I’m up to my elbows in cooking and doing the prep work for the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I know that the three of the kids are doing their own thing tomorrow, but I’m still going to have a big dinner here. I love cooking this kind of meal. I’m sure that they will all come straggling in sooner or later and heat what I made up, so that is okay. I want to thank my youngest daughter who is 18, for sticking it out with her father and I. She is a doll baby and loves to help out. I’m blessed with all my kids, but she is the one that really is totally considerate of other people’s feelings.
So Happy Thanksgiving All, and remember what you are truly thankful for. I am blessed in a lot of ways.
Singer in the family
My youngest daughter who just turned 18, is a senior in high school and has been in the school choir for four years. She was picked to sing two solos in the Christmas program and also to basically carry the choir for it. I’m so proud. I know she is my daughter and all moms think their daughters are great at what they do. My daughter though, is an exceptional singer and to be honest, I know it doesn’t come from me. Oh, I can sing when I want to and also used to be in the school choir eons ago, but her voice is beautiful. I can’t wait to see the program and hear her sing!
Canada’s Thanksgiving
I have met a lot of people who have become friends, via the internet. Very good people who I’m close to and share thoughts and such with. I want to wish them a very Happy Thanksgiving. It seems a bit strange still that their holidays are sometimes on different days than ours in the USA, but after so many years, I’ve gotten used to the differences. Eat up for me and enjoy the holiday, my friends!!
Have a safe Holiday
Well, the 4th is tomorrow and the family doesn’t really have any plans. We all used to pack up and go somewhere to watch the fireworks when the kids were little, but now that they are darn hear grown, it seems they have no interest in going to see them. On the road that I live, the neighbors always have lots of fireworks and for the last week someone is always setting a few off, so I’ve seen some great ones already. But this year, I’ll just sit on my back deck and watch what kind of show they put on this year. Besides, I don’t want to be on the road with anyone who may have partied a bit too much this weekend. Around here the drunk driving rate is unfortunately very high.
Back to the Grind
I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day holiday. To a lot of people the day off from work means a chance to sit at the pool or in the sand somewhere. To others it means the Indy 500 race or a full day of fishing. To me, it means I could sleep in an extra hour, take my time getting primped and pampered, and then cook up a storm for our annual cookout at the lake. I always make my famous potato salad and my green and white pasta salad. And this year I made a chilled fruit salad, too.
But today it is back to work. Back to reality. Back to the daily grind. I could use another holiday and wish I didn’t have to wait until July 4th to have one!
Mardi Gras Starts Today
The cities all along the Southern U. S. coastline and the shores of the Gulf of Mexico celebrate Mardi Gras every year. It is a huge event, with lavish parties, hour long parades, great music and all kinds of delicious foods and drinks.
I wish the rest of America would get on board with Mardi Gras. We need more reasons to celebrate and have fun, especially now that winter is winding down.
Wet plans
With the rain that we have had all day it has made our plans to go and watch the fireworks downtown a no go, I am sure glad that we went to the lake and watched the fireworks at Nashville Shores last night. They are calling for severe storms tonight so I think we will just stay in where it is dry and watch the fireworks on TV, maybe next year we can make it downtown to see the show live and in person.