Thanksgiving (low key style)
Thanksgiving is pretty much the same for everybody I know. You either are the host or the guest. It typically involves a table set for 8 or more adults and 4 or more children. Lots of pre-day planning, meal prep, side dish options, appetizers galore, enough booze to sink a ship, and LOTS AND LOTS of money spent. Not this year. This time I am keeping it simple. We won't be packing the kids for a hour and a half ride nor will I be panicking for a week prior about who likes what and who will sit where. We are staying home. Maybe that sounds boring to some but to the mother of two young children who likes to get her drink on after turkey, it works out just fine. No driving, no stressing, no sweating over if there is enough gravy to go around. To top off the unconventional holiday plan we are having lamb instead of turkey...OK I bought a small turkey breast, mostly for the smell not the taste, since turkey tastes to me like dried out c...