Thanksgiving!

[shadesong]

It's always been my tradition to host a big Thanksgiving dinner specifically for "the foundlings" - the people who are away from their families or just don't like them. The people who choose to be with their friends - their chosen family - or even just the people who have nowhere else to go. Last year, since I was so new here, it wasn't very big - my parents came up and brought my aunt, uncle, and cousins. But this year, we can do a real Foundlings' Thanksgiving again. And we will. You're all invited. :)

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[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Planning awfully early, aren't you?

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Was talking to Mouse about how phantom_wolfboy was planning on coming down later this year - I suggested Thanksgiving, and it got me thinking. :)

But yeah. I'm a big planner. I have most of the menu in my head already. :) You coming?

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

No, my family lives here.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. Thought they lived in TN.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Just mom and my stepfather. But even there, it's only a 2.5 hour drive.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Well, you'll be missing a great dinner... we pull out all the stops for Thanksgiving. :)

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Turkey and ham?

I don't actually like spending Thanksgiving with my family, but if I'm anywhere close I usually don't have a good excuse.

Last year I went to Austin to visit my friends Robbie and Meredith. They're mostly-vegetarians like me, so we had a non-traditional meal with pumpkin soup, onion pie and a gi-normous slab of salmon (hence the "mostly"). Followed by several pies and a wide sampling of wines.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Ew. No ham! We do turkey because everyone else insists, but at no time do my hands come into contact with the carcass. We buy it preprepared from Whole Foods, and yendi sticks it in the oven.

I'm talking about sweet potato casserole with brown sugar and marshmallows, garlic-rosemary mashed potatoes... that broccoli casserole we did last year turned out well... mushroom-herb stuffing... and way too many desserts. :)

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

i'll be there, of course -- it'll be like my One-Year Anniversary of Moving To Atlanta! [i don't count the 3-month stay in PA as a "move", more like a self-imposed hermit's retreat and vision quest thingy...]

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Damn straight you'll be there - I'm recruiting you as kitchen help! :)

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

wow... just like a real family Thanksgiving, dude. =)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Yeah, except I'm making the guys do dishes. In my family, the women cook, serve, *and* do dishes. Not when *I'm* in charge, man. We cook, but it's served buffet-style, and the people who don't cook clean!

[m0usegrrl.livejournal.com]

rock!! i'll make the biscuits and the punkin' pah. =)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Yay! Punkin pah!

[iroshi.livejournal.com]

Someday, I want to be like Aidan Logan (she's one of my fictional I-want-to-be-HER-when-I-grow-up idols, see the webpage of gryphonrhi for more details), and hold an open house every year on Lammas. (August 1.) (aka Lughnasadh, Lugh-Strong-Arm's day, Loaf Mass)

Traditionally, it's the first harvest festival of the season. It's a time to go, "Fuck it, it's too hot to weed!" Bake the bread from the first grain of the season, the first beer of the year, and just chill out.

But so far (kaybee, I've only been pagan for 3 years now, so this is only my third chance), I haven't been in a decent financial position or had enough people local to me to invite. *grrr* At the very least, though, I always bake a bunch of bread and have alcohol and tell everybody that they're welcome...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*nod* This is an open house kinda thingie. I knew *no one* local last year - I was so horribly lonely! It was the first year I hadn't had a crowd of 12+ friends for Thanksgiving...

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

I might come -- last year I had thanksgiving with a friend here in Columbia, but I don't want to impose again, so unless something else comes up I'd love to make the trip to Atlanta :)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

That'd be great! :)