THANKSGIVING

 Hello, friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.  For those of you who are outside of the U.S., I hope your day was wonderful too.

It was a busy day for sure.  I didn't get to bed and to sleep until about 3:00 a.m.  And I got up around 7:00 a.m.  Not much sleep, but I had so much to do.

I spent the morning cleaning, doing dishes, and preparing some of the food ahead of time.  I got the turkey breast ready.  I tried a new recipe that sounded good.  I mixed several seasonings with some butter and put it under and over the skin before putting it into the oven.  Well, I was not impressed.  I think I will be throwing that recipe out and not using it again.  I don't think it added any flavor to the bird.  I will go back to my tried and true recipe of poultry seasoning and butter.  But if you don't try something new, you don't know if you will like it or not.

I was very tired by the mid afternoon, but went and picked up our friend Rosemary anyway.  She was going to be alone and we didn't want to see that happen.  She was very glad to be able to spend the day with us and have dinner with us.

I persevered through the next hour or so but my eyes started closing and I was TIRED!  So with the urging of Rosemary and Joe I went to bed for a couple of hours.  I felt so much better afterwards.  Joe went ahead and prepared the veggies for me which was so nice of him.  I took some pictures of the table and my plate, so let me show them to you.

We put out some snacks at first.  Cheddar and Monterrey Jack cheeses.

Grapes, pepperoni, celery and Mediterranean pita crackers.

See the fall plates I have?  They were from Dollar Tree several years ago.  I think they are so pretty.  We had Brussels sprouts, gravy, turkey (sort of hard to see, but it's behind the butter) and applesauce.

Here's a better view of the plates.  Mashed potatoes have been added to the table.

Stuffing and cranberry sauce too.

Here's my plate.  A bit of everything.

I made a pumpkin pie, but forgot to take a picture of it.  It turned out really good this year.  Rosemary had given us a bag of "Cherries and Berries."  I didn't want them to go bad, so I made a pie with them also.

We sat at the table after we ate for the longest time and finally around 9:00 p.m. Rosemary left for home.  Joe drove her and I cleaned some things up.  But a lot was left to do the next day.  I was beat.  It was a really great day, though.

I'm still working on cleaning out the living room so that I can put up the sofa.  Life will be so much easier when that is done.

I'm going to go for now.  But I will be back soon.  Can you believe tomorrow is December?

Take care,

Kathy