However, that means not only housing 20+ additional people, but feeding them too! Time to break out the apron, recipe books, grocery list binder, and get creative. Thanks to the internet, and sites like Pinterest, feeding a large crowd isn't too hard to do. Aside from the big Thanksgiving meal, we will be enjoying a lot of crock pot style meals and/or hot sandwiches and soups. I couldn't be more in my element!
I love hosting! My sister in laws refer to me as "Monica" paying homage to not only my personality, but my love of the show Friends. I've embraced the fun behind the humor of it, and am totally OK with letting myself be a bit of an over organized control freak. Case in point: I began the menu for Thanksgiving dinner weeks ago and have already stocked up on non-perishables.
As I enter the last week before their arrival and the fun begins, I am making last changes to turkey roasting techniques (to brine or not to brine, that is the question.) I am also starting to feel some anxiety about where everyone will sleep. I'd love to be able to offer each couple their own room, but our new home's basement is still unfinished so it may prove to be a summer camp situation with all of us on air mattresses in the living room! *Deep breaths. They know this isn't the Marriott. Where'd I put the Xanax?*
Either way, I know that I will be blessed to be with those who I love the most in the world, and we will have a wonderful time full of laughs. Stay tuned....
