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My boots are busy this week. Not only do I have an enormous amount of catch-up to do at work after being forced off-line last week while on business travel, in just two days the Spouse and I will be inundated by…
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\n…our neighbors and family gathering for our umteenth annual “no senior is alone on Thanksgiving Feastival.”<\/p>\n
This is the only time of the year that we entertain guests in our home. Over four three-hour shifts, seniors and neighbors bring a dish for four and join us for the biggest “pot luck Thanksgiving” there is here in sprawlin’ suburbia. <\/p>\n
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I “only” roast four turkeys. My visitors bring everything else. <\/p>\n
The turkeys waddled up to our house yesterday. Amazing how they arrived already plucked and dressed, ready for cooking. I have a great friend who owns a farm and brings me four fresh, large turkeys. I can’t stand the thought of doing what needs to be done to prepare them for cooking, so my friend’s wife does that for me. <\/p>\n
Spouse has been cleaning the house like mad. We moved most of our regular food out of our fridge into the next-door neighbor’s fridge. That neighbor is away for Thanksgiving and lets us use their fridge and borrow chairs while we keep an eye on their house while they are away. <\/p>\n
I have explained this event for years now. Details about past events are here:<\/p>\n
Booted this week mostly in work boots while cleaning and preparing for visitors. I have to work today, but will be off work tomorrow and the rest of the week. I will be booted in dressy cowboy boots for our big event.<\/p>\n
I really look forward to this event, as do some of my sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews who help orchestrate the controlled chaos. The Spouse is also anticipating — reluctantly — but very supportive of what he knows means the world to me. <\/p>\n
If (when) he tuckers out from the stress of “all those people,” he can go next door to our neighbor’s house for some peace. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, all week I have been fending off requests from politicians running for local elected office who want to “drop by” — and campaign. This is a “no photo op” event. <\/p>\n
Life is short: Let the Feastival begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My boots are busy this week. Not only do I have an enormous amount of catch-up to do at work after being forced off-line last week while on business travel, in just two days the Spouse and I will be … Continue reading