Thanksgiving! I am thankful...

I started my day reading an article in the free press about folks who were trying to get a free turkey. They traveled to four sites in the city and waited on lines, many were turned away. One man had to go to a pawn shop with his radio to get money for gas to get to the give away site. It just really hit home for me, how blessed we are, with our new warm furnace and our huge turkey ready to go in the roaster. I want to not take that for granted.

We went to 9am mass, another thankful--we have a wonderful church and the freedom to go there whenever we want, and it was wonderful.  Father Karl co celebrated mass with father James and deacon Dave. Father Karl's homily hit home, my favourite quote, be happy with what God gave you and be happy with yourself. I am going to work on these!  After mass we turned on the parade and relaxed a bit. Then I got moving on dinner while Jerry and Charlotte went to boxing and molly hopped on the elliptical. In the afternoon we dragged up a lot of our Christmas decorations and started to unpack them and get excited. Jake arrived home from O'reillys, thankful--jake home and with us on thanksgiving, and we got down to some heavy eating at 5pm. Turkey,stuffing,mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, homemade cranberry sauce,pineapple slices,pickle plate and rolls. Grandmas pickle plate and Nana's serving dishes made me feel close to my family even when they are far away. Dish washing and dog walking were next up, along with pumpkin pie eating. Then we headed downstairs for the football game and an excellent game of Munchkin. It was tight, but Danny triumphed in the end. And molly was thrilled that the Lions won their game. And we even snuck a bit of turkey into each dogs food bowl so they could celebrate too!

So lots to be thankful for, we are blessed!