Friday

[susandennis]

Yesterday's turkey dinner was delicious. I think I enjoy it mostly because it's a once a year thing. And because I dearly love turkey dinner sandwiches.

Liberally mayo'd bread then turkey (sliced off the bone, not pressed), stuffing and cranberry jelly (not sauce). Sandwich of the Gods.

I think I'm actually going to dish up the beans and mashed potatoes into individual servings and freeze most of them. The gravy was also extraordinarily delicious so I'll probably freeze some of that as well. But, I have to say that there are enough ingredients for 8 or 10 turkey dinner sandwiches in the fridge right now and I'm not sure I'm going to get weary of them before I run out.

Today is haircut day. Seriously cut, not just trimmed. I'm going to just whack it off and if it's too bad I'll knit a hat or pull out my wig or just ignore it because where am I going anyway?

I'd just leave it but I'd rather have whacked off hair than nursing home hair which is what I have now. I have to see it when I brush my teeth twice a day. I hate nursing home hair.

Then there will be the finals of the British Bake Off. I'd be sad about its being over except it will be followed by the holiday bake off which is just fine.

I'm not seeing any Black Friday deals that are turning me on. I, of course, always have room for new tech but there's no new tech out there now that is appealing to me. I'm still grateful to have the tech I have working properly again.

I'm ok with not spending today. We are entering my personal Big Bill Season. Home Owners Dues (I pay annually), Long Term Care Insurance, Real Estate Taxes, Income Taxes. That's about $15,000 give or take right there between now and April. I save all year for these Big Bills. I do like getting them all out of the way. Plus I'm skipping my other big bill - my Mariners ticket - this year. And, heck, maybe even next. Sigh.

As I was going to sleep last night, I suddenly got a Thanksgiving memory from my childhood. Christmas cards. My Mom used to send out hundreds of Christmas cards every year. Some years, 2, 3, 400 cards. All hand addressed from a war torn master list. It was a huge production. Many got personal notes. My hands hurt just thinking about it. I licked. Stamps and envelopes - hundreds.

But, also... the cards we got in return. Massive numbers came every day. Mom had a giant basket she kept them in and we'd go over each one as they came in and talk about the sender, look at included pictures or read the notes. There were several family friends who did wonderful and very special cards every year and we'd wait, in delightful anticipation, for their cards to come in. I loved that basket of cards.

I do not wish those times would return. Not one single bit. But I do treasure that I had them then.

Ok. Time now to get whacking.

Comments

[teragramm.livejournal.com]

Minus the mayo, add a bit of salt and that's my favorite turkey sandwich!

[frauzosimos.livejournal.com]

wow so many christmas cards!!! My mum sent them out too, not that any, ut he kept tabs on who wrote back. It was a big deal. I don't miss it either. Leftovers are the best.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Cards and cookies. I think I did more the cookies than the cards. But, yeah, hundreds of both.

Nice thought.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

Well, if your haircut turns out too badly, just give yourself a buzz cut and knit yourself some brightly colored caps to wear through the winter months. Your hair will have grown out by the spring.
:^)

[dadi.livejournal.com]

My mother is of that card writing school too. She still has about 30 people she writes to and gets cards back. She looks all year over for original cards and saves them for this period. The list gets shorter every year, alas.

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

Your self-haircut is cute, by the way.

When I was little my brother and sister and I loved being able to open Christmas cards addressed to the family. My folks didn't sent hundreds out, though. This year I will send cards out for the first time in about three years. I really missed it. I make my own cards.

[epiphyta]

For P. and I, it's the Seattle Symphony: we save up and get a season subscription. Earlier this year we had all of our concerts cancelled after February through June; this autumn, everything in December has now been cancelled, with the rest of the season "to be determined". At least we're only out $120, and we did get a handful of performances out of it?

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Wow, very cool about the cards.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

nursing home hair

I don't think I've heard that term before, but it probably describes what I have these days pretty well, despite (or perhaps partly because of) my occasional efforts to tame it with the bread trimmed.

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

I still mail up to a dozen or so cards each year. I typically only get cards from businesses these days. I enjoyed Christmas cards exactly as you did, but on a much smaller scale, and I agree with you that it's a nice memory but it need not return (save the trees, for one).