Saturday, November 25, 2006

One of the Best In a Long Time

One of the best what you ask? Why... Thanksgiving, that is what! Keepers (my wife) and I had the entire day to ourselves, no one else to impose on us their ideas, their bigotry, their greed, their egos, their snobbery, their insensitivity. My what a refreshing day it was!

We manned the telephone (we have a toll free number for US and Canadian residents) 24 hours from midnight to midnight, because we know the holidays can be terrifying and disasters waiting to happen for many. Then on Thanksgiving morning we made the stuffing, stuffed the turkey and waited for it to cook. In between there we did some work in the studio, keepers painting and me working on federal forms to apply for non-profit status with the IRS.

Around 3 or 4 we ate some delicious turkey and dressing with some trimmings. I must admit that we are stuffing swipers! After the turkey has been in the oven for 2-3 hours we begin to invade the carcass and put spoonfuls of dressing in a bowl, use the baster to suck up some juices and juice up the stuffing, then feast on that! We probably do that 3 or 4 times before the turkey is done!! A couple of hours after our dinner we had some turkey sandwiches, ooops, it was really about 4 hours because I fell asleep on the living room floor while Christmas Carol played in the DVD player.

As we began to head for bed later, at a relatively reasonable time, one of our internet friends IM'd keepers so they were up for a while IM'ing. Eventually we made it to bed, collapsing and conking out really quickly. But it was a great day, no family members with their bs, no unwanted visitors, no stress, no mess. We can only hope your holiday was as good for you as it was for us.

Peace and blessings

John Michael and Keepers

2 comments:

jumpinginpuddles said...

yeyy to both of you sounds yumm i expect an invitiation next year ;)

Sa'de

imo said...

Next year you will get an invitation and your littles and keepers littles can spend the day playing and the teens can listen to their music and us oldies can taste the stuffing and have a glass or two of cheer!

how's that sound???

joy to you

john michael and keepers