#Randomblings with @JenSquard

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

Randombling: A 5 minute long unedited random stream of consciousness produced by a nerd for nerds.

#nowplaying: Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS

This is my first time not preparing a full Thanksgiving day spread in a long time, and let me tell you, it feels GREAT!  I'm totally relaxed.  No stress, no running around, no planning a menu, no planning the timetables to make sure that everything is ready right at 3....it's so liberating!  Seriously, it is wonderful.  Today I am going to bake some ziti (lots and lots of yumminess), mom is bringing some dessert, and that's about it!  Easy peezy!

We'll be playing some games, and I went ahead and stocked up on beers and wine.  Wii games have been rented.  And now....nothing!  Glorious, relaxing nothing!  We're all staying in our jammies!  So for Thanksgiving I actually get to focus on the things I should be focusing on - my amazing husband, the adorable midgets I call my children, the supportive family that always keeps me laughing, and, of course, pasta and booze. 

I recommend you all try it someday - let go, and start your own tradition - a tradition of doing whatever the fark makes you happy!  No more stressing for a week, no staying up all day and night nursing a turkey that will dry out and taste like the pink part of a cat's butt anyways!  Just loving on the family, having a good time, and eating what you like.  If anyone has a problem with your new tradition, send them my way!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and take it easy - no one is going to starve if there are only 5 sides instead of 6.  So chill. 

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#Randombling: Jen Squard

#TalkNerdyToMeLover's @JenSquard

Randombling: A 5 minute long unedited random stream of consciousness produced by a nerd for nerds.

#nowplaying: Night Ranger - Sister Christian

I am honestly not at all looking forward to Thanksgiving.  I don’t so much like tradition.  And Thanksgiving is effing stressful.  All that work to make all that food, and it is rarely appreciated.  Plus, I HATE thanksgiving food.  Turkey makes me want to poke my eyes out.  
This year I am refusing to do Thanksgiving.  My mom and sister are coming over to my house, and we are all going to play games and eat baked ziti.  I think that the holiday should be about hanging out with the people you love, not doing everything you can to impress them.  I know it’s about being thankful, but I am thankful every day for what I have.  I tell my hubbard thank you for his love and support every chance I get.  Do we really need  special holiday to remind us to be thankful?  That’s lamesauce.

We do, however, have to head up to the in-laws house.  Hopefully there will be minimal drama, but since they are always mad at someone in the family, and that someone has been me in a pretty serious way for the past few months, it should be interesting.  I don’t know....it’s not my family so I can’t really be the one to say eff off, but we’ll see how it goes I guess.  

This time of year just always upsets me.  I like Christmas and the premise of gift giving, I just hate the forced interactions.  If you love someone, tell them all the time.  Don’t wait until winter.  And if someone gives you a present, fucking say thank you.  The end.  Don’t expect anything great unless you are doing great things.  So there - download your permission slips, be awesome, and awesome things will happen to you.  

No more whining and hoping for miracles just because it’s Christmas.  The holiday doesn’t even make sense.  I’m over it, and I’m just going to pretend like they aren’t happening this year.    

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