If you had invoked me before you began this journey,

That was a very good Thanksgiving.

First off - in my complete sanity, I did all the cooking. For eight. We had domnall and myself, my father, churchofwonk, elinor_dear, reynier, and my aunt and uncle. Admittedly, our conversation turned horribly geeky near the end, leaving the older generation out, and I feel a little bad. But everyone seemed at least to have enjoyed it all and left happy.

There was turducken, green beans, garlic mashed potatoes, a butternut squash/sweet potato soup, parsnips roasted with maple syrup (quite good), andouille sausage wrapped in bacon (don't ask, domnall was responsible...), and biscuits. For dessert there were pumpkin, pecan, and mince pies. The jar of cranberry jelly was unopened as the can opener had trotted off into hiding.

Afterwards there was geekiness - gaming talk and much laughter over my attempts to play Portal.


All in all - fun, good food, and I am happy. My desire to cook is rising rapidly. Also, I may start looking into those gel things for kitchens... Or a specific pair of shoes for cooking. (People seem to like crocs, at least according to a post recently on The Kitchn.)

Thanksgiving was nice - quiet. Apart from me having a spazz moment and forgetting essential brownie ingreients (I suspect it amused the pair of males I was with), which meant no brownies, it was nice. domnall and I went to my dad's place, which meant that domnall got to listen to dad and I ramble about way to many topics. *grin* Dad made jambalaya (yummy!), we stuck in Chasing Amy and all was good.

Also clipped Bartholomew's wings - which was quite amusing... It knocked him down a few notches and resulted in nearly complete silence except for when he hopped onto dad's shoulder and started being Mr. Cute.

Honestly, it was quite good. Much though I do like the chaos of my extended family's holidays, it was nice to spend it just with dad and the boy. For so many years, it's been somewhere around 15 people, with various others stopping by. It just made a very time to only be with two other people and not answer the endless questions about how life's been for me, and instead debate whether or not Apocolypto is worth seeing based on previous Mel Gibson films and the other films coming out (or already out) this season.

And chicken and ham jambalaya made a very nice change from the traditional turkey and stuffing.

Granted though, this now means the start of the holiday season of DOOM. I still need to get some presents for people. I like Christmas because it means I get to get things for people. Don't know why, but I just do. it's nice seeing people's reactions when they get presents. Makes me happy. *grin*

I don't like the fact that the Christmas season starts right after Halloween, but it's the way things are. And I'll grumble and all that, but I'll live...

Granted, I've now got a four day weekend - well, I'm now left with three days. There's still homework to do, and I'll probably do a few fun things (movies!), but right now, life is... good.