Hey there! You are listening to the Lazy Genius Podcast. I'm Kendra Adachi and I'm here to help you be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don't.

Today is a fun bonus episode in case you need a laugh. It's your holiday horror stories. I am guessing that we always think other people know more than we do, that other people don't mess up in big ways like we have, that other people know how to take the baggy of turkey organs out of the turkey before you cook it.

I ask you all to share your holiday horror stories on Instagram and today I have a lovely collection. Why am I sharing them with you? Sometimes we just need a good laugh.

We also need solidarity in knowing we're not alone in trying things that don't work, in messing up big time, in attempting very genius ideas on a lazy budget.

Again, cooking the turkey with the organ bag still in it. This quick episode is just a funny reminder that we all mess up and that we're all okay even when it happens. Let's jump into some of your horror stories.

The first one is from the American Field Trip, which is actually a really great account to follow by the way. I love them. Here's what they say.

I tried to host Thanksgiving dinner a few days after my daughter was born and then a face palm emoji, which by the way is a super accurate emoji for that decision, did not delegate at all husband and I made every dish, then I spent the eating portion of the day. Also, I need everything to be called eating portions of the day now.

I spent the eating portion of the day sobbing on the bathroom floor hosted again the next year, used our out of town neighbors apartment for the extra oven and ended up locking the cooking turkey and the spare key.

One very expensive locksmith visit later, we rescued the turkey and everyone reported that it was only a little dry.

Oh my gosh, so I love this so much. This is two separate holiday fails. One was just like hosting Thanksgiving days after you had a human. I'm going to just tell you that's never a good idea.

On any planet is that ever a good idea. Just go ahead and put that in your decide once list. I will not host anything after having a baby. The second thing is that you locked your turkey into the apartment.

I'm so obsessed with that story. It was only a little dry. You can imagine a lot of shrugging of shoulders at the table. It's not that dry.

The sentence is going up in a in tone at the end. I love that. Okay, the next one is from Emily Fogarty.

That time I convinced slash forced my friends into a holiday cookie exchange while pregnant, even though I hate baking. Again, you guys stop making decisions when you're pregnant or just had a baby.

It goes without saying this is a good time to try out a fancy recipe from the magazine that convinced me this was a good idea in the first place. My husband came home from work to find me in tears in the kitchen several hours deep into a baking saster.

He actually left to bake and took over the kitchen while I laid on the couch ordering pizza. I feel like that is turning a genius situation into a lazy genius situation.

You gave it to the person that matters and then you order pizza because you're pregnant. That's of course that's what you're going to do. Well done.

The next is from another Emily Emily Hosea tried to go genius and tried a new recipe for a Thanksgiving side this year. Several days later, it's still in the fridge.

How many of you did that show of hands that I can't see how many of you made a recipe for Thanksgiving that was new and then was garbage.

We have this expectation that we need to make new stuff for celebrations, but like so much of the new stuff does not get eaten or you don't try it first and the new stuff is just like not great.

So I don't know are any of you like rehearsal people where you rehearse the recipe before you serve it. Some people are good at that. I'm just like I'm going to make things that already know I like.

But good job trying Emily Hosea trying a new recipe for your Thanksgiving side. I love that it's still in your fridge.

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