A Note to a Friend about Thanksgiving...

...We stayed home. I don't like to travel on the holidays. I always cook, even though we sometimes go to my husband's Grandmother's house where all of his family gathers. So, we ate here, then went over there for a bit. I use to be upset and depressed over the holidays too, but I think that's because we are a bit nostalgic about our childhoods, and when you grow up it's just not the same unless YOU make the way YOU want it. I know I have a big household, but even before it was so many of us, I still made a big deal if not for the kids for me, so I created my own tradition so to speak. So, now everyone expects the little things I do. My kids hang out in the kitchen with me while I cook for two or three days. My husband's brother's come over, and sometimes my brother does too, and we all eat, the guys play PS2, watch TV, and just have a good time.

I must say that this year was much better than usual, because I cooked everything I could in advance, and I was less stressed on the big day. From now on, I will do it that way.

The only thing I miss is that for several years, SPIKETV would play a week long marathon of nothing but James Bond for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I would watch all day and all night until I couldn't hold my eyes open, but they don't do it anymore, so it kinda was disappointing, but I'll get over it. I have most of the movies, but it's not the same as them actually coming on TV. I wish someone would come up with a 24-7 Bond channel. I would never watch anything else.