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Turkey Day Recaps
Post 'em here ladies. Tell us your Thanksgiving stories.
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Ours was nice and simple. We had my friend (fellow nestie) and her husband over. K deep fried a turkey which was very yummy. We played air hockey and then watch a vampire movie (in honor of our friend's Twilight obession).
Friday I hit the mall for a hour or so before heading to my night job. I'm rather disappointed with what is in the stores this year. There really isn't anything exciting. I need a few new winter sweaters and nothing thrilled me. Oh well, guess it helps the budget when you can't find anything to buy ;-)
We had a great weekend and I am sad to be back at work and missing my wife. We hit no traffic up to VT and made it there in record time. We enjoyed a very empty woodstock and browsed the galleries and visited some shops. Had a light dinner at a local place and then had an early night at the b&b. Turkey day started with a yummy breakfast at the inn (which was good as we didn't eat dinner until 6pm!) Made our way to the farm and had a nice time with the family. Ate a very yummy dinner where 20 people (including 2 young children) consumed 15 lbs of mashed pots. We love our carbs I do say. Played with the animals and visited the beef cattle. All in all a great day. Friday we started the day with breakfast pie and then took a walk in the woods (we do this every year and yes it is still hunting season) where my mother collected a whole pile of stuff for her holiday decorating. We stopped off in woodstock and picked up some art, shoes, and candy to add to the grass fed beef, honey, bagels and pie we had brought from the farm. Ok so the bagels didn't come from the farm but everything else did. Now I am trying to eat healthy to work off the excess from the weekend. But I must say that the pie is calling my name!
thanksgiving was pretty much a sleepy blur...went to my aunts house for dinner with my side of the family then went to Andrea's bubby's house to see her side for dessert. ended up playing cards with her fam until 2am! good times, but it definitley snuck up on us this year
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OK REALLY LONG POST!
Well this weekend completely ended up differently then we had planned. Thanksgiving was good up until after dinner. T made a wonderful meal as planned but seemed a little week and edgy all day which I had thought was probably just a bad MS day. Once dinner was served she finally admitted she was in a tone of pain and thought maybe she had a bladder infection or something (the Wednesday before she had a urology appointment and they did some tests so it was possible) so I ran her to the hospital. We spent four hours there with, of course, staff that didnt want to be there, including a doctor who didnt seem interested in doing anything after the urine test came up clean besides prescribing pain pills, and a homophobic nurse who treated us like the scum of the earth. After some prodding from me they did a CT scan and said that it wasnt even her bladder but that it looked like an ovarian cyst. Weird thing is T had a full hysterectomy 9 years ago where they removed everything so she shouldnt have ovaries. The doctors response "well it looks like an ovary so it must be an ovary, take some norco and tough it out until you can get into you OBGYN on MONDAY" They discharged her while she was vomiting i might add and sent us packing.
So Friday we didnt shop as we had planned, except for me running out to pick up the kids big Christmas gift, and T spent the day in a drug induced sleep. Saturday she was still in so much pain and felt like it was getting worse that i had to take her to the hospital again. This time the staff was much more friendly and the doctor more thurough. He orded an ultra sound and actually listened to us when we explained that she didnt have ovaries, that she had even been on hormones because she didnt have the ovaries and what not. He said that there were a few possibilities of what the problem could be (either the OB missed removing the ovary completely, or left a remant of it and it grew back, or that its some sort of tumor or mass and that either her original OB or another one that he would refer to us needed to go in and take a look) He also called her original OB and the OB on call and lit a fire under them so hopefully today they will get her in to figure this crap out. He prescribed some stronger pain pills too.
It was a really long weekend. And poor T is falling apart. It really is getting to her being sick all the time and just trying to get her MS flare ups under control and now all of a sudden she might have some random phatom ovary (which we named Phillip) or a tumor or something.
Not the most fun Thanksgiving Holiday.
I'm sorry to hear T is having more health issues, but I think it's cute (and says alot about you having a positive outlook on things) that you named the phantom ovary :-)
ugh, i'm so sorry to hear this. but you are two strong ladies who have a wonderful outlook on life. lots of healthy, pain-free vibes being sent your way.
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I am so sorry about the phantom ovary - but did laugh at his name.
Thursday morning we got up early and took the kids to the American History Museum. We walked around for a bit before coming home to eat our low stress meal with our friend C who always comes over on Thanksgiving (sweet potato soup, turkey breast, cranberry chutney, sweet potato fries, and carrot cake cupcakes.) The kids played outside and we all crashed early.
Friday we went to Costco (no crowd), took the kids to Gymboree, and then to the National Harbor for their tree lighting and fireworks display (the kids' first fireworks!)
I'm so sorry poor T had to deal with all that pain... especially on Thanksgiving. Hopefully you guys will get some answers soon.
Our holiday was really nice. My parents and brother came down... and we had a great meal (turkey, mashers, stuffing, corn, gravy, rolls, cranberry sauce, the works!). It was very relaxed and low-key, just how we like it.
The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing. We watched the whole 4th season of the X-files!
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I am so sorry about T. I hope she is feeling better and you get some answers ASAP.
Our Turkey Day was awful. I am so sad. It's my favorite holiday and it was a mess. There is no short version but I'll do my best.
We went to my MIL's house first, everyone had a nice time and behaved. It was the first time in 5 years she has included me.
We went to my Aunts house next. For the third holiday in a row my cousin picked at everything I said and did and made nasty comments to me and S all night. I did my best to ignore her but my patience was wearing very thin.
Right before eating she blew up at me, yelling and screaming, I screamed back. No one tried to diffuse the situation. I had had enough and stormed out. She followed screaming very ugly things at me. Nobody said a word or tried to stop her. S followed me when I ran upstairs and we ended up sitting in the guest bathroom for an hour and a half. We walked out, not saying goodbye to anyone, including my mom, who never even bothered to come and check on us.
Back in the car I was balancing a plate of mini chocolate cream pies on my lap when the crying started. Pies went flying everywhere, the floor, my purse, the dashboard, air vents, my shoes. It's funny now but only made me cry harder that night.
We found a do-it-yourself car wash and even though we were freezing we spent an hour scrubbing pie crust and chocolate cream off of us, the seats, vents and windows. We found a coffee shop that was open and we finally had dinner.
We slept for two hours and then hit Black Friday to cheer ourselves up.
My Mom called and apologized for not coming up, claiming she didn't know what to do. I think that is complete and total BS but accepted her apology anyway.
The End!
SongAllAlong - Best of luck to you and T. Health scares are always stressful, but even moreso when there aren't any answers.
Janet - I too have been less than thrilled with the winter selection. I ended up buying multiples of the few sweaters I found just so I'd have enough to get me through the work week!
Our Thanksgiving was really nice. We drove to Harrisburg to be with C's family, where her parents were hosting my FIL's side of the family, who we LOVE. We don't get to see all the aunts and uncles very often at all, and there were even some babies we hadn't met! Both of our drives were very smooth, and we had a great time spending time with all the relatives.
We did have one strange moment with my MIL - C's parents are older, and very ready for grandbabies. They know that we plan to have kids, and C has even let her mom in on our plans a little - letting her know that I'll be staying home, and we have some saving to do before we start (she doesn't know any timeline specifics). But this doesn't stop MIL from making comments -"Tick, tick..." and all that. Well this time she brought us down to the basement to show us all the children's books they have (she's mentioned them to us before). She had this very serious expression and was like, "So here are the books - waiting. We're ready... We're ready. Okay?" It was kind of strange and uncomfortable - she was so serious! We just said OK, and we all walked up the stairs in silence. I swear, the way she makes these comments, you'd think I was over 40 and running out of eggs or something!!!
But yes, a great holiday overall :-)
sahm ~ toddler breastfeeder ~ cloth diaperer ~ baby wearer