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Hope you had a great Thanksgiving The next earlier Teresa Kindred column, A Kindred Spirit:Romance, Richard Gere, and Tennis Shoes by Teresa Bell Kindred www.nanahood.com Cooking Thanksgiving dinner for twenty or thirty people should not be a big deal when you've raised five children, but it was for me this year. When the boys are out of school they bring all their friends and hang out at my house, which is good except when you are trying to get ready company. Wednesday I went to the grocery and hauled enough food home to feed a third world country. Besides the one BIG meal it takes a ton of food to feed seventeen year old boys and their buddies. Of course when I got home no one was here to help me carry everything in so I hauled it all in and began putting things away. That's when the first disaster occurred. A bottle of maple syrup fell out and burst. I dropped the strawberries and when the dust finally settled I had strawberries stuck to the floor in maple syrup. I thought about eating the strawberries straight off the floor, just to see how the syrup made them taste but decided against it for obvious reasons. Then this morning I sat on a banana peel in my office where son number two had left a partially eaten banana in my chair. I do not recommend smashed bananas on your backside for a number of reasons. Mainly it feels yucky and bananas belong in fruit salad, not office chairs. After cleaning all morning in preparation of cooking the boys came home from ball practice with a surprise for me.  Grant and Russell were examining something in a box.  This was my surprise. I screamed and ran from the room. "Chill, mom," Russell said. "It isn't going to hurt you," Grant assured me. "I don't care! Get it out of here now!" "Can't we keep it for just a few days? Russell asked. "Do you want Thanksgiving dinner?" I threatened. "Yes." "Either it goes or I'm not cooking." They looked at each other, then at the salamander, then at me. They could tell I meant it! I'm happy to report that the boys chose me over the critter. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and that the only animal on your table (and in your house) was a turkey...not a salamander. About the author: Teresa Bell Kindred lives in Edmonton, Kentucky with her family. She is the author of several books including Mom:PHD: Leadership Skills for Moms. She is a public speaker and has spoken to several different women's groups in Columbia and Adair County. For 13 years she was a magazine columnist for Kentucky Living magazine. Presently she is a grant writer for Metcalfe County Schools and is working on another book. Visit her online at Teresa Bell Kindred...A Kindred Spirit to read more about her, purchase her books, or invite her to speak to your club or organization. Email her directly at tbellkindred@scrtc.com Nanahood, "An online community for grandmothers and moms" This story was posted on 2009-11-29 13:41:00
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