Festive Floof! Spooky Movies!
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Comments (19)I was Frosty once as a wee kid in the school play. Pretty sure that don't count, I rarely feel like a Frosty. Sometimes I feel like a General Waverly. Sometimes I'm a Mr. Green, on occasion a Mrs. Talbot. I've had McClane moments at my In-laws :) And sometimes when the snow is right, I'm a Kim....See MoreFestive Floof/Vent Here!
Comments (38)I haven't been to a family holiday since my dad died in 1968. It used to always be at my mother's house, but after my dad died, she started going to my brother's, and my sister moved away, and back, and away, and unaccounted for sometimes. She didn't get along with very many people...so it was always just Jody and me, until Erin came along in 1980. She finished high school and moved to Houston for university and never moved back. So the concept of family or family celebrations or family getting together for the holidays is kind of foreign to me. Now my mother, brothers, sister, and all in laws, and most of my nieces and nephews, and Jody have passed away. It is just me. Erin spends holidays with her husband's family, which is good, because I am glad for her to be part of a family, although knowing her so well, she probably would rather just spend it with her husband. Of course, I miss Jody, but I don't mind being alone. I prefer it. I bought a turkey, but not sure if I will cook it before or after or on the day. Heck, I may just leave it in the freezer. I am expecting company after Thanksgiving....not particularly looking forward to that. I don't mind company but I am ready for them to leave after a couple of days, and I get a sense that he plans to stay awhile. (He is bringing his cat). I have sort of a routine and I like to keep to it, plus I have to be home a lot because a couple of the horses are fed four times a day. I do miss all the foods associated with holidays past, and I plan to make several of the ones I like best....probably not all at the same time. My company to-be has already sent his likes and dislikes in that department, and they aren't the same as mine....so we will see. He says we can eat out a lot. Great. Not....See MoreFloof! How was your Thanksgiving?
Comments (52)Well, our belated TG yesterday was....interesting! There were 9 of us plus the 14 month old twins, who kept heading for the kitchen and the dog looking for dropped food! Everyone had something to bring, but what they did was bring the ingredients! There were up to 6 people in my kitchen prepping at the same time! It's NOT a large kitchen! THIS is why I never learned how to make gravy! At that point in the prep time, I'm so stressed out and trying to keep people out of the kitchen I run away to decompress! Thankfully, the weather was beautiful and we took the twins outside to eat rocks and meet the neighbor baby, a few months younger. We had a 15 lb turkey plus a 3 lb breast, both came out perfectly cooked and juicy. I hit up the dollar store for leftover containers, but hardly anyone took any (except my weird sister who walks into anyone's house and sees what they have for leftovers!), So we have plenty to freeze for later meals! There was also a gravy-off! I mentioned my thing about not making gravy, so DIL made 10 cups (at home), there was a package that came with the breast, which we froze and I "helped my SIL with one from the drippings and broth using WW flour for my daughter with gestational diabetes. I would love to post pics, but I don't have this site on my phone or tablet. Oh yeah! Hubby made tiramisu (low sugar) that was delish! Also DD took a whole pumpkin pie home, left us each a piece, which we wanted, but took the whipped cream home with her. so I had to walk across the street to the store today in order to have my pie!...See MoreFestive Food Floof! The perfect plate!
Comments (27)My plate of favorites would include white and dark meat turkey, rustic (made with unpeeled potatoes that are not mashed until they no longer resemble potatoes) mashed potatoes with a bit of whole milk and butter, kasha (buckwheat) stuffing, fresh green beans with mushrooms, turnip puff, cooked carrots with a hint of maple syrup and browned butter, turkey gravy for the stuffing and potatoes, and a raw fruit salad with a touch of lime juice and honey. I’m not much of a dessert eater, but I like a creamy lemon pie with a crushed animal cracker crust, usually called North Carolina lemon pie, I think. I may have to make one tomorrow. I first had the kasha stuffing when I went home with a college friend for T-day and have made it since then. Wonderfully flavored with everything you’d put in a bread dressing, it is a delicious alternative to a festive feast. Buckwheat is gluten free for those that are interested, by the way....See More- 5 years ago
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoLars, I didn’t know Svengoolie was national! Back in, oh, maybe the 70s, he was a disembodied voice on a black and yellow background between commercials on ”Screaming Yellow Theater” in Chicago. We thought he was quite witty, but then we were just teens, what did we know?Then they added photos, and then he was live. Honestly, my brother and I preferred him as a disembodied voice. Later we learned that he (Jerry G. Bishop) lived not far from us. He did a lot of local radio back in those days. Looking him up now, I see he moved to California. I don’t care for the later Svengoolies, I guess I’m stuck in the ’70s. Jerry G. played him like a Transylvanian hippie.
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5 years agoNot a fan of the scary movie. Most teen flix are really STARTLE movies, and all that jumping gives me a head ache!! IMPO the most frightening movie I ever watched was Silence of the Lambs--the chance it was REAL had me awake all night for a week!! The campy Beetle Juice and the like I would categorize as Halloween movies= good family FUN. #1 ; only show I watch every year w/o fail is It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!
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5 years agoIf you like classic old movies, this one is delightful and not a bit gruesome:
I prefer comedy to gore, but I don't mind gore in some things. Vincent Price movies from the 60s are fun. I particularly liked Theater Of Blood.Tim Burton movies have a Halloween vibe to them - who can forget Beetlejuice?
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