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[quote=Anonymous]We’re celebrating thanksgiving this year a flight’s distance away from home, in a rental house near my elderly parents who live in an assisted living. My brother and his family will also be staying nearby in their own rental house. My brother wants us to cook thanksgiving dinner together in one of our rental homes, versus all going to a restaurant. My parents will prefer that, too.

I think I have convinced him that we should at least order a cooked turkey. But I’m still concerned about logistics, like- we all fly in late Tuesday so we’ll be doing all the shopping on Wed, the day prior to thanksgiving which in my experience means a picked clean store and crowds - in the rental houses we won’t have cooking equipment beyond basics, like mixers and potato ricers etc, so it will prove hard to make some dishes and baked items - there may not even be decent knives to carve a turkey - I’m not sure we can all sit down to the meal in either rental (vs at home, I’d pull out card tables etc).

Am I overthinking and overworrying about this? Please don’t say that since my brother wants this, he should figure it out - the spirit is togetherness and cooperation. I’m just trying to figure out if this plan is unrealistic, in which case I’ll talk to him some more, or if I’m worrying about nothing - both could be true, as my brother is not detail oriented and I am a chronic worrier.

Thanks for your thoughts and advice, if you’ve been in these shoes. [/quote]

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