I hate butchering.
10. Too much "togetherness" with the in-laws. It's a sea of fakeness.
9. Wild kids running around that shouldn't be there.
8. A father-in-law running a meat saw that is an accident waiting to happen.
7. Being quizzed all day about my diabetes.
6. Being the dishwasher.
5. Getting stuck with clean-up.
4. Have it being insinuated that I am too big for their meat shop. They've measured.
3. A sister-in-law chanting "Burger! Burger! Burger!" because they want it all in hamburger.
2. They ask when you're available. They don't really care and you have to change your plans anyway.
1. They've chosen the day after Thanksgiving because they know I go to an annual craft show that day.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Much gritting and gnashing of teeth.
I'm planning a boycott since my husband can't say, "We have plans," to Mommy and Daddy.
CW
CreativeWoman posted on Nov 03, 2009
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Hegemone said on Nov 03, 2009....
Oh, I can tell you what ... or who ... would be getting butchered if I had to put up with that crap. Uh uh, no way, no how would I change my plans. I hope you're successful in getting your way, sounds like this is gonna be one of those stand-offs. -
uniquely-ironic said on Nov 03, 2009....
#2 made me giggle. I've been naive enough to assume that when someone asks me a question that they really wanted the answer instead of just using it to rearrange my plans.Go to the craft show. Sounds like there's enough of them to handle the work. -
GrapeKoolaid said on Nov 03, 2009....
Jeez, is there anything about butchering that you do like? :)
I'm with Uni on this. Nuts to butchering. Go to your annual craft show. That's what I say.
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CreativeWoman said on Nov 03, 2009....
Hege,
My husband can do what he wants. I'm not going to help butcher even if I don't make the drive to the craft show by myself. The bad thing is that they are having Thanksgiving that very next day. I will get quizzed on what I did and why I didn't come to help. Sigh ......
uni,
Well, we aren't dealing with normal people here. I get set up like that quite often. I should be used to it, but it pisses me off every time. I'm damned if I do and damned it I don't.
I'd like to go to the craft show and get lost never to return.
CW
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CreativeWoman said on Nov 03, 2009....
Grape,
Umm...I'm coming up with a big goose egg on things I like about butchering. Well...one.... It's no longer in my basement. Thank God for that!
"Nuts to butchering" will be my battle cry. :-)
CW
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MissMimi said on Nov 03, 2009....
CDub, I can think of few things more disgusting to think about or participate in than butchering. Somehow it doesn't surprise me that your husband's family looks at it as a social event. Blecch!
The number 10 reason would do it for me. Go to the craft show, and leave all that gross bloody mess to your nutty inlaws.
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CreativeWoman said on Nov 03, 2009....
Mimi,
I've already told my husband that I'm not going to help butcher whether or not I go to the craft show. And you are right, they do see it as a special event.
You know, my sister teases me that I'm going to grow my hair into a bun and start wearing long dresses with aprons. (The joke is that he is making me Amish.)
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Somebody save me!
CW
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MissMimi said on Nov 03, 2009....
LOLOL Oh horrors! Sorry, CDub- can't see you riding next to Farmer CW in the buggy on the way to the butchering. LOL
The Amish don't use computers -- that alone would be a deal breaker for me.
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Lucytorial said on Nov 03, 2009....
What I don't understand CW is that the meat from a cow is stupendous, why they waste it by turning it into burger mince is beyond my understanding?What about good slab of hind qauter roast, the humble Oyster Blade cut, the salubrious porterhouse cut? why waste all those beautiful cuts on "mince"??????Perhaps you should boycott the whole thing and go to your fair anyway. -
beyondtheveil said on Nov 03, 2009....
I was thinking the same as lucy - why turn sides of beef into hamburger? That's worse than covering a filet mignon with catsup.
I agree with going to the craft show. What are they going to do? Complain? So what?
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CreativeWoman said on Nov 03, 2009....
Mimi,
Yeah ... he married the wrong woman for that and I have told him so more than once.
Lucy,
I agree wholeheartedly! I've never seen the likes in my life. To be truthful, these people are not good at cutting with the grain of the meat. Everything turns out tough. The last time they took one to the butcher shop that had 1600 pounds of hamburger and a few cubed steaks. I couldn't believe it. They eat hamburger like it was candy.
Personally, I relate hamburger to hard times when I was a kid. When we had meat processed we had all the prime cuts and they were wonderful.
I'm not participating. That's for sure.
beyond,
I agree too. I have no defense for them. They are nuts.
I probably will go to the craft show anyway.
CW
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fragglesrock said on Nov 03, 2009....
CW - I'm ashamed to say that it took me ALL day to work up the courage to read this blog. I was afraid. lol! I'm so happily relieved that there isn't anything "graphic"! I have a queasy tummy about things of this nature. Once, when I was babysitting, the kid was eating a ham sandwich. He happily announced "Ii'M HAVING A PIG SANDWICH" I couldn't eat ham for months. Not kidding. Anyways...what I would tell your in laws when they ask where you were? Just sweetly tell them that you were at such and such fancy restraunt having a big juicy STEAK!!!! BWAHAHAHAA! -
CreativeWoman said on Nov 03, 2009....
fraggles,
Yeah, a TENDER one, processed just right. I'll be the Goldie Locks of butchering. lol
I'm glad I didn't make you queasy. Oink! Oink! Or ... Moo! Moo! :-)
CW
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Me-Myself&I said on Nov 03, 2009....
CW, don't change your plans. go have fun, enjoy your thing. *smile* nothing like a good craft show! -
simplyconfused said on Nov 03, 2009....
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writergrrl said on Nov 03, 2009....
I think you should punch everyone. Or tell your in-laws you simply have plans. Just be blunt about it. Besides, your already married so why are you still trying to make nice with the ass wipes- I mean in laws? -
RollingC said on Nov 03, 2009....
You should really put your foot down and pick the date that's convenient for you and if they oppose then tell them that last year you did it and now it's someone else's turn.
Rc
ps.... you should go to the annual craft show and show off your stuff. Ask them if they want to go out of politeness and then come what may you should go.
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CreativeWoman said on Nov 04, 2009....
MMI,
You are right that there is nothing like a good craft show.
simply,
Exactly.
writergrrl,
I try to be respectful and kind because that is the way I want to be treated. They put me in some impossible situations sometimes. I fight with guilt a lot when I focus on myself.
Rc,
Some of these big craft shows around here have waiting lists for vendors. Can you believe that? Nobody is going to tell me there is not money in crafting. :-)
Unfortunately, I am the last one that the in-laws care about when scheduling things. I know I shouldn't care what they think or do, but it bothers me when they behave that way.
CW
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CayenneMan said on Nov 04, 2009....
Life is just to short, make the best of it. I do think your husband is a . . . . ! By far I'm not perfect but I treat my wife with respect, but then again that's just me. Enjoy the craft show.
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mixednuts said on Nov 04, 2009....
I guess I'll be a vegitarian. -
CreativeWoman said on Nov 04, 2009....
CayenneMan,
When it comes for him to choose something between me and what his parents want, he always chooses his parents. I guess I'll go spend the day alone at that craft show ... like always. Your wife is a lucky lady.
mixednuts,
To each his own.
CW
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writergrrl said on Nov 04, 2009....
There's nothing wrong with doing for yourself, especially when its in your best interest. -
queenparanoia said on Nov 05, 2009....
why do you always do the dishes?