Pretty Much Exhausted!!

[judy]

Janet, I think next year you three should go out to a fancy restaurant. Treat yourselves really well. If dh won't pay for it, maybe you can put a couple of dollars away each week until then.

Your in-laws sound a bit strange. Why wouldn't they want to come to a Thanksgiving at your house? They must be turkey buzzards! (taken from Diana).

Enjoy your day with the boys and the dogs, and Happy Thanksgiving!

[Janet]

Next year we will either go out and if I have to pay...Rick can stay home, or go to my mother's house. I wish I'd know they were not coming at all and I would have planned to go there in the first place. Who knows how many more Thanksgivings I will have with her. I'll probably go in there for a while this evening.

[donna1990]

I chose to do NOTHING this year. Many years I had to do it all. The DH does nothing, he is always working, comes in to eat and leaves. Then for 3 days he pigs out on all of the left overs and here I have to clean again.
I feel a bit guilty, think I am getting selfish???????

[Nina]

Janet, I'm sorry that no one else came. I hope you enjoyed a quiet dinner with the three of you.

Going out is a nice idea. We did that a couple times at Easter....we took the kids/grandkids out to dinner. It really was nice not to have to cook and clean up. And, the restaurant wasn't crowded at all!

[Janet]

Originally Posted by donna1990

I chose to do NOTHING this year. Many years I had to do it all. The DH does nothing, he is always working, comes in to eat and leaves. Then for 3 days he pigs out on all of the left overs and here I have to clean again.
I feel a bit guilty, think I am getting selfish???????

I don't think it's selfish Donna! I get tired of doing all the crap work all the time.

[DianaB]

Originally Posted by donna1990

I chose to do NOTHING this year. Many years I had to do it all. The DH does nothing, he is always working, comes in to eat and leaves. Then for 3 days he pigs out on all of the left overs and here I have to clean again.
I feel a bit guilty, think I am getting selfish???????

I don't think that you're selfish either. If there were only my husband and I, I certainly wouldn't do the whole big meal!!! I'd probably just bake a chicken and do a couple of other smaller dishes.