babysit and we joined him at the bar and had 3 drinks and played bean bags ( on a game machine) after 2 hours of a lot of laughs and more talking we gave our hugs and called it a night. It was a great day!

Dang! Sorry to hear about some of the yucky Thanksgivings, happy to hear about the happy ones.
Ours was really good, thanks for asking! I got up early with the boys, and we left to let my husband sleep in a bit (he was fighting the cold that we all had earlier and evidently gave him). He went through 2 boxes of kleenex that one day! We went for a walk through the nature preserve and saw an 8' alligator, then we went by the movie theater to see the little area (there's a bunch of shops, but I've never taken the time to go through and see what's there), and I was holding my 2 yr old's hand walking around the fountain, and my 5 yr old was fully dressed in his "soldier stuff" (helmet, vest, gun, knife, compass, etc) and was dodging "water bullets" (spray when the wind blew) and he basically dove right into the water. His face as he went down was AWESOME! As I was saving him, I was laughing so hard I was crying. Once I pulled him out, he couldn't help but laugh too. Fortunately, I keep a change of his clothes in the baby's diaper bag, so he was able to dry off and change in the car.
I cooked a pretty good dinner, made even better by the fact that Jeremy woke up "worried" we'd come back too late and he washed the turkey and cleaned it out (the part I don't want to do), and we walked in the door right as he was finishing that. Score for me! All 4 of us did karaoke, had light saber fights in the dark (they light up), and just enjoyed a relaxing day while dinner was cooking. We had some guests that came over and we played games and visited, ate a great dinner (turkey, crawfish dressing, gravy that Jeremy made, cranberry sauce, baked sweet potatoes, green beans, squash, apple pie, pumpkin cheesecake) and watched the last quarter of the Cowboys game (woohoo!). After dinner the guests left, I put our exhausted younger son to bed early, set up a "guy night" campout in the living room for Jeremy and Joseph (we needed something special, but very easy for the guys to do together, since Jeremy was getting tired and low on energy). I left him with some homemade chicken noodle soup that I'd cooked a few days before, some hot chocolate in a thermos (marshmallows out for Joe), s'mores, sleeping bags, Joe's tiny tent, and flashlights. They started watching a Christmas movie and I left to go have a "girl night" (Black Friday shopping). Loved it! Had a really nice time with that, made a new friend as well as just enjoyed chatting to others around me, and my friends who went with me to the first store and I had a great time catching up. I got some good deals, and everything on my list. Bravo!
I got home at 4:30am on Friday and Jeremy took the boys to ihop so I could sleep during breakfast. I called them at 8am though to let them know they could come home "whenever", since I was up. The rest of the weekend was family stuff, we went to play at Bass Pro, took pictures with Santa, went to church and the beach, and celebrated our son's 2nd birthday. :) The only thing that could have made it any better would be if mom had come, and if Jeremy was not battling the cold and had more energy. A wonderful weekend!
How about you???

I would rate it at a 5 out of 10.
I was a little under the weather - really, really tired the whole time.
We went to my parents'. My son hasn't been there in several months, so he was SUPER CRAZY HYPER the whole time, running around exploring. He skipped his nap, and this culminated in him throwing a nasty temper tantrum right after dinner. We ended up leaving early, because taking him for a car ride was the only thing that would settle him down.
The turkey was great, but my mom decided to do potatoes and gravy out of a box/package, and I hate to sound ungrateful but that was a letdown! ;-)
Next year I may seriously consider hosting at my house!

GGGGGOOOO COWBOYS!!! That was GREAT!!

We had our neighbor over and it was quiet and nice. Lots of laughing and cheering for the Cowboys!!

Food was great! No disasters and no complaints.

Sorry to hear you had drama.

it was freaking awesome. went to see my childhood friend and her family. kids had a blast, food was awesome, company even better. hubs felt left out because after a few drinks apparently i dropped english and continued in my native language (i never do this usually).
the next day even better. i am so thankful for this holiday, my husband, my kids and long lasting friendships. may we have days like that more often.