How Far Will You Travel

I cant imagine planning to go to a family reunion , I get a cold sweat just from thinking about being around my relatives .. especially my parents who have shown very little concern about my progress in life ever since I was little... I have 3 other siblings whom i don't mind meeting cause I grew up with them in the same house but they were lucky that they never got it as bad as I did .. I expect them to go ..probably I will ask my sister to represent me or something ...lol

That does cover a wide range! I have aunts, uncles, and cousins scattered across the country, but siblings and daughters and mom all live fairly close, so yes, that is something for which I am very grateful. Karen

You are blessed that your family is all local. As far as our immediate families, they are all local, but the extended family on my side is spread everywhere from Saipan to Ohio and many places in between.

wow thats a wonderful idea. thanks.

I love the idea of having one of the local grocery stores to do the cooking for you. I hate the idea of trying to cook all of those dishes and then have to make sure that everyone is content. I myself am not much on turkey and when I said that I would make Thanksgiving dinner for the family (which isn't happening, by the way) I was going to make turkey rolls and then all of the sides. Turkey rolls are simply thick cut deli turkey, filled with stuffing and then rolled up. Place them in a pan and cover with turkey gravy. Cook this until it is all heated through. This is my favorite way to eat turkey.

Thank you for the wishes of having a wonderful holiday. I too would like to wish all of my fellow mylotters that are from here in the good old USA a happy Thanksgiving.

I agree with you on the savings mode. We've never been ones to fly for the holidays, and we really haven't flown a lot for general travel either, two trips in eight years actually and now it would cost us more than ever because our youngest is now too old to fly for free.

That is how it is for our family as well. As of right now, we are trying to think of big graduation trips to take with our children when they graduate from high school and since it is so far away, I think that the ideas may be feasible.

good luck.... me too is starting to save money for the planned travel together with my eldest daughter after she finished High School. it's 3 years from now, so i have enough time to save and make the plan possible. so with that... GOOD LUCK TO BOTH OF US...

I can see why you don't want to spend the holiday with your family and truth be told, it makes a lot of sense. I hope that you do invite your flat mate over and make a fun holiday tradition of your own.

I agree with you. I'd love to have the funds to be able to travel all over the world but right now that is just not feasible for us. Both of our children are still too small to travel and the financial constraints that we have right now make it impossible as well.

This is our first time to stay put for Thanksgiving as well. At least making the trip a little bit later for you all this year will mean that there is less traffic to deal with.

That is quite a distance to travel. I hope that you make your journey safe and I also hope that you and your husband will be able to have a white Christmas this year.

My husband's father was in the Army while he was growing up and they celebrated Thanksgiving in Germany many times. They made their own family traditions. I hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family this year.