Thanksgiving and all I have to be Thankful for!

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and
more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to
order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast, a house
into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past,
brings peace for today, and creates a
vision for tomorrow.
~Melody Beattie~


What a great Thanksgiving we had. We spent it with my friend/coworker Donna & her family. Her parents were in from New Jersey. They welcomed us like we were family and we had the best time. The food was fantastic, and the company & conversation was just as fantastic.

The holidays are sometimes hard for me. My husband loved the holidays and spending time with his kids and the rest of our families. We alternated and spent time at both our families houses. This year we were not spending it with my parents & siblings. It was going to be very different and kinda weird so we thought. I thought I might feel out of place, since I am all about being with my family on holidays. Then it reminded me, that family is not only about being blood. Yes, Lexi is my family, so where ever she & I spend a holiday we are spending it together, and that's all that matters. But Donna & her family are like family to us, so it was only fitting for us to spend it with them. Her Dad was up at 5:30am making everything for today. Jamie, Donna's husband, made candied yams & OMG, they were awesome!!! I never thought anyone in this world could make them as good as my Mom, but boy did he make them just like hers.

Donna has 2 girls, and one of them is 8 months younger than Lexi, and they had a great time together. That gave Donna & I time to chit chat a bit. But we were with everyone else too, so that was a bit hard. But we had a great time with them.


I did really well with my food today. I did have a small piece of the cream cheese butter braid I made, then had nothing else until we sat down to dinner at 5pm. I had 2 pieces of turkey, some candied yams, corn, broccoli, green beans a biscuit and a glass of wine.
Then for dessert I had an Oreo truffle because Donna's dad Joe, said he wasn't going to try it if I hadn't eaten any. LOL So I had a small one. (an Oreo truffle is oreo's crushed, mixed with cream cheese & dipped in chocolate) then I had a piece of the sweet potato pie I made. I ended up only have a few bites because I was so stuffed from dinner. I left the desserts there but took some left over turkey, candied yams, and half the salad that we forgot to put out until the end of the meal.

Now, I'm relaxing having a glass of wine, and reflecting on what a great day we had. I have so much to be Thankful for. I have some amazing people in my life, and no matter what, they will ALWAYS be there for me, like I am for them! God has really blessed us, and I am so glad today turned out to be a great day!

I stopped by my friend Carrie's too & Got to meet her Sister Anne & her brother in law Pete! I felt like I knew them forever because of how highly Carrie speaks of them!
I had great conversation & Crazy laughter there too!

I'm so blessed and Thankful and especially glad that there was no drama in my day!!

Now, I'm going to head to bed, and enjoy the fact that I have 3 days I can sleep in! YAY!!!
Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving too!

Godspeed!