Originally Posted By mele <a href="http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/11/26/awkward-family-story-the-thanksgiving-letter/" target="_blank">http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com...-letter/</a> Marney sounds like a peach! :-D
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Chuckle!! I sometimes wish I had the nerve to write that kind of letter A few years back as "hostess" for a full Christmas meal, I was presented (at the door) with a 10lb bag of potatoes. They took me literally. "Please bring potatoes for 30 people." LOL but I wasn't LOLing at the time as I was standing at the sink washing them It's all in the details
Originally Posted By mele Oh, I'd be livid! (I would have also called or emailed to confirm raw or mashed.) LOL I really hate peeling potatoes. Really, really. For the past few years, I've been mashing my potatoes earlier in the day and keeping them warm in the crock pot. One less thing. ;-)
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Yep, this is a long standing meal. Always baby red potatoes, just boiled nothing fancy. The potatoes he handed me were those mongo sized reds with a lot of dirt and eyes. I had to hack those babies up so badly that they ended up dry smashed cause we didn't plan making mashed and there wasn't any time. Luckily there was lots of gravy
Originally Posted By mele I boil baby reds and smash them...no peeling! I can see you hunched over the sink now...LOL
Originally Posted By WDWdreamin That's ridiculous - the raw potatoes. I think I might send a letter like that (well the bottom wouldn't load) but I could imagine doing it some day.
Originally Posted By iamsally That would be hysterical if it did not remind me so much of my mother-in-law. Not only does she worry to death that what I bring may not be *right*; she generally has a backup, "just in case."
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 iamsally, LOL about the backup!! A friend of mine has a MIL like that and it makes for some hysterical stories We are pretty laid back with our holidays but for some reason we do freak out one particular relative (not Mr. Potato Head.) We asked her to bring green beans one year and you'd think we asked her for a baked alaska. Cripes! Maybe we are closer to Marney than we think I'm going to forward the link to my sister We typically plan the holidays together and it's our sense of humor for sure. Thanks for the chuckle mele!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Not only does she worry to death that what I bring may not be *right*; she generally has a backup, "just in case."<< One year you decide on a whim to bring some festive turkey flavored ice cream, and they never let you forget it.
Originally Posted By iamsally Thanks for the laugh Kar2oonMan!!!! There has always been *Holiday Tension* (as well as every other kind of tension) between me and the MIL. But since we went all natural, gluten free and mostly organic........she is totally freaked out. Like last year when I was looking for something to use to whip cream. She got very agitated and stated, "I HAVE Coolwhip!!!!" good times
Originally Posted By iamsally This year nobody ate any of her macaroni salad. This was not my fault! It is horrible. But when she saw only one spoonfull gone; she turned to me and said, "So, have you turned EVERYONE against wheat??!!??" She had even made me my own bowl without onions. (Something she started doing when I was 19 and told her I did not eat it because of the onions.) When I told her for the millionth time that I eat onions now but I do not eat wheat I got the *gluten lecture*. Luckily my daughter and I brought desserts as she had bought 3 frozen pies and only thawed them. She did not realize they needed to be cooked.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thanks for sharing! She sounds like a bit of a loon (no disrespect intended to the family You should be proud of yourself for continuing to deal with her.
