I know this is a Vlog tag and I will be making one of those as well and linking up below. However, if you are unable to watch the video, I have also answered the questions below. :)
1. What is your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Ever since I was born my Grandma Alfreda has always made her family famous stuffing. I would devour that stuffing in seconds and as I grew older, I always asked my Grandma to make me a pan of stuffing just for me. My Grandma passed away five years ago but ever since, I have been making her stuffing with the recipe that she left me. I keep my Grandma's memory alive through her recipes that I make.
2. What is your favorite Thanksgiving dessert? My Grandma Pauline makes the most amazing cheesecake that anyone has ever tasted in their entire lives. (And I'm not kidding. Other people have said the same thing.) Her cheesecake is so creamy and delicious, there usually aren't any leftovers of this at all. It's definitely my favorite desert and she brings it every Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
3. What does your ideal Thanksgiving outfit look like? For Thanksgiving I usually wear comfortable clothes because my mom and I are usually cooking and serving. This year I am wearing a cozy oversized brown sweater with my denim leggings and uggs. Comfortable, fashionable, warm and cozy for the holiday! Not to mention the leggings give plenty of room for my bloated stomach after I stuff myself crazy!
4. What is your best Thanksgiving memory? When I was 17 we had a cat named Buttons. Buttons loved to be a trouble maker and jump on counters while we were cooking because she constantly wanted attention. Well, my mom was cooking something on the stove and Buttons was eating her food on the counter when I hear my mom scream, "Buttons is on fire!" I run into the kitchen to find out that my cat's tail went by the stove and the tip caught on fire. Thankfully, she wasn't hurt and wasn't phased at all by this happening. I was horrified and so angry at my mom when it happened, but now we look back and laugh at that Thanksgiving memory.
5. Least favorite Thanksgiving dish. I hate apple pie or any pie with crust on top. Give me pecan pie or pumpkin pie and I will be a happy camper.
6. Do you have any quirky Thanksgiving traditions? We don't, maybe we aren't a quirky family? We are starting the Elf on the Shelf tradition on Thanksgiving this year, maybe that can be our quirky tradition. :)
7. Where do you and your family usually celebrate Thanksgiving? Every single year we have Thanksgiving over at our house. I think we've only strayed from that tradition once and had Thanksgiving at my Grandmother's house a few years back.
8. What do you love most about Thanksgiving? I absolutely love the food and being with my family and friends. Not to mention that after Thanksgiving dinner is Black Friday shopping -- another one of my favorite things!
9. What do you think has changed most since the first Thanksgiving? Well, there are no Indians and Pilgrims anymore! ;) Seriously though, I think people get caught up in partying, being with family, cooking and thinking about what they're going to buy on Black Friday and forget that on Thanksgiving we are to reflect on what we are thankful for.
10. What are you thankful for? See the prior post for what I am thankful for. :)
