Last year, Ralph and I decided to stay in Maui for Thanksgiving. On the actual holiday, we went to a fancy shmancy restaurant. Then the Sunday after, we had a few friends over for turkey and all the trimmings.
But we caved in and returned to Portland for Christmas (for four weeks). This year I'm planning on staying on Maui for the holidays. Sniff sniff. Wish me luck! It's going to be hard ... apparently for many years ....
It’s time for NEW traditions. Kate has her little family and a bazillion friends, and at 27, it’s her turn to make the plans and do the inviting. Airfares are ridiculously high during holidays, especially tropical paradise places like Maui. I’m hoping we change our big get together to October (Braeden’s birthday) or May (my birthday, Kate’s birthday, Mother’s Day, etc).
Today, my buddy Leslie called and asked if I had plans for Thanksgiving. Oh my goodness! I thought I was the ONLY person who started planning this early. So exciting!! Count me in. We are going to co-host this holiday.
Thanks to Mr. Ralph, I have the perfect outdoors for entertaining. The back lanai has a table for six and a bar height table with four bar stools. In addition I have four stacking outdoor chairs as well as four chairs and two side tables on the front lanai. Do the math! That’s minimum 18 peeps. Oh, and two lounge chairs although only football watching people know how to eat in those while reclining. He personally installed the outdoor lighting which adds to the ambience. I have twinkling white Christmas lights outlining the roof of the original patio area. You know, sometimes even when it’s just me, I sit outside at night to simply enjoy that scenery.
It will be pot luck, of course. I even volunteered to turn on my oven to bake the turkey.
Thinking of the holidays this far away should be against the law! But the co-hosting thing sounds like a good plan.
ReplyDeleteHa! I like getting the location and time settled early. The invitations will go out later but it's nice to let people know they do not have to alone on the holiday unless they choose to be.
ReplyDeleteRalph and I always hosted a big turkey day. New hires to his company who were without family. Neighbors. Friends whose plans fell through. Since there were just the three of us in our little family ... it was fun and fulfilling to have a houseful.
We did have a few folks who early on said YES but then got a better offer. Oh well. Life happens! They usually didn't get an invitation the next year ....