My favorite part of Christmas day are stocking stuffers. Now that we are older we all contribute to buying one another little knick-knacks for the stockings. My dad always buys us kid stuff...we got play-dough this year, and my brother and husband decided to buy the men mini Nerf guns (bad idea). Those things pack some power..my poor dog ended up getting hit in the eye and pouted about it for six hours (you'll shoot your eye out). Needless to say, there won't be any more fun guns purchased :( My dad also likes to buy us car related things (haha) but they are things we would use like a car freshener and a tire pressure gauge...and then I pulled out an ice scraper and didn't know what it was. At first I thought it was a pooper-scooper for cat litter and kinda got mad because I was thinking, "Who the hell bought me a cat"? Cats are cute and all but I can't deal with the hair...Everyone laughed at me..ooops!
We opened presents and enjoyed all of our new goodies, but then it was time to start dinner. The day before, I had prepped everything and cleaned the turkey and cooked the yucky things inside..GROSS! My mom guided me through the whole stuffing and turkey process because I haven't cooked one by myself before, I have only watched and helped here and there during previous celebrations. I learned it's all about the baste...literally..and making sure you salt and pepper the bird so it is tasty! However, everything gets pretty busy the closer the turkey gets to being complete. I made a new version of sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, mashed taters, rolls, and three different pies. My brother even taught us why the turkey has dark meat and white meat...something to do with the muscle fibers (that kid is like rain man)! The dinner was delicious and over in fifteen minutes...booooo! All of that cooking and cleaning for fifteen minutes; good thing I have the leftovers this year :) Oh, and I am pretty sure my hands will smell like onions for weeks from chopping so many for the stuffing....
In usual fashion, every one retires to the couch for a cat nap while their full stomachs digest all of the butter that was used in the making of my delicious meal :) It was a fun time with laughter and gifts. We missed several people this year as some of my family lives in another state and my grandparents decided to go tropical this year, but we enjoyed our little family time.
