Beautiful Thanksgiving

Posted on Friday, November 24, 2006 at 11:55

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday as much as we did. Dom and I were really not looking foward to the meal with our brother-in-laws family, who always make us feel very awkward and embarassed. They are a very wealthy clan whose conversation with us can't seem to get past the "when are you going back to college?" or "when are you going to get a real job" phase. So Dom and I did something really horrible: we called in sick and celebrated the holiday alone together. It was absolutely wonderful.
We had the quiche from the day before, tofurkey and gravy, biscuits, cornbread, beans, steamed cabbage, mashed potatoes, coconut cream pie and pumpkin pie. I cooked and baked from noon until six while Dom played sudoku in the kitchen and chatted with me about everything from gender differences to a new vacation plan for 2008: a bike tour of The Painted Desert for my birthday. After dinner I called my mom, dad, and brother. All were happy to hear about Dom's job interview and mom said she'll drive up to Austin to pick us up from the train station, and stay the next day to help me scour thrift shops for essential new home supplies.  I told everyone that next year they will be enjoying Thanksgiving with me, and they all seemed very pleased with the idea. So I may have a real family holiday to look foward to! Since my parents divorced when I was four, this has NEVER happened. The last time all four of my mom's kids were even in the same room together was about sixteen years ago, so you can imagine how happy this makes me.
Now to start preparing for Christmas! (Yes, I have been procrastinating, haven't I?)

life is too short

Posted by kimmie on Sunday, November 26, 2006 at 12:31 - Link

to worry yourself with what others think about what the Lord has told you to do!

cudos on the celebration on Thanksgiving!

God bless,
kim