Hope You All Had A Great Thanksgiving Day!

The day started out looking like it was going to be on the dismal side but that changed and we had a lot of sun and even got up to around 72 degrees out with just a light breeze.  It's always a great day to be around family (or friends), having good conversation, sharing memories and having a few laughs.  The great food is an added blessing and, boy, the food was great!

I went over to Cee's house early to help with food preparation (I figured I could peel potatoes, if nothing else.  Most people hate to do that job....LOL).  However, when I opened the fridge to get out the French vanilla creamer for coffee, I discovered that it was already done!  It seems that Michael's wife, Lucia, did that last night so everything was ready to go into the oven or cook at the proper time.  And the timing for everything worked out perfectly.  We were enjoying each other's company so much that we started making jokes about turning down the heat and letting things cook ... just a bit longer.  We didn't mean it, however.  We were so hungry for everything.  It smelled so wonderful.  And it didn't smell as wonderful as it tasted.  

The turkey was perfect!   The green bean casserole (a MUST at all our Holiday dinners!) was so good.  Mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole (that was really good today, too!), the stuffing, the rolls, the cranberry sauce....omg!  It was all just wonderful.  We all took home some of the leftovers.  I should have taken more of the turkey chunks home with me to make up turkey salad for both the Beast and I and some for Cee, too.  I love turkey salad sandwiches.

It was dark when I finally left for home and I HAD to take a short Granny nap when I got here.  I was really tired.  Of course, turkey makes everyone need a nap (hell, it's the good food that does it, not just the turkey....no matter what they say).  I also brought home pieces of the Apple crumb pie and the pumpkin since we were all too full to eat any there.  All in all, it was a great day.  I think everyone really enjoyed themselves.  Cee put together a nice meal and her timing was perfect on it  all.  No one could fault it in any way.

Well, I am tired (still) and heading for bed  now that I've got this written.  Love you all.  Sleep well and enjoy your weekend.  ***Hugs***