4:45 a.m.- my sister-n-law thinks her water breaks and is rushed to the hospital
10:00 a.m.- I set the table for extra guests because my mother-n-law won't host her dinner because her daughter is giving birth (understandable
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12:00 p.m.- False alarm- water did not break- Lisa is sent home. Mother-n-law will host her Thanksgiving.
12:30 p.m.- My sister still has not shown up at my house for Thanksgiving and she is in charge of the mashed potatoes. Sue starts boiling the potatoes (mind you- I usually make the kind where you add water to flakes).
1:15 p.m.- Sister shows up with mom & dad (dinner is to be at 1:30 p.m.) - JJ works on the mashed potatoes but they turn out like potatoe soup. I am in a panic- everyone is in the kitchen milling around- I yell- GET OUT! Go downstairs where the snackies are and let me finish everything!
2:00 p.m.- Dinner is served - mashed potatoes are disgusting, beans are over-cooked, my husband looks like he is about to cry and I just know he wishes he opted to spend Thanksgiving at his mom's house!
4:00 p.m.- My mom tries to start cleaning the kitchen but since she has had a housekeeper since she was 15 years old- her idea of washing dishes is scraping 25% off the plate and letting the dishwasher take off the rest. I shoo her out and do it all myself.
Sunday- 2:30 p.m. - Everything is finally clean, put away and done. Note to self... let mom host Christmas dinner!