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Skriven 2007-11-19 15:07:16 av Carol Shenkenberger (1:261/1466.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Sean Dennis
Ärende: Here!
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 -=> Quoting Sean Dennis to Carol Shenkenberger <=-

 CS> Hey Sean!  How's things going at your end?

 SD> I'm still here.  Been sleeping 10-12 hours a day, so not been getting
 SD> much done in the way of anything constructive.  (My way of getting out
 SD> of housework. <G>)  But we've been cooking a lot more.  Maura has been
 SD> spoiling me with home-cooked meals lately.  I'd forgotten how tasty

I've been spoiling Don that way too.

 SD> home-cooked meals are...and Maura is treating me on Thanksgiving too.
 SD> I have to pull a 12-hour shift at work on Thanksgiving, but when I
 SD> come home (I work from 2400-1200), I'll have a nice Thanksgiving
 SD> dinner.

Works!  As you may have seen, we combined with new neighbors who like us, has
all their main stuff in shipment still.  Unlike us, they have only the loaner
stuff.  We passed them our queen sized airbed mattress we used at the start
and they got 2 singles like it for the boys.  They have a portable crib/playpen
for the tiny tot.

We loaned them our microwave this morning as she's a microwave cooker and was
suffering withdrawal symptoms <g>.  It's not her fancy unit, but she's happy
to have it at all.  Just normal folks helping folks out.  Other neighbors are
loaning us some of the gapped cooking gear (knives, cutting board etc) as they
are eating elsewhere with family so don't need their home stuff that day.

 SD> We bought a pre-cooked turkey and a small ham.  Maura will make
 SD> homemade mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.  We'll also have corn on
 SD> the cob, dinner rolls, stuffing and for dessert a pumpkin cheesecake.
 SD> My mother-in-law will be down also (she lives about 30 minutes north
 SD> of here), so it will be a nice Thanksgiving.

I've never had a pre-cooked turkey.  I guess you just warm it up somehow?

 SD> What's even nicer is that I'll be getting overtime on Thanksgiving and
 SD> on Black Friday (company holiday).  That will come in handy for
 SD> Christmas.  I'm working Christmas also, but the nice thing is that if
 SD> Maura wants to, she can come to work with me and hang out.

Grin, works for me!  Military dont get overtime obviously.  My shift has me
work
Xmas day and New Years day *and* Thanksgiving. I worked out a deal to get T-day
and Xmas off since I'm still getting qualified at the new job.

 SD> Working these 12-hour shifts are nothing really new...when I first
 SD> started working here, on the weekends, we used to pull 12-hour shifts
 SD> but we had three days off a week.  Working the holidays doesn't really
 SD> bother me either because when I was growing up, we generally
 SD> celebrated Christmas after Christmas when it came to gift giving.  We
 SD> always got better deals on stuff afterwards and no crowds! :)  These

Hehe I've had to do Xmas on 'Xmas Eve' before.  We even did Xmas in July when
I came back from deployment to the gulf (tree and all!). Got gifts for everyone
and we unwrapped and had our fun.  (Don did one for Charlotte at Xmas too).

 SD> days, I generally just give gift cards.  It may seem in bad taste, but
 SD> I really don't know what to get my family these days.  I generally
 SD> don't accept gifts myself since I tend to buy myself what I want.

Hey, sometimes that really *is* a good idea.  I usually add some small items to
unwrap as well but they can be as simple as a favorite candy bar or for Don, he
also will find some gourmet cooking items in his stocking.  He is particularily
 fond of kippers and anchovies.  Due to his salt needs, he cant have the often
 but at Xmas he knows he gets a can or 2 of each.

For my Mom this year, we normally shipped food items and will do so again (as 
well as something that will consitute a 'toy' and something warm to use in 
winter).  Mom likes to sew and has a machine, so we were thinking of one of 
those patterned cloth animals you stuff but in a kit so she can make it up.  
Her freezer died and she has not been able to replace it, so we are thinking 
some canned and other meats that require only refridgeration once open.

For warm, was thinking a fuzzy laprug.  Cloth animal=toy for Mom <g>.

 SD> And as I just checked and this editor I'm using doesn't allow files to
 SD> be imported into a message, I guess I won't be putting in a recipe
 SD> with this message.  I'll have to work on that.

Hehe I know the feeling.  Took to BlueWave and TED editor to make that easier.

 SD> But I'm here as a point, so at least I can still lurk in the shadows.
 <grin>

Sure can!
            xxcarol


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