So Bill takes off the day before Thanksgiving to cook? I was like really what ya cooking. He said well I take apple pies and anything else I want. Hmmmm I think and your mama lets you do this? That's weird. How is she going to complain that everyone looks nicer than she does cause she's been slaving away all day and night to get the family the perfect Thanksgiving meal all the while no one appreciates it? I didn't understand.
I think well, I can do this. So I called my Mama Sue and got the recipe for my Mama Mary's candy cane cake. I know she served it at Christmas but I love those and I can make it if I want too. So I go over to the "Kroger" and get all my stuff. The first cake didn't turn out? So I make another pretty soon its midnight and I have used all the eggs. I need 2 more eggs I'm in a panic. Now Bill Baby was cooking away with my Damn eggs. I said OMG I needed those for this here 4th cake i need to get it right. He said no worries. NO WORRIES, WHAT THE HELL! I need eggs, where will I get eggs. He said no big deal Denna I'll go to the "Kroger". Kroger are you HIGH its closed its midnight. He looks at me amazed and confused and said ummm no its open 24 hours. 24 hours why had no one told me this. How did I not know this. Now if you know me, you know I don't sleep much. I could have gotten up all those nights and gone to the Kroger! This Kroger was like nothing I had ever seen in Sharon Tennessee. It had a dry cleaners, a bank, a liquor store, restaurant, and a bill pay center all right there inside. Imagine and all open 24 hours. OMG what to do, call my sister. Stacey like me was equally amazed and Bill was laughing at us.
So he goes to get my eggs. I'm baking this cake that is turning out to be a pain in my rear. I can't believe Mama Mary made this every year. So with the Kroger open I went to action. I baked a candy cane cake, coconut cake, and made yes a turkey. Turkey was for me cause I do love leftover turkey. So we get up on Thanksgiving day and Miss Priss and I sit down to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade! Bill comes in after packing the bounty of our kitchen and says what are you doing. We look at him and say watching the parade. Oh noooooooooooooo seems Texans don't watch the parade. Nooooooooooooo they get all dressed fast because the Cowboys are playing and we have to eat really fast. If the Cowboys play at 12 we eat at 3 if the Cowboys play at 3 we eat at 12 seems this year it was 3. So me and Miss Priss not understanding. You see we don't plan our turkey around football in Tennessee. So me and Miss Priss grumble and get up to shower and get dressed. We had new Thanksgiving clothes. We come out looking all pretty and Bill says oh no no no.... you have to wear sweats! huh I say. Yes something with expandable waist! OK, he's lost is everlovin mind. I made him get dressed up, he grumbled.
So we pack up and drive out to my wondermus mother in laws. Now Sweet sister in law #1 and her family. Sweats! 2nd sweet sister in law #2's family all dressed up looking nice. Miss priss and I are OK. Whew! I thought I was way out of dress code. So we haul in our bounty and I'm wondering if I can sneaky switch that T.v. to Macy's. Didn't happen. Pregame was on! ( now days me and miss priss wear SWEATS!)
Cowboy game is at 3 so we have to eat and fast! My wondermus mother in law put out a huge array of food. There were people there I had no idea who they were. I was introduced but I don't think they were relatives. I was introduced to someone named Uncle Linda. That was odd. Odd is OK my mama, every year stops up the thingy in the sink with potato peels and my daddy throws a cussin fit and well that's just how it goes at my house. This was very, well non cussin or anyone saying "hey watch this". Now they are just as intricate as my family just in a different way. So Miss Priss and I start scooping up the food. Ummmm I look at Miss Priss as we have gotten a place at the children's table. I didn't realize other familys don't have to be 104 to sit at the adult table. So I was waved over to the adult table. Miss Priss looked at me in pure de panic. So I decide no I'd better stay at the children's table. We start to eat and I take a big old bite of dressing. Ok people theres sugar in the dressing. Bill theres sugar in the dressing. He said yeah from the corn bread. What the hell is up with you people and sugar in the corn bread that goes in the dressing. I'm confused, dazed even. There is no green bean casserole, no sweet potatoes all mushed up with marshmallows and OMG there is sugar in the dressing! Desserts I'll go for the desserts, no lemon icebox pie! OMG I'm in HeLL!
So me and Miss Priss eat some celery with some cheese in it. There was some odd looking celery with peanut butter, so we stuck to the cheese. We watched the cowboy game and well laid around then we left and went to Jack in the box. Needless to say I've gotten used to Thanksgiving in Texas. I love my family, and oh what time are we eating this year? I need to look up the Cowboy game!
The one thing I did do was pilfer an invitation to my 2nd Sweet Sister in laws mama's house cause she whispered, I'll get you some dressing from my mom no sugar! LOL So I did go and eat Thanksgiving supper at Miss Jackies house and had the dressing with no sugar. You know what,now my wondermus mama in law makes me dressing with no sugar! I have learned to make icebox pies so we have those too. I still just avoid the peanut butter stuffed celery!
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| Earl Bill and Mike |
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| Grandpa and Uncle Leonard waiting for the Cowboy game! |
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| Jack and Trey cooking to go to Grandmas |
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| Bradon with Maddie in the foreground unloading his Pie |
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| 2nd sweet sister in law Debbie fixing a "hole" in Aunt Marion's hair |
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| Jack, Taylor, Maddie and Trey playing while we wait for the game! |
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| Jack trying to sit at the big table. |
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