Stressed!

Although I am not hosting the dinner, I am stressed about this year's get together.  My brother and his wife are not getting along, and they teeter on divorce daily.  My parents are stressed out b/c of the situation, and my husband's parents aren't overly thrilled about having a family get together. 

Still, I wear a smile for my son and my parents.  Life  is not always a Norman Rockwell painting and I am okay with that.  I feel like dinner will end up looking like National Lampoon's Christmas vacation:)

If you can't smile, you won't survive:)

p.s...you will be fine.  I know you will get it done, and have room for a glass of wine and a piece of pie at the end of the day.  Enjoy!

Nope, my husband is away and I have an invite to a friend's house.  Let her clean, lol.  Just kidding, I really don't care if her house is clean as long as the food and company are good.  And I'm taking some of the dinner, so she won't have as much to do (tell your guests the same).  I'm the same about wanting my house to be clean for guests, but really, think about when you go to people's houses, do you really ever care or notice if they're house isn't immaculate?  Probably not.  So they won't notice either.  Just clean the bathroom they'll use and a quck dust and vacuum for the rooms they'll be in, otherwise, close the doors.  :-)

I did, once.  I cleaned like a mad woman and cooked for 2 days, so excited to host my first Thanksgiving!  I phoned my MIL at 8pm the night before to find out what time everyone (MIL, FIL, 2 BIL & wives) would be arriving.  They'd decided not to come.  We have our own Thanksgiving now and I don't clean until afterwards!  The best Thanksgiving was when I wasn't going to cook, we were going to eat at a restaurant and in the middle of the night my parents showed up knocking on our bedroom window - they live in Mexico.  My mom, dad and DH cooked all day and it was awesome!  Also, no cleaning! LOL

i am not having any guests over, but i am so nervous. this is my first year actually cooking the dinner and i have no clue how to cook a turkey. lol. i think though since it is just me DH and my 3 year old actually eating im just going to get a boneless, skinless, turkey breast (baby steps, lol)

I'm going to my mom's for thanksgiving. So I don't have any cleaning or cooking to worry about, lol. But I do still have alot of shopping to get done, ugh.

No I am not stressed but I will probably be working till midnight Wednesday night. I hate that.We go to my husbands Aunts and Uncles. We just have to bring something.

Good luck on the cleaning and cooking,remember everything doesn't have to be perfect.

Happy Thanksgiving!