The turkey was fabu on Thursday. Maybe its because my taste buds are just tingling for turkey by the time it is finally done cooking, but is there anything better than that first taste of turkey and dressing? Of course it helps to be married to a cook like Ben! He really knows how to do turkey. Although after watching Rachel Ray…..i’m sure that I could manage a turkey by now. But Ben has such fun in the kitchen, I hate to spoil that!
I hope you all had a great day of being with family. We had my folks over, my sister, her husband and her two boys and two grandaughters, my brother, Ben’s mom and Ben’s sister and her family and Aunt Pauline. She was having one of her “good days”. Aunt Pauline even remembered my folks and she hasn’t seen them in quite a while.
It was great to enjoy the day together and I loved the warm weather that allowed the kids to eat at the tables on the screened-in back porch. As much as I would love a big table where you could sit 19 people down together…..it just wasn’t an option. I think the kids liked having their own party on the porch with no one to tell them to chew with their mouths closed, or to keep their elbows off the table!
Of course I guess I shouldn’t call them ”kids”…they range from ages 11 to 21. When did they all get so big? I can remember when they were all under 10!
We had a great day together and just enjoyed chilling out Thursday evening. Then it was up and going on Friday because we were chaperoning the marching band to a football game outside of Atlanta. We had to be at the high school by 11:00 A.M. And of course a chilly wind started blowing in and the warm temperatures we had just enjoyed the day before were falling fast. By the time we got to the stadium Friday night, it was already in the 40’s.
The first thing I did was to find the concession stand and purchase a cup of hot chocolate. That did fine to keep my face warm as I blew on the hot, steamy cup, but it didn’t quite reach down to my toes. And when my toes are cold, I can’t hardly stand it. I had purchased some “toe warmer” thingees to put in my shoes from the hunting section in Wal-mart, but they didn’t work.
I was never so happy to see the end of a game arrive. I hated it that we lost…..but after a while, I didn’t want to cheer for my team or any team, I just wanted a place to thaw out my frozen toes!
We loaded the buses and to make a long story short…..we finally got in bed at 4:00 A.M.
I didn’t think we were going to do anything Saturday, but after we got up (at around noon), we unloaded the Christmas boxes from the attic and started decorating for Christmas. We finished it all up at around 4:00 on Sunday afternoon!
It got me thinking about how fast these days are going by and before you know it, Karlee will be off to college and not here to help decorate. I know, that’s not tomorrow….but sometimes it feels like it.
Which reminds me, I haven’t pasted any of her 16th b-day party pictures. So I’m going to see if I can do that now. 
