(((LadyM's ds9)))... and you, (((LadyM)))... nothing hurts like seeing your child hurt.
I had a long long nap... then got up and ate some more...
But I'm not someone who just stuffs herself on Thanksgiving food, really -- at least except for dessert. I'm too picky. I only ate meat, potatoes, and baked beans today, and a TINY portion of dressing. Not really crazy about my daunt's dressing, b/c it is too "moist" for me. We (dh/myself) like our dressing more like cornbread -- or at least we want it to have a distinct "crust" on the outside. Daunts is basically just warmed up from the moment it is mixed. It is very well-received in my family, just not by dh and me. DS prefers it dryer, but will enjoy it at any consistency, LOL.
However... the dessert table... dmom's fruit salad, dcousin's divinity, other dcousin's 7-layer cookie, Italian cream cake daunt brought... oh my... and I turned down a BUNCH of other desserts, btw.
Of course, we also had macaroni & cheese (three kinds), green beans, corn, pasta salad, broccoli salad, some kind of squash casserole, potato salad, sweet potato casserole, and some other stuff I didn't even identify.
I didn't even take any pictures this year -- just enjoyed talking to all my family, especially glad that dmom, dbro, and d-not-my-sisil-really
were all able to be there. Dbro & dnmsil were very pleased with the drive time from Atlanta.
I wish I had gotten a picture of dgd in her little birthday shirt though. DDIL had a friend do a monogrammed-appliqued shirt with a big 2 on it, her name, and a little turkey with ribbon feathers, and the turkey is wearing a strand of pearls. It was really cute. I told ddil to let her wear it over to our house one day next week.
DDIL went to Wmart and did some Christmas shopping for dgs tonight, but I will stay far, far away from the crowds. I may look online a little bit later tonight. All I have done since coming home -- except for sleeping -- is to help dh get our clothes packed for tomorrow.
So glad you had a good report from the mammogram, Kathryn!
Blessed... ooohhh... 4:00 a.m.... ooohhhh...
Nancy -- hope you don't have any more strong winds!
LadyM -- sounds like a man.
"All in/breaks the part" -- hope your weather holds till you get the winterizing completed!
Lilac, I know I'm going to need to get busy with getting our tree/etc up next week. DDIL and DS have already got theirs up tonight, and dgs is looking forward to helping me decorate ours. I sooo need to vacuum and dust beforehand, but then I think, well, it always creates a lot of mess anyway so maybe I should do the cleaning AFTER. (It's an artificial tree, but it still seems to "shed" a LOT. Some year, I think I'll pull it out of it's bag and it will just be bare branches. And of course, lots of little ornaments & table decorations that are in styrofoam packaging and that always seems to leave a trail behind, too.)
Waving to ALL!!! Enjoy your weekend! If you're watching TV at 2:30 Saturday, look for me. I'll be wearing blue!