It would be nice if they would come and join you at your home and make TG dinner for you..

I am so glad that my DD and DSSs don't demand a big celebration, anymore. They had their fill of them when they were growing up. Fun but very stressful and hectic.

DD has a bunch of kids, so she likes to have a family TG at home. I choose to stay home and wait for leftovers.

Christmas day they all come here for the celebration. I love it this way....no stress and still lots of fun.

No one needs to apologize the need to vent here. I have done it many times and felt so much better for doing it. My husband loves to do the karoake scene and he is very good at it. But they are all at bars, some of them very small. So the sound system just reverberates all through the room, the noise is terrible and it is so smoke filled. I am just exhousted the next day.

Bless you Tami for being so faithful to your Olehipie. There are many spouses out there who chose to bail out when the going got tough. I'm glad he's feeling better now that he's had a chance to recuperate. I know the feeling of confusion in a crowd. When people are talking loud, etc., I can't even think of what I was going to say. Then being my voice is somewhat affected by this lousy disease, the words don't come out loud enough to hear anyway.

I too stay home and have my kids and grands come here to visit. They take care of the food, cleanup, etc. After all the years of me always being the one to cook the big dinners, host the big celebrations -- now it's their turn! Traveling 230 miles in a car would be impossible for me. Ten miles or so to the dentist wipes me out!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with those that are the most important to you now.