This or That
1. Stuffing: baked inside the turkey, or separately? Separately, so you can eat more later 🙂
2. Fresh or frozen turkey? Fresh, I think, though my grandparents are the ones cooking it.
3. Cranberry sauce: jellied or whole berry? Jellied, with the marks from the can opener 🙂 sliced in a pretty seashell bowl. Not kidding.
4. Stay home or visit friends/relatives? Grandparent’s farm!
5. Do you cook Thanksgiving dinner, or let someone else do it? Grandma makes the desserts…Grandpa sort of makes the turkey (though Grandma got up at 4 am last year to put it in…) and the rest of us bring lasagna or deli meats…
6. Traditional turkey dinner, or an alternative (such as vegetarian)? Good Lord, traditional. For days.
7. Regular potatoes or sweet potatoes? Mashed! Either way. Though I suppose I’d rather have regular mashed.
8. Homemade gravy, or the jarred stuff? This is my grandma we’re talking about…homemade, of course, with the gibblets…
9. What part of the turkey do you prefer…dark or white meat? Both. White when it’s just out of the oven, dark for leftovers.
10. After dinner: football or Christmas movies? Um. Neither? usually a walk in the fields. Sometimes a movie, sometimes games…
and a day late, but eh…
1. Have you ever made a wish that came true? Well, sometimes. Not recently. But I did pray to God that we would win outdoor conference and that I could stay in first place, and I did…so my prayers were answered. Oh yeah, and can’t forget about the fact that I actually graduated. The wish that I most desire to come true hasn’t yet. Erm.
2. How about any wishes that you are happy never came true? Umm…I don’t think so. I don’t usually wish for things that are bad…hmm.
3. Do you like who you are? Are you the person you hoped you would become? I wish I were smarter. I know that sounds weird, but true. And I wish I was a little bit taller. Not a lot, just an inch or so… I’m working on getting to the professional part of my dreams. Slowly but squirrelly.
4. I recently found some job applications that I never turned in. Back
in 1986 I intended to apply at “County Seat” and “Chess King” but got an offer
from Penny’s (where I worked all through college). It was a good thing, since
only one of the three is still around. Have you ever applied for positions, or
had any interviews, where you later are glad you never got the job? I’ve only applied to a few places, and I’ve gotten into all of them. I’ve never actually had “interviews” but I’ve met with the bosses. I’m glad I’ve had an easy time of it, but I’m worried that when I actually have to do an interview I won’t know what to do. I know there are some places that I thought about applying to, like AE or Famous-Barr, and I’m glad I didn’t do those, but I never even started the app, so it doesn’t really count, does it?
5. While on the topic of career opportunities, what was your very first
“real” job? What job was the most embarrassing? Working at Grone Cafeteria. This is sort of a deja vu question and I’m sure you remember how I was the beverage girl, occasionally hot foods and bakery…
6. Speaking of news, have you had your 15 minutes of fame yet? Such as being in the newspaper, on television, linked on a high-profile site or otherwise caught in the spotlight of the media? I’ve been in the paper, many papers, rather. Mostly for sport-related things, couple of times for Girl Scouts, once or twice for high school achievements…and I had a “achieving climax” (their words, not mine…unfortunate, I know) vignette in the Hatchet, the WU yearbook, for a senior profile. Oh, and I was on television once for being scholar athlete in hs. I’m always in the spotlight with my folks 🙂
7. In the USA, many of us will celebrate Thanksgiving this week. Do you celebrate Thanksgiving (or something like it)? Do you enjoy getting together will your extended family for these types of celebrations? Heck yes! I love visiting my grandparents. The food (see above) is so good, and I’m close to all my family. Besides, I get to sleep and go exploring in the forest. What could be better? They’ve even got internet now 🙂
BONUS: Where is the tenderness? I don’t know, but I’m looking for it….
I hope I can actually go through with it.
