Plan B –
At about 1 in the afternoon on Thanksgiving day, I made the decision to stop searching for a restaurant and start cooking instead. I’ve never thrown a big meal together so fast in my life, but we raced to Walmart and bought ham slices and all the other ingredients I’d need to get some of their favorite dishes served.
Mind you, my boys are 19 and 23 and they have VERY limited kitchen tools in their apartment.
They don’t own any 13×9 pans, or a whisk, or a mixer, or any mixing bowls. I wasn’t sure what they did and didn’t have, so I just bought a few disposable pans and 1 mixing bowl, and we hustled home to start cooking.
We cooked ham on a pizza pan. We didn’t have any napkins. We plopped one candle in the middle of their counter (because they don’t have a kitchen table), and that was the extent of our decor.
Since they don’t have a kitchen table or chairs, we pulled up stools to sit on, but we heard a “crack” sound, and my middle son’s stool collapsed on him, halfway through dinner (he wasn’t injured – he just laid on the floor laughing).
I hope your Thanksgiving was equally memorable and blessed!
Angie
Oh Angie, I so loved your Tksgiving story, how fun and memorable, as you say, specially with your dear sons, that was a blessing in itself!. You did a great job cooking sweetie. God bless you all! I love your new pic, you look so pretty.
Enjoy your Tksgiving weekend.
FABBY
Way to go Angie … you saved the day ! I bet the kids enjoyed it more than going to a restaurant … and they have leftovers.
Sounds like a lot of fun and special day they will remember.
Blessings, my friend.
Audrey Z .
I think your Thanksgiving sounds wonderful! 🙂
This will be such a great memory for you and your sons.
That was a great story, Angie – and what a good looking bunch you have there!
-b.
Hey, it’s sounds like a fabulous Thanksgiving to me! As long as you’re with loved ones, and enjoying the day, that’s all that matters. Fun memories. The meal looks delish, btw.
That actually sounds like a heck of a lot of fun. WTG super mom!
This sounds like the perfect Thanksgiving…sometimes the unexpected ends up being remembered for years to come as the best Thanksgiving!
ahhh you were making memories! You’ll all look back on this and remember whens will entertain you for years
What fun! I have 4 sons and remember the fun we had when they were younger. Your dinner made me happy! Big smiles, Diane
I think is sounds like the perfect meal and the perfect day. What a fun way to spend the day with your kids.
Thanks just beautiful, Angie….the basics with your boys! Smiling like Diane 🙂
What a wonderful story. I am sure that this is the Thanksgiving that will be remembered long after all the “perfect” ones have been forgotten.
*Smiles*
This is a great Thanksgiving story! Being together & being thankful is what it’s all about. Napkins & serving spoons are non-essential! 🙂
What a fun memory! It sounds perfect to me.
I love this post. I’m sure the experience will make for future Thanksgiving conversations and sweet memories forever. Now, you know what to get your son for Christmas! A few years ago, my two sons moved into an apartment together. They were often borrowing my kitchen items, and sometimes keeping them, so that year for Christmas, my daughter and I shopped for the perfect “manly” kitchen items – black and khaki and stainless. We bought everything from a microwave oven to dish towels and cooking utensils. I asked one son if he was ok with the bulk of his Christmas being kitchen stuff. I said, “We tried to make sure it was all masculine…” He replied, “Yeah. About the only thing that is NOT masculine is that we HAVE everything!” I love that little memory….