<p>This game is from the world series last year that I stole from a Bostonian's blog. <a href="http://www.boston-online.com/common/003911.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.boston-online.com/common/003911.html</a> I'm not a Boston fan and I don't drink much, but this might be fun.</p>
<p>Crank up the time machine to send us back to baseball season, over30's game looks like FUN :D!</p>
<p>For those with waaaaaay too much time on your hands:
<a href="http://www.webtender.com/index/Drinking_Games/%5B/url%5D">http://www.webtender.com/index/Drinking_Games/</a></p>
<p>Found this googling while waiting for the dryer to finish.</p>
<p>Loved those mists SB.....</p>
<p>The packing process was interesting. Found some cool stuff and threw away many large garbage bags of junk and broken stuff. I had to throw stuff away and seal up the bags to keep the kids and doddsdad from "rescuing" junk. Doddsdad and the kids are packrats and have a difficult time parting with things. </p>
<p>So the unpacking has commenced. Come play in the boxes and swim through the packing paper (our cat sure is enjoying the boxes) Sluggbugg. Now if I can just find the box with all the booze in it....</p>
<p>We are relative-free for our Thanksgiving this year. With the move I considered just picking up pizza and some DVDs at the rental place. My kids staged a protest. The clincher was that it would be our DS' last Thanksgiving with us for awhile. He is a senior and will go to college stateside next year and spend Thanksgiving with grandparents rather than fly home to us in Germany. So I will be cooking a turkey and making pies amid the moving detritus. :)</p>
<p>Doddsmom, you are a SAINT!</p>
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However, she gave me to the bags to throw away. Seals can be broken .</p>
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Now if I can just find the box with all the booze in it....
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Found it!!!!</p>
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I could have sworn I was told that I would be cooking the turkey .Im glad I stop in SA so I know whats going on at home Wait....We MOVED???!!!</p>
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Doddsmom, you are a SAINT!
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This is the Patience of a ." variety, not the homeless football team right? Of course youre right! I guess I serve as chief "trial and tribulation." Is it possible to be canonized while you're still living?</p>
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Valium Bouquet: "A no-nonsense freshener that takes care of just about any problem"</p>
<p>Prozac Mist: "Light yet effective: perfect for everyday use."</p>
<p>Thorazine Meadow: "When you don't want to fool around, reach for the Meadow."
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<p>I'll have a can of each, SBmom! :)</p>
<p>One for classrooms...Strattera Springs: "Available in fast-acting and new, longer-lasting formulas!"</p>
<p>Doddsdad, how's your lira supply, these days? It costs money to be canonized, y'know. What with all of those candles and decorations around the Vatican, and then, you must have your portrait painted. You're probably going to need a robe and a pointy hat. Oh, and you have to be dead for at least five years. :o </p>
<p>Or, you could start your own tribe and proclaim yourself, Chief of Trials and Tribulations. You'd save some money that way, and you could wear a loin cloth, if you wanted. Anything goes in the Alley! :D </p>
<p>Doddsmom, do you think they'd notice if you substituted a pepperoni pizza shaped like a turkey? ;) Good luck, girlfriend!</p>
<p>Seeking refuge from the Displaced Tulane students thread. It's getting nasty over there. Don't let me go back. I'm too enmeshed in the root issue to read the posts without elevating my blood pressure. And, oh, the invective! Sheesh :eek:!</p>
<p>Pour me a drink and have it ready when I get back. Headed over to find EK's "What I'm Thankful for Thread". Time to change the mood.</p>
<p>Jmmom,</p>
<p>This round is on me because you have indeed fought a good fight and I totally understand your concept of there being no right way to do something that you know is wrong.</p>
<p>but hey, my lounge lizard is home and said she was glad to be home. No coat, just a fleece because "it isn't cold yet"</p>
<p>She and her dog arerunning around the house like 2 spoiled children, she tormenting the dog and the dog running to me with that "I'm going to tell mommy" look in yer eyes. Went to the store to stock up on kashi, kashi crackers, hummus, dried fruits, silk soy, etc. because she no longer eats meat, drinks carbonated drinks or snack foods arrgghhhh. But I am still glad to see her. She wants to go shopping on friday because she needd a dress for formal when she gets back. Pleeeezzee don't make me do it because I really hate those holiday crowds.</p>
<p>Please don't tell me that I have to give up drinking while she is home.</p>
<p>sybbie, you're my refuge. </p>
<p>Too bad about the crowds, but pls send cyber-photos as I need to live vicariously through your dress shopping, since I only have a boy. I actually plopped myself down in the "man" chair at a local boutique in September while a young girl and her mother shopped for Winter Formal. They were total strangers, but it was my chance! I happened to be in the right place at the right time. Watched her try on each dress and - who? me? - expressed my opinions on each :o. Never did figure out why she didn't choose my personal fave :confused:</p>
<p>You can have one drink <em>after</em> she gets the dress. Or, during the shopping if she's trying on any that go "up to here" or "down to there." Better go to one of those schmancy places that serve you cocktails. I know you've got them there in the Big Apple ;).</p>
<p>I would pay you to take her shopping because she can be so indecisive and worse, so picky.</p>
<p>there was a beautiful Sue Wong silkdress on sale at bloomingdales on line, she hemmed anh hawed so much by the time she made up her mind that dress is now on back order until january.</p>
<p>She wants to go to the mall at short hills because she doen't know exactly what she wants?"</p>
<p>This way I can go to macys., bloomingdales, niemans, saks and nordstroms" Since winter formal is for the sorority, I am still wondering where is the kid who said, "mom, don't worry I am going to pick up the tab for everything connected with being in a sorority". When I asked her what was her budget, her response was " I really don't want to charge anything , so I was wondering how much money you would give me" I try to find something nice for under $300. </p>
<p>And guess what came in the mail today, you guessed it the tuition bill for winter term.</p>
<p>Ok, so you can have a drink now. Just don't tell anyone.</p>
<p>Plans are on track for the big dinner, and the FBIL just called. He's slick...He calls from a work phone so that I can't recognize his cell or home number on our Caller ID. But, I outfoxed him this time and didn't pick up. Mystery numbers a day or two before Thanksgiving usually represent trouble. Watch for annual donation calls this week from your college student's university. ;)</p>
<p>Anyhoo, BFIL called to find out where his son is...D's b/f has been catching a ride home from us every holiday since Freshman Year, so it's a safe bet that he's riding home with D tonight, as well. I had a feeling BFIL was up to something, so I waited, and sure enough, the guy is living up to his nickname. He wants a "favor" for tomorrow. He didn't say what the favor was, just that he wanted one...</p>
<p>WHHAAAT? What could it *#@! be? They found a better gig, and they're stopping by for appetizers, then ditching us for dinner. Fine, that would be too much to hope for, though. OMG, I think I just figured it out...I'll bet he wants to come over here tomorrow and use my kitchen! Or, he's bringing an extra guest. </p>
<p>The guy's a doctor, and he should know that perimenopausal women aren't very flexible when it comes to most things, especially when it involves a dinner for eight people. Last minute changes on Thanksgiving Eve could easily result in bludgeoning with a turkey drumstick.</p>
<p>I'll have some vodka with that wassail. Then, I'm going to wassail his a**! :o</p>
<p>slugg, slugg, slugg. You simply cannot go through life with this manipulative FBIL! This is the holiday to make certain he never want s to come to your house again.</p>
<p>Hello all my friends. Well, I am back in the US. So why am I up at this ungodly hour? Because all the people I left behind in China are still up working! And they need my contributions. So Happy Thanksgiving to all. I myself am thankful for the hours between 8am and 3pm CA time when everyone in China will be sleeping....I will have to cook fast and eat even faster.</p>
<p>Happy, happy holidays! The wall in Nicosia, last divided capital in the EU is coming down. Bulldozers were out in force on Turkish side tearing down the barbwire and guard post as Greek soldiers looked on from the other side. The old shopping street in the center of town is opening up again for business between both communities just in time for December shopping!</p>
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<p>Or, invite them to Thanksgiving dinner! ;) We must have had a fleet of guardian food angels looking out for us because we pulled off a fabulous, fun evening, and I did not commit Hari Cari with my Martha Stewart turkey forks. Yay! We've hosted holiday dinners in the past when things didn't go right, from well-meaning inlaws who brought their own forties (giant cans of cheap beer) to side dishes that defied the laws of cooking and refused to get done, but everything about this dinner clicked perfectly. 48 hours of prep and 10 hours in the kitchen that day helped, but what I learned about FBIL is that I can read his mind! :D This is a skill that will serve me well, Jedis. It turns out that I'm Yoda to his Dark Sith Lord.</p>
<p>There were a few minor disturbances in the Force. They love sweet wines, muscatel, in particular. Muscatel is slightly above swill on my booze-o-meter, but they brought a decent bottle, and we had it with our dessert and coffee. BFIL tried to educate me how to make a number of different dishes (steamed green beans, gib gravy, whipped cream), and I had to grab him by the shoulders only once and lead him AWAY from the stove. But, I gave him the mother of all Thanksgiving food jobs -- basting the turkey -- and he produced a finished bird worthy of the November cover of Bon Appetit. </p>
<p>I made a mental note of the fire extinguisher in the pantry when he produced a propane blowtorch to flame the top of his dessert. One of those nice, little culinary sugar torches wouldn't do. Wouldn't produce that extra dose of terror that you want in a gourmet dessert. H and I watched as the 8-inch flame licked our Corian countertops and danced up the kitchen wallpaper. H suggested, beforehand, that FBIL take his operation out into our new driveway where we have a runway of newly laid concrete, but noooooo....the kitchen counter was fiiiiine! Like I said, our guardian kitchen angels were looking out for us. After that incident, H said that FBIL was no longer in our "Circle of Trust." :D</p>
<p>The formerly well-behaved canine of our family managed to grab a turkey wing off of the table while the humans were in the kitchen yammering about coffee drinks. H found her before she scarfed any bones, so it was a short-lived doggie victory. </p>
<p>D put a furry, red and white, Chrisma-yarmulke on her b/f's head as they were leaving, and I heard someone mention dinner over here around Christmas / Chanukah / Festivus for the Rest of Us. Things to do before then...Practice using The Force to take away dangerous flaming objects; stock up on swill...I mean, muscatel; go to the "Things I'm Thankful For" thread and post my profound gratitude to the culinary genius who invented mise en place, the savior of Thanksgiving cooks, everywhere! :)</p>
<p>Feel the love. Sluggbug and FBIL sitting in a tree..... tra-la.</p>