Good mornthing.

[blissmorgan]

 In America, where I live, it is a holiday called Thanksgiving. It tends to be characterized by an intersection of celebrations and stresses. I am attempting to maximize the former and minimize the latter by not travelling, and by making a small feast suitably sized for and catered to the tastes of the few people I am feeding. For myself, SALM, and Daughterchild, I will be roasting a smallish turkey with a rosemary garlic butter rub under the skin. I will be baking potatoes, for which there are the options of sour cream, butter, salt, pepper. I will steam carrots, and I will bake rolls.

It will be a simple meal, but delicious. Within our means, and soon within our bellies.

I am deliberately not setting unrealistic expectations for myself today. I know I can roast this turkey because I have done this specific recipe before; it was, in fact, the way I roasted the turkey on the last Thanksgiving before I left Spawnfather, when we hosted his family for the holiday. I know I can bake potatoes, because I have done it. Ditto the carrots. The only new thing are the rolls, which are merely brown-and-serve, simple and tasty.

Aside from the food, I plan to shower and do some more fiber arts. I have have spent the morning thus far finishing a scarf. It is the offset dragonflies pattern in a white vintage fisherman's yarn, and it is flipping lovely. After I have gotten the food into the oven, I am going to set about trying to translate the pattern from crochet into knitting. This is perhaps my one unrealistic expectation for the day, because I have not done this kind of translation before. However, I have done the pattern enough in crochet that I know it, and I have enough knit skills that I already have a pretty good idea in mind of how to go about it.

There will perhaps be some picking up in the living room.
There will probably be off-brand chambord-type liquor in seltzer, because the sweetness and the bubbles feel suitably festive.
There will likely be a movie and/or minecrafting later on.

I am thankful that I have the agency and ability to use today to care for others but also for myself - that it can largely be a day of rest.

I hope you are well. I am thankful to know you.

Hello, Blisstopia.<3

Comments

[johncomic]

Your meal sounds splendid, and I also appreciate its relative restraint. So much of the lavishness in our culture is Unnecessary, and it often goes beyond that into Oppressive. Bless you for recognizing the value of sufficiency.

[rokenford]

Happy turkey day.

T-1.25 hours until the guests start to arrive. My biggest hope is that people leave at a reasonable hour and we can go to sleep before 1am.

Hope you get the restful day you planned.

[blissmorgan]

Did people leave at a reasonable hour? Did you get to sleep before midnight?

It amuses me to realize that I have shifted out of that set of folks whose evening plans begin around 8, and into one of those folks who plans to have evenings winding down by 10.

[wa_bob]

Quiet day without much ceremony here. I also hope you are rested and stuffed and content. I am thankful for you also my friend.

[unl33t]

A fine little turkey day was had at our house. Some chosen (sca) family came over. Just enough food for the lot of us, including Childers who may be picky eaters. A similar small bird with butter and herbs under the skin done in a slow cooker. 6hrs of unmonitored stress-free cooking.

A very pleasant time was had. I'm glad you were also able to have a similarly planned holiday.

I am thankful to have you as a friend.