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In honor of the day,

Turkey or ham?
both, but tonight we had turkey

Cranberry sauce - smooth or chunky
smooth. I'll do chunky if it's homemade.

Vegetables - Green bean casserole or peas and onions
Neither. give me a salad or mixed greens or broccoli. Tonight we had sauteed cauliflower. My first time, they were pretty good.

Potatoes - with or without a hint of nutmeg
without...though I don't think I've had them with nutmeg

Dessert - pumpkin or sweet potato
I'm not a big fan of pie, plus I can't tell the difference between the two when they're baked. tonight we had churro cheesecake and it was damn good.

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We went to Lora and Tina's for Thanksgiving. There were 7 of us. Very little leftovers. I was sort of looking forward to taking some home, but glad there wasn't any to have to package up.

As usual, we had to wait for Staci to finish getting ready. Every year it's the same and we end up waiting for her to finish getting ready before we can eat!

And on top of that, Lora was still cooking. But I wasn't conscripted into helping like in previous years.

Definitely pluses and minuses.

The big plus was the brief video call with the family and seeing Tina. She's 93 and we haven't seen her in something like 11 months?

Now I'm getting ready for bed.

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: United States, California, South Gate

What’s something that people think makes them look cool, but actually has the opposite effect?
Guys who sag their pants...or smoke. I don't mind a cigar or cigarette, but weed is out man!

Who in your life is the worst at using technology?
My mom and Kim. They're both older and got into using technology because of someone younger being interested, so it usually falls to me to walk them through whatever or fix whatever...or I ultimately ask Colleen or John because they've built more computers than I have. With phones, they usually ask me. we all have the same phones, but I've had mine for a few months longer than they have.

What’s your best example of easy come, easy go?
Umm...money? hahaha or guys, as much as it hurt to admit that. But mostly money.

And speaking of money, I tried 2 more times to start my CalFresh Appeal online and said to hell with it. I typed up like a page worth of reasons why I shouldn't have my CalFresh stopped and I'm going to put it in the mail on Friday or Saturday. I need to buy more stamps, so I need to wait until I get money, or just buy a couple of stamps from a friend. I don't know.

It looks like Thanksgiving with my friends is on for tomorrow. I will understand and be pissed if John changes his mind. He's the reason that Colleen didn't see her sister from March until October. I know it would have been a hassle to drive down, but fuck, the lady is 72 and hasn't seen anyone but me in 7 months! Drive down and wave from the fucking car!

We've been doing outside church service since October 18, (2 services, an hour each {we could only pick 1 service to allow as many people [max of 30 people] to attend}) and had to miss one Sunday earlier this month because rain messed up the tents we use and they had to be fixed/replaced.

Anyway, yes. I will be pissed if John ultimately changes his mind about doing Thanksgiving dinner...and I know Colleen and Lora will as well, for different reasons.

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: United States, California, South Gate

Since I started watching

thefridayfive earlier this week, I've been looking forward to answering the questions today. Anything to get me my back in the habit of writing daily...or in this case, weekly.

Today's Friday Five

Nearly time for Thanksgiving here in the US and then a fast ramp up to Christmas. This year, of course, is very different from years past, but the holidays are coming be it Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, or another significant holiday for you at this time.

1. Have you started decorating for holidays yet or are you going to skip it this year?

We haven't started decorating this year. I usually pull out the stuff right after Thanksgiving. The spend the week cleaning and putting away any other decorations that might have been left out during the year and allow Kim (the lady I live with and take care of, for those who are new to following me) to decorate her apartment how she wants. I try to have that done by the first Sunday of December.

I don't know if that will happen this year.

2. Will your gift buying be more local or online this year because of restrictions?

It will be online...if we even have the money. Our financial situation hasn't changed, but it seems like this year, well the last 8 months, have been tighter financially. There are only 4 "people" (3 people and a family) I'll be getting gifts for and I'm sort of worried about how I'm going to do that on top of my other bills I still have to pay.

3. Will you be doing something ‘extra’ to try and give this year’s celebration a bit more sparkle?

My something "extra" this year will be sparkly Christmas manicures for myself and Kim that I will likely do after Thanksgiving.

4. No parties this year, but how are you reaching out to family and friends to wish them well?

If I remember, and get stamps, Christmas cards will be going out. Otherwise, text messages and FB messages/posts on FB will have to do.

5. Do you believe in Krampus? If you don't know who it is, follow the link.

I don't believe in Krampus, but all that I know of it/him is what I read up on when the movie came out in 2015.

Until next time. Hopefully not next Friday, but maybe sometime during the week.

Current Location: United States, California, South Gate

exciting pictures (well to me). BTS for the upcoming Thanksgiving episode. All the gang (literally...well almost I guess) playing a game of football.

Not posting the actual pictures, but( cutting bc I'm sure there are ppl who don't want to be spoiled )

Current Mood: excited
Current Location: Cerritos College computer lab

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