Today I'd like to dedicate this blog to all of my readers and say Thank You for your continued support. I really appreciate you and all of your comments too. This morning I finally had a chance to read and approve a number of comments that had been made during our recent move. I apologize for taking so long in getting them posted here on the blog.
I sincerely hope all of you had a good Thanksgiving Day and are still enjoying the holiday weekend. We are still in the moving process but I'm very grateful to have our computers hooked up and working again. A week without computers, phones or television wouldn't have been much fun if we hadn't been so busy. I imagine we'll be trying to find a place for everything and settling in all winter.
Again, thank you all for reading this blog and for returning again and again to see what's new. I hope to write soon about the roller coaster of depression and anxiety and fatigue I've had during our moving process......so be sure and check back with His and Hers.
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010After the Party’s Over
Sunday, November 30th, 2008by Susan
I'm usually exhausted after the party is over....this time the party was Thanksgiving at the King's. I was exhausted by Saturday, but pleased with the way my dinner turned out on Thursday and the fun we all had. I think my children and grandchildren thoroughly enjoyed their time here. I really enjoyed having all of them. I'm rested today and starting to plan the next party which will be Christmas at the King's.
I had a few minor mishaps while preparing the dinner but all turned out well. My daughter was ill so my husband was my right hand in the kitchen this year. We ate dinner and visited for nearly two hours. Some of us took a walk after dinner since it was a beautiful day here in the Ozarks. One of my sons joined us while the other two and their dad reclined in their easy chairs and chuckled about us , harassing my youngest son for joining us.
We all ate leftovers on Friday evening and now the food and the family are gone. My only grandson was able to come for leftovers on Friday and was amazed that I still had pumpkin pie left. I told him I made two pumpkin pies this year. I also made brownies.....a favorite of all my kids and an apple cake, which was a big success.
Saturday morning at 4:00 a.m. my oldest son and I were playing our traditional game of Scrabble before he had to catch his plane to head back home. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers as he heads to Iraq in about two weeks.
Turkey Day at the Kings
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008by Susan
While preparing to give thanks this Thanksgiving, I have been gathering the food for what we also call Turkey Day at our house. I'm so relieved to say we finally have a new refrigerator and I've spent the last two days going from one grocery store to the next shopping for the holiday bargains and filling up the freezer. I know I got the best prices around for the feast my only daughter and I will prepare on Thursday.
My husband and I are senior citizens and these holiday gatherings cause us a lot stress even though I absolutely love them! Now that's definitely a conflict of emotions! It must be associated with my underlying depression. Last night we realized we are going to have a really crowded table and we're trying to come up with a good solution. No kiddie table for us this year since the only child will be my 18 month old granddaughter. The daughter of my middle son and his wife. Maybe we'll have an old folks table for me and the hubby. Then we can sit back and watch as our children interact with each other. That's always been one of my favorite things to do.
I am especially thankful this year because my oldest son will be home for this holiday. I'm so happy that he is able to come home before going to Iraq in early December. I'm also happy to have my youngest son and his new bride for Thanksgiving this year.
I've seen a lot of funny and touching holiday movies where family members might fight, hug, play games, tease each other and be bored with each other. My family would make a wonderful movie and I'm sure everyone would love it. I think I'll call it "Turkey Day at the Kings ".