Happy Thanksgiving!
We play this game at dinner where everyone - even guests - has to tell the best thing and the worst thing that happened to him or her that day. No one has to have a worst but everyone has to have a best because God gives us blessings every day. We just have to look for them.
When I look for them, I find lots of reasons to be thankful. I find lots of ways in which God has blessed me and my family. To list them would take all day. To list the majority of them would be stating the obvious …
- A loving family
- An amazing husband who loves me
- Kids who are completely fabulous
- A home
- A job with health insurance
But there are others, too, the fun thanksfuls.
- A Starbucks on the way to work
- Chick Fil A Fridays
- Good queso
- Holiday movies
- Beads for making jewelry
- Television
- A soft bed
- Hot showers
- LUSH
- pajama pants and tank tops
I could go on and on. Isn’t that a wonderful, amazing thing?
Have a wonderful, amazing Thanksgiving Day.
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Menu Plan Monday - Thanksgiving!
My parents are arriving from Arkansas today to spend the week with us, and the kids are very excited. My folks are pickier eaters than we are (ALL healthy ALL the time), so I’m trying to plan meals that they will both eat and enjoy (and that my kids will still eat).
With everyone off this week (Mike and I both work Monday and Tuesday, and I work Friday as well), I’ll be planning three meals a day, which seems like way too many. But I did buy the ingredients to make the first holiday cheese ball of the season. Soon, I’ll make my butter mints. Yum.
Sunday - homemade chicken noodle soup with asiago cheese bread (thank you, Publix) followed by a pear crisp with the Harry and David pears
Monday - breakfast - pancakes… lunch - leftover soup/hot dogs/sandwiches (gotta give folks choices)… dinner - pot roast with veggies from the crock pot
Tuesday - breakfast - sausage and biscuits… lunch - Mom and Dad are taking the kids to the Tampa zoo, so they’ll have zoo food … roast beef hoagies with Monday’s leftovers
Wednesday - breakfast - waffles… lunch - we’re all going shopping, so I’m thinking Cracker Barrel … dinner - Mike’s gonna smoke a pork loin… fresh zucchini and corn on the grill.
Thursday - breakfast - Monkey Bread… lunch - a traditional Thanksgiving Feast care of Mimi’s Cafe (my folks offered to buy & I jumped at the chance). I’ll add marshmallows to the sweet potatoes just for Griff, and I’ll make a non-pumpkin pie dessert… dinner - pizza (come on… gotta have the traditional Thanksgiving Pizza!)
Friday - breakfast - Chick Fil A (come on… it’s our Friday morning tradition)… lunch - Mike and the kids are on their own … dinner - I’m guessing leftovers.
Whew.
I have to admit, I’m pretty excited about the week. Holiday decorations, shopping, fun, wrapping presents. Suweet! (which, Eliza tells us, means Woohoo! in Spanish).
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