Just when I thought all hope was gone...

She calls him, "Little Bother."

She yells at him a lot, sometimes she's mean to him. She ignores him, or pretends that the things he likes are incredibly boring and not worth her time.

And then this morning, she disappears into the backyard, then comes into the house and harasses and bullies him into getting dressed, then drags him out into the backyard...

... where she has raked up a pile of leaves... just for him to jump into.

Thanksgiving in a nutshell...

Salty. Very, very salty.

*laughs*

Well, you see, the Flaky Sister has been doing Thanksgiving for a number of years now, ever since Mom pretty much retired from it. And she retired from it after THO and I moved away from Houston. See, we only lived a few blocks away, so we were available to come over in the days before to help with cleaning, baking, cooking, etc. Not to mention she could use my kitchen to supplement her own. But when we moved, well... it took only one Thanksgiving for her to realize she couldn't do it all. So she passed the torch. First the Blonde Sister tried her hand at it, then the Flaky Sister... they passed it back and forth (no one ever asked me if I wanted to take it, and at the time, I knew better than to ask) until the Blonde Sister realized she was more of a Christmas person, and the Flaky Sister decided she would do Thanksgiving.

It took Thanksgiving this year for us to remember why we have always been rather relieved whenever the weather kept us from traveling to Houston. My oldest sister is... not really a very good cook.

*sigh*

I love her to pieces, but the woman thinks salt is the answer to every cooking problem in the planet. Too bitter? Add more salt. Too spicy? SALT! Funny taste on the back of your tongue with a metallic tang that might be from aluminum foil touching the eggs? ADD MORE SALT!!!

OH, and butter. And garlic, lots and lots of garlic. Apparently, there is no dish that can't be improved with salt, butter, and garlic.

Oy, my stomach!
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