Well, there are a lot of them, but the one I have in mind this week is the whole grandparent gifting thing.  I have a lot of gits ideas for my kids, I mean, they’re MY KIDS, and I do pay attention to the stuff they like, mostly.  So when both Grandmothers come tome for gift ideas, I’ve got to do some meta-deciding.  Not just “Hi Mom, she really wants XXX this year”.  I have to weigh them against one another.  Do I want my own mother pissed at me for giving my mom-in-law the better insder information on what my daughter wants?  DO I want my husband pissed at me for making sure my own mother gave the superior gift?  I’d like to think we’re all adults here.  I’d LIKE to think that the happiness of the kids is paramount in everyone’s minds.

 

Actually, no, I’d LIKE to stop having to think about this and just be able to hand them each a sku and say “buy this, your grandkids love you no matter what’s under the wrapper”.

It’s tomorrow.  There is a turkey in my fridge SO LARGE that we have been eating out for two days because I can’t fit anything else in my teeny weeny space.  I get Mom-in-Law and both my parents at the same table which should be nice.  They haven’t seen each other since my wedding…  10 years ago.  And I get to cook.  Have I mentioned that if a microwave isn’t involved we’re pretty much just asking for trouble?

I have a sinking feeling that this is IT.  The year Thanksgiving transitions to my house because, with three kids, we have become the gravity well for the California side of the family.  I don’t have a Gravy Boat.  Heck, I don’t even have fancy dishes.  DO have wine glasses though, perhaps I can just start serving drinks at noon and noone will notice the turkey is charred and the green beans went mooshy.  The kids won’t care, two eat anything as long as it’s not still moving and the third metabolizes air.  He had a pumpkin muffin three days ago, he should be good until Monday.

That’s the other thing.  GREEN BEANS.  I went to COSTCO and they were out.  COSTCO RAN OUT.  Move over JK Rollings!  Costco hasn’t sold out of ANYTHING since the 2nd Harry Potter book came out.  How can a place like Costco sell out of Green Beans??!  I mean, the supermarket still had them in stock as of this morning (though by now, I’m sure the place looks like it’s been raided by Pirates or something.