Ahhh...Thanksgiving. The warms smells of turkey, homemade rolls, and apple pie baking in the oven fill the air...as the women work away in the kitchen! As I have grown older, I have become a little bitter about Thanksgiving. Why is it that the men get to lay on the couch watching football while the women are in the kitchen frantically cooking and cleaning?
I really got frustrated the other day as we were planning for Thanksgiving. When I inquired about what time we would be eating, one woman replied, "Well, we will have to eat between football games." Ughhhhhhhh.... Apparently football has taken the place of good old family bonding.
I have to say that I don't look forward to Thanksgiving. I will spend the day trying not to walk in front of the television as I serve appetizers to the men lounged about in the living room. I will also have to try to keep the children from running through the living room. Heaven forbid, one of those guys misses an important play! After we hastily eat dinner between ball games, I will be one of many women cleaning up the kitchen. This is just not a good time in my book! But, as usual, I will put a smile on my face and grin and bear it...along with most of the female population in America!
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Funny how this works out, huh? In our household, we all love football (my stepdaughter is a Cowboys fan, but we still love her anyway - HA!) and we all get into the games and enjoy that part of the holiday. My partner and I both work together in the kitchen, but now that we are in a smaller place, this season we had to cook in shifts!
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