Family
For Thanksgiving Sara and I went to her Father's Father's house in Franklin MN. Sara's parents were there, so I met her Grandfather, Grandmother, father Paul, brother John, and sister Katie's husband, all for the first time. They all seem like nice people, and I think that they liked me too. I had previously met Sara's mother and sisters Katie and Amy.
We stayed at Jackpot Junction, an Indian hotel and Casino. It was a nice enough place, but really smelled of smoke. Luckily the room, while not being a non-smoking room, didn't smell too bad. However, the shower had basically no water pressure. I don't know if that was because we were on the fifth floor or just because they have lousy water pressure, but you basically had to cozy up with the wall to get water to hit you.
The women cooked while the men talked in the living room. When the food was ready we lined up buffet style. We got in line, Sara's mom dished up food for Grandma, and then Steve and I started to help ourselves (in MN it's common for no one to actually want to start eating a party). All three of us got one of Sara's bread rolls, and shortly thereafter we heard a loud crash. At first people thought that a dish had fallen, but the Pyrex dish that the rolls were in literary exploded. It had been left on a burner that was still set at medium-high. We noticed that the oven was still on as well. Since it's pretty common to take off your shoes inside MN, most people were in their socks, so no one wanted to approach the stove. Even after the burner was turned off, the rolls continued to cook and were looking like they were about to catch on fire (they were starting to produce lots of smoke), so I rushed in there get them off the burner before they ignited.
After lunch we split off into three groups. Those that wanted to nap, those that wanted to play card games, and those that wanted to play a marbles game on a homemade board with rules something like Aggravation. I was in the latter group. It was lots of fun.
Friday we left Franklin at about 3:40, but because of the snow on the road it took us a while to get home. We only saw one person in the ditch, though we did a couple of crumpled cars. I wish that they would plow the on/off ramps as those can get a bit dicey (the freeways are generally just fine though).
We stayed at Jackpot Junction, an Indian hotel and Casino. It was a nice enough place, but really smelled of smoke. Luckily the room, while not being a non-smoking room, didn't smell too bad. However, the shower had basically no water pressure. I don't know if that was because we were on the fifth floor or just because they have lousy water pressure, but you basically had to cozy up with the wall to get water to hit you.
The women cooked while the men talked in the living room. When the food was ready we lined up buffet style. We got in line, Sara's mom dished up food for Grandma, and then Steve and I started to help ourselves (in MN it's common for no one to actually want to start eating a party). All three of us got one of Sara's bread rolls, and shortly thereafter we heard a loud crash. At first people thought that a dish had fallen, but the Pyrex dish that the rolls were in literary exploded. It had been left on a burner that was still set at medium-high. We noticed that the oven was still on as well. Since it's pretty common to take off your shoes inside MN, most people were in their socks, so no one wanted to approach the stove. Even after the burner was turned off, the rolls continued to cook and were looking like they were about to catch on fire (they were starting to produce lots of smoke), so I rushed in there get them off the burner before they ignited.
After lunch we split off into three groups. Those that wanted to nap, those that wanted to play card games, and those that wanted to play a marbles game on a homemade board with rules something like Aggravation. I was in the latter group. It was lots of fun.
Friday we left Franklin at about 3:40, but because of the snow on the road it took us a while to get home. We only saw one person in the ditch, though we did a couple of crumpled cars. I wish that they would plow the on/off ramps as those can get a bit dicey (the freeways are generally just fine though).
posted by Mark at 4:57 PM
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