It’s been a lovely Thanksgiving and now I’m sitting here feeling full, happy and sleepy. David made it home from his business trip, something which I had been worried about with all the bad weather and cancelled flights. I did wake up from our nap with a massive case of hives and swollen face/eyes/lips but…
30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 22
Happy Thanksgiving! This evening we had our big family meal at my cousin’s house and we just got home a few minutes ago. We had such a nice time, as always. Good food and lots of laughter. I had meant to take a lot of pictures but never got around to it. My mom had…
Things I’m thankful for
How was your Thanksgiving? Ours was nice. Our extended family gathered together at my cousin’s beautiful new house Thursday evening. I heard someone say they counted over 40 of us. We really enjoyed hanging out with several of my cousins’ young adult children. Most of the crowd left around 9:30 and we then sat around…
Giving Thanks
I’ve got six homemade pie crusts chilling and need to go make the filling but thought I’d share my favorite Thanksgiving hymns with you:
Thanksgiving: Part Two
I do believe yesterday was the most relaxed, peaceful Thanksgiving we’ve ever had. In the past we have always gathered with my huge extended family to celebrate. And it’s always great to see everyone. However, the clan is so big that there are only a couple of cousins with homes big enough to host the…
Happy Thanksgiving!
This post wishing all my readers a Happy Thanksgiving is coming in just under the wire. Whew! We awoke to sleet this morning (after a high of 77 degrees yesterday) which coated the antenna and left us without Internet service most of the day. The sun came out and it melted just shortly before we…
A glimpse of California…
It’s late and I’m tired but I realized I still haven’t shared our California pictures yet. It was a quick trip but there were still some fun moments. Here is the view from our hotel balcony: David finished up his work early enough on Friday that we decided to take advantage of the fact that…
Thanksgiving: Part One
I love Thanksgiving. No gifts to buy or major expectations other than a good meal shared with people we love. On Sunday we drove to Tulsa to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with my brother and his family. My sister-in-law’s parents, my parents, and my kids came up as well and we just had the most…
Buy Nothing Challenge…
November 26th, the day after Thanksgiving here in the U.S., is known as Black Friday. It has become a frenzied day of ultra-consumerism kicking off the holiday season. But you know what? You can opt out. Instead of battling the crazy hoards of shoppers, I plan to spend the day relaxing with my family. I…