When I was a kid we had the whole family together at my grandparents for a big thanksgiving and Christmas Eve dinner. After they died the entire family still got together alternatjng thanksgiving and Christmas. Slowly it appears these were less and less and I have not been invited to one it probably 8-10 years. I am not sure if the rest of the family still has them or not, but I hear nothing about it. Now it’s just our immediate family. Sometimes we don’t do anything. Currently we have 7 people here.
In the process of cooking the electric range appears to have died. Both the stove top burners and the ovens no longer heat. Indicators light up but no heating. Since everything quit it seems like maybe the control board died. I guess we will get what we get, not everything got cooked. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2023, at 1:55 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > On 23/11/2023 12:10 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> I care less and less about the various holidays as time goes on. While I >> enjoy time with family, all the “getting ready” that precedes the various >> events is tiring, if not a PITA, and just ruins it for me. >> >> Call me Scrooge, whatever, but I would be just fine with a casual gathering >> that doesn’t have to be over the top or something done to excess. >> >> The days leading up are just too focused on making things right, getting >> everything surgically clean, pressure to get things done, etc. >> >> But yes, I do value the time spent with friends and family. I just guess I >> could do without all the junk that can go with it. >> >> -D >> > Our family gatherings have become smaller and smaller. Where we once had 20+ > people at such meals, we are now down to basically, my younger son, his wife, > their two little girls and my mother, plus of course my wife and I. > > My father has been gone many years as have my wife's parents. > > My elder son and his family are about 1200 miles east. My sister and her > family are here but have their own gatherings as their children are grown, > and married and she has two granddaughters. > > My wife's sister and her family don't come any more because her children are > grown and have their own gatherings. > > My wife's brother and his wife don't come any more because they tend to spend > their holidays with his wife's family. > > So, it got smaller and easier with time. I do miss the larger gatherings > somewhat but it was much more work and much more mess to clean up afterwards. > > Nothing stays the same forever and we have learned to live with the changes. > > Randy > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
