“I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”
The morning is a delight, sunny and still. It is in the mid-40’s. The air smells sweet. I had a surprise at the bird feeders. A goldfinch has found the thistle. He joins the chickadees, the nuthatches and the titmice dining off my deck. I have to fill those feeders today. The birds are always hungry.
Yesterday was a great Thanksgiving. I accepted an invitation for a late dinner at my friends’, my former neighbors, house. It was a wonderful evening. We sat around the kitchen table chatting, drinking mimosas and eating all the traditional and a few not so traditional foods as my friends are Brazilian. We bemoaned the election as both friends had voted for Kamala. I saved my own dinner for today. I also cooked the turkey, the big one which could feed a small army. I’ll be eating turkey for days. The dogs got the innards. They were thankful.
When I was a kid, my favorite after Thanksgiving lunch was a toasted sandwich filled with turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce. Sometimes it was slathered with butter and other times mayonnaise. My favorite supper was turkey covered with gravy on a piece of bread with stuffing on the side. Finally, the remnants of the turkey became turkey salad and turkey soup. I never got bored with turkey.
We were a game family. We played cards and board games usually at the kitchen table. I remember starting with Chutes and Ladders and Candyland. They were easy so we could move our own pieces, As we got older, though, the games got a bit more complicated. I loved Go to the Head of the Class. The pieces were small cardboard heads on stands, and the board looked like a classroom. You moved on desks from the bottom to the top. A question book was divided into difficult categories so my parents got hard questions. I still have our original game and all the pieces. The question book has yellowed.
The all time best game was and is Sorry. We still play it but with more vindictiveness than we ever conjured as kids. Our language tends to be salty. We keep track of wins and losses. We make fun of the loser. The adult game of Sorry is not for the thin skinned or for the tender hearted.
My dance card is empty until next week. I could make a to-do list, but I’m feeling like a sloth and to-do nothing seems the better choice. I have scheduled a nap.
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November 29, 2024 at 7:39 pm
Hi Kat,
Today the sun was out but it was a chilly morning of 34° and a high of 55°. Today is Black Friday so we stayed away from any stores and we didn’t even go out all day.
When my spouse was recovering from her knee replacement, we began ordering groceries online and picking them up. We did this so that I didn’t have to shop. My wife was afraid that if I walked around the store, then I would call her every couple of minutes asking her which item to purchase. We have continued buying groceries online because it’s fast and convenient. Also, my wife can still redeem every coupon.
My family were not game players. When my sister and I played games as kids, I tried to cheat her to win. After all being three years older has to have some advantage. 🙂 My parents also didn’t play cards with any of their friends.
My favorite Thanksgiving leftover meal is anything other than turkey. I like going out for Chinese food. Do you remember the frozen turkeys that had a thing in the breast that would pop out when the turkey was ready to come out of the oven? It didn’t work very well and when it popped, it guaranteed dried out the breast meat. 😦
November 29, 2024 at 11:44 pm
Hi Bob,
I also stayed home, but I should have at least gone for a few grocery items. I’ll have to go out tomorrow. I did buy a few gifts one line, small ones for the uke Christmas party.
A few years before the pandemic I started ordering groceries on line and having them delivered. They hand the bags to me and put heavy items in the house which saves me hauling them in from the car. I do stop at Ring’s, a small upscale store with many stores inside. Ring’s has groceries, a liquor store, a meat market, a fish market, a bakery, a pizza shop and a shop which sells already cooked foods. All the shops are small but have wonderful foods.
My family would have been horrified if anyone cheated. We were competitive. Even as adults we’d sit around the kitchen table playing cards.
The turkey I won had a button. I timed the cooking based on how heavy the turkey was. The button actually popped sooner than I expected the bird to be done. It was quite moist.