A guest post in which I share the story of ‘Crazy Grandma’ and the turkey that never was; a summer story just in time for Thanksgiving…thank you so much Sally Cronin for the invitation!
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This was such a great lunch Sherri. I enjoyed learning more about my friends here, and the yummy recipes. xo ❤
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Thanks so much Debby, great sharing it with you 😉 I hope you’re not too full. I won’t be eating for a week 😉 ❤ xo
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Hey, I guess my lunch invitation was lost in the mail. 😦 I enjoyed meeting Olivia, Sherri. She sounds like she was a great woman.
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Jill, you always have an invitation, night or day, any time 🙂 I loved sharing this story about Olivia and I’m so glad you enjoyed meeting her. I miss her very much (she died four years after I moved back to the UK when she was only seventy) but she is never forgotten. I’m so grateful for all the years my children spent time with her and Grandpa when we lived in California. Wonderful memories 🙂 ❤
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What a wonderful mother-in-law to have Sherri. I loved reading a little more about your life and the people in it!
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She was a wonderful woman Pauline, I miss her still. I’m so glad you enjoyed the read, thank you so much 🙂
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Sherri, I loved reading this story! I’m so glad you had a wonderful MIL. You know I had one, and it is really a great feeling. Gonna be thinking about this story on Thursday because hubby drops everything he touches lately and will probably try to pick up our meal at some point.
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Oh I’m so glad you enjoyed it Luanne, thank you so much! A wonderful MIL is a great gift, one we were both blessed with for sure. I am so grateful for all those years we had together, so much fun and laughter and silliness 🙂 Haha…oh dear, I do hope hubby doesn’t do a ‘Crazy Grandma’ 😛 Will be thinking of you… Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Luanne! xoxo
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Hi Sherri,
That was a wonderful guest post indeed, and so good to know that you had a MIL that one could speak of 🙂
Thanks for sharing it all with us. Have a nice week ahead 🙂
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Hi Harleena! Aww…thank you so much! Yes, we hear so much that is negative about MILs that I was glad to share a story from the othe side of the coin 🙂 I’m so glad you enjoyed it. And the same to you for a good week ahead too (Happy Thanksgiving to you!) No Thanksgiving for me this year since we moved back to the UK but will be celebrating my middle son’s birthday at the weekend 🙂
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So great to see you featured on Sally’s blog. I enjoyed the stories about Olivia. Her turkey fiasco reminded me of when my mom and dad were invited for lunch with Hubby’s parents. His mom made a roast chicken, but forgot to to take out the giblets first, which were of course in a plastic bag. We all had a laugh over it, and my mom who was a very timid cook and imagined that her counterpart was probably so much more experienced at entertaining, was able to relax in the knowledge that my future MiL wasn’t perfect. 😀
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Thank you so much Sylvia, I’m thrilled you enjoyed it 🙂 Also for sharing your delightful story about your own family’s ‘Crazy Grandma’ episode. I can just imagine what that roast chicken would have been like with a melted plastic bag full of giblets inside, yikes!!!! What a great ice breaker though. Your mom must have been so relieved 😀
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Yes she was relieved because she’d been dreading going to their rather than grand house, and imagined that everything was going to be so perfect. 😃
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😀 xx
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Just what I needed this Monday – I am going to come back shortly with a cup of tea and to read…. 💜♥️
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Thanks mon amie, hope you enjoy 🙂 ❤
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Sherri that is a precious story and I love how it has stayed with you over the years. My mum often says we forget all the bad stuff and the laughs stay with us forever and she had nine children. Made me smile.
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So glad you enjoyed the story about my lovely MiL, thanks so much Kath for taking the time to read it. Haha…I love what your mum says…with nine children, I’m sure it wasn’t all easy, but how wonderful to remember all the laughs, which do indeed stay with us forever 🙂 ❤
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Well finally made it to soak up that post – it was really well done by smorgasbord! 👍
And the pillows (breasts) still has me cracking up – and the way you shared how to make the stuffing – well just shows the swift writer you are – I might not ever make it, but how could someone wrote a recipe with such flow-ha! Anyhow – have a great day and I am now following the smorgasbord too!
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Sally does an amazing job with her posts, so generous to bloggers and writers everywhere. Thanks so much for going over there, I know she will be delighted to meet you and I’m so glad you enjoyed the read mon amie, and that you had a good laugh…’tis life 🙂 I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and I’ll catch up with you as soon as I can…been away for a few days and paying the price, ha!! ❤ 😉
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Well I hope your time away was refreshing – sounds like it was !! Xxoo ❤️♥️💚
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It was..thank you mon amie…it was… ❤ ❤ ❤ xoxoxo
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And happy belated bday to your son 🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰
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Thanks so much Y 😀 🙂 😀
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Sherri, This is delightful, and lovely to see you and my friend Michelle together with your very special people. I love the story of your mother-in-law Olivia. She sounds like a wonderfully warm and loving person, just the sort you need in a mother-in-law. I’m looking forward to hearing more about her in your memoir. 🙂
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Oh thank you so much Norah, I’m thrilled you enjoyed the feast over at Sally’s…I loved meeting Michelle too, and her wonderful ‘Gramma’ 🙂 It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Olivia…I miss her, we used to laugh a lot and we had some crazy times…but it’s great to share the stories!
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It sounds like it. You can never have too many laughs, and it sounds like your Olivia had great lessons to share about love and acceptance. 🙂
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She did indeed Norah, laughing with her brought us through a lot of tough times… 🙂
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I was right, I did read this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and left a comment there. These days, my mind is such a sieve that I had to double check. I also got hooked on her post. And then another from her post. It always going down the rabbit hole. Some days I never find my way out, 🙂 Have a lovely week.
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Those rabbit holes take us far and wide! Thanks Marlene, I hope for you too…mine hasn’t gone too well with a car accident yesterday, but I’m okay. Just my new car smashed 😦 At least no injuries…just more ‘stuff’ to take care of before Christmas…but I won’t complain… hugs to you.
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