Family Gathering

Since some of the family have to work on Thanksgiving day, and others are committed to their in-laws' feast, we had our Thanksgiving family gathering last night. Ohh my at the food. There was deep fried turkey, dressing and gravy, mashed and sweet potatoes, corn, green beans, home made bread, rotisserie chicken, sausage stars, and cranberry salad. And for dessert, pecan and coconut pie, and Milky Way cake. We all made ourselves sick and were guilty of the sin of gluttony.

I used my china for the first time since the kids were little. And before you get to thinking I spent a lot of money on it, or got it all for wedding gifts, let me tell you I purchased it a piece at a time from Mad Butcher. Remember when they would offer china with your purchases, and give you points for them when you bought groceries? Yep, that's how I did it.

I didn't take a photo of all the food because as soon as we got it all ready, folks dug in. But I did take a few family photos. I always like to do that when we get together. My Mom never took pictures when we were growing up, but I like to have a record and the memory to see. I did manage to get a pic of K's Milky Way cake. Mercy...

K and J

MK and LeLe

LMW, who held court and entertained like a circus clown all evening.

He wanted DOWN

J and Me

The Mr. and me

The Father-in-law with his son and grandson

We had a great time together and the food was awesome. But, the next family gathering will be at noon. Eating that much before going to bed is not conducive to restful sleep.... szzzzzz....

I hope each of you have a blessed Thanksgiving week. Enjoy!

Falling Behind a Bit

I've not been very good at posting lately. Seems I'm just too durn busy at this and that, but nothing very interesting.

Keeping LMW is almost a full time job for me. And nuttin gets done around here when he's in the house. And that's ok.

I've been working on little projects but nothing turned out well enough to share. :/ And that's ok too. Because not every single thing I do needs to be blogged about, eh?

I'm working on getting some things finished by our family Thanksgiving meal that will take place the Saturday before Thanksgiving Day.

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And I'm working on some Christmas things that need to be done by December 1 at the latest. We all know that you can't always post those Christmasy things because it will spoil the surprise!

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I took five quilts to the NICU Tuesday morning and dropped them off. No more on the agenda until all my Christmas things are finished. 

So, this is just a "I'm still here" post.

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