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November Holidays

Jamál (Beauty), 6 Qudrat (Power), 165 B.E. – Sunday, November 9, 2008 about 9:40 AM Pacific Time

I have a four day weekend because of Veterans Day. The Clark County School District is taking off both Monday, November 10, and Tuesday, November 11. On Monday, I have an in service training class for Foster Grandparents, but on Tuesday I don't think I have anything to do. Probably just as well because I don't have a car and have to take the bus everywhere. Tuesday I have to call Paratransit to arrange for a bus to pick me up Wednesday morning and take me to work.

Thanksgiving is at the end of the month and I'll have another four day holiday. I'm not going to microwave a turkey this year. At this point, I'm not even sure we will have a turkey, but if we do I'm not going to microwave it. I'm tired of Microwaved Turkey. I'm tired of carving the bird before I cook it. I'm tired of cooking parts of a bird, because my oven is too small the entire turkey. The turkeys which we received were given to us, so I had no choice of the size. If we are given a turkey this year, it goes in the freezer until I can cook it in a normal oven.

I have fixed turkeys in my Microwave Oven for a couple of years now. Last year I fixed the turkey for Christmas instead of Thanksgiving, but I still had to carve the bird before I cooked it. It just doesn't seem right carving a turkey before its cooked. It just doesn't seem right cooking a turkey in anything but a conventional oven.

This year I'm going to celebrate Thanksgiving by going out to eat. If my nieces invite us to Thanksgiving dinner we will go there, but otherwise we're going to a restaurant that is open 24/7. I'm just tired of cooking turkeys in a Microwave Oven and I'm not going to do it in 2008..