Happy Cold Thanksgiving Day

@RichardMeister Oh man, I know I would not be too happy with cold food. That reminds me of when we went to a restaurant with a friend - the waitress did not seem to like us as it was a bad start. We all ordered clam chowder and it wasn't very hot - that should have been a red flag. That night all 3 of us got really sick - with our friend getting the very worst of it. Sorry you had to make a change of plans, but it's good you all got to have a Thanksgiving meal together. Surely it was nice for your mom to be out and with you guys on Thanksgiving Day. I was thinking if you could have blown a cork again, the steam would have heated up your food!

@much2say That could have been, but who could I blow a cork at. The poor waitress shot around as if she was shot out of a cannon. However I did the survey and stated the restaurant was understaffed. I had never seen the restaurant we first when to as busy as it was. I think the fact that not everyone had electricity drove them to the restaurant. I told my brother that I was going to start making reservations and if he wasn't there in time Mom and I would go and meet him at the restaurant. If we were done eating by the time he got there–tough. We were suppose to meet up at Mom's at 1 o'clock. He showed up at ten minutes to two. To me that shows a lack of respect.

It wasn't as good as it could have been. The restaurant we choose to go to was too busy. They said there was no tables since we did not make reservations (which I can't because I never know when my brother will show up). They said they could seat us at the bar, which would have been fine with me but I didn't think Mom could get up on a bar stool (she walks with a walker). So we went to the cheap restaurant across the street. They were busy, too, but we got in within 15 minutes. The only problem was they were understaffed. Waitresses were running around like their butts were on fire. The meal included a cup of soup. We got our meal before the soup. I ask about it and was told they had ran out of soup and was making more. Our meals were barely warm. My brother and I got our soup when we were almost done with our meal. Mom never got her soup but she told us she no longer wanted the soup. Then we had to ask the waitress for our pie that came with the meal otherwise we would not have gotten that. Mom didn't want her stuffing because she said it tasted blah. I think that was due to the fact that it wasn't very hot. Mom said the dinner was good but I think she just said that so we wouldn't feel bad. I will say the turkey and the pumpkin pie were good. The rest probably would have been good if it was hotter.

I was raised on a dairy farm and it was not unusual for the electricity to go off in the winter. We had a wood burning furnace so that keep the house warm. The power was rarely off more than a few hours. It had to be on in order to milk the cows so I think the electric company got there fairly fast once it was reported. We couldn't very well milk 35 cows without electricity and they had to be milked both morning and evening every day.

@RichardMeister We did install a wood burning stove this fall so we can still cook and stay warm in the event of a power outage! I can imagine that having to milk 35 cows by hand would have been quite a chore! (A never ending chore!)

Luckily my power was on. But I still felt bad about those without it. According to the electric company everybody should have power tonight.