Family Problems

I haven't had time to update this blog. Granddaughter had bacterial pneumonia so I was helping take care of her then I came down with a pretty nasty cold and cough which I still have (don't have strep again though).

Thanksgiving? Well it was interesting and I can honestly say I will never do it again the way we did it this year. Technically I think it would have worked out if son-in-law's family didn't act like my daughter's side of the family weren't there. According to the 30 of them, the 5 of us were not invited and were not family. It was held at daughter's house. She sent evites asking people to bring a dish. Did people bring the dish they said they would? I did. My brother-in-law did. Did son-in-law's family? Nope. We ended up with 3 lousy box stuffing mixes, vegetables that just because they are wrapped in bacon doesn't mean anyone wanted to eat it, my mashed potatoes (10 pounds went like hotcakes) and about 100 desserts. I made a pumpkin pie and pecan pie. BIL made a deep dish apple pie. His family? Store bought cupcakes, cookies, candy, oh and birthday cakes for their family who were having birthdays.

So basically I could eat the turkey and mashed potatoes. I wanted to join my granddaughter in eating a bowl of Rice Krispies - the new Christmas version. I also made whipped cream from scratch. They wanted cool whip.

There wasn't any intermingling. Conversations would stop if I entered a room (I was put in charge of granddaughter who goes where she wants and she didn't want to go anywhere near them). To be honest, she didn't know them. She knew her gramma and her 2 cousins but no one else. They hadn't seen her since last Christmas. You can't make a 2 year old do anything if she doesn't want to.

So who got the whole meal ready? Daughter and I. Who did dishes? Daughter and I. Who cleaned up? Daughter and I.

Yep not doing that again.