7.12.11

#27: Cook Thanksgiving dinner

Yes, I realize Thanksgiving was ages ago. But due to a turkey shortage not once but twice (Canadian AND American Thanksgiving), we decided to get creative and celebrate a random day.

Now I've done Thanksgiving dinner before, so why put it on my list? Ten years ago, if you'd asked me the meaning of that day, I would have probably said a day off school. Then we moved to Alberta where it's a bigger deal, and my outlook on the holiday changed. Now I have happy memories of Thanksgivings spent with friends and family eating a lovely traditional turkey dinner. And I wanted to share that experience with others. So I invited a few friends, two of whom had never done Thanksgiving EVER, due to the fact that they are from Saudi Arabia. It was really fun to do the whole turkey-mashed potato-sweet potato-gravy-etc. deal for them. And of course it was pretty pleasing to see them get up for second servings. :)

Here's a little picture with all the food and Eddie, the love of my life who I tend to feed in an attempt to keep him from starvation (kidding.. sorta).


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