Thanksgiving 2006

Well the weather was a lot nicer this year compaired to last Thanksgiving, & almost everyone made it to dinner.

I'm not sure what the official count was, but there were over 20 people there. Most people have an adult table and a children's table. We had an adults table, a children's table, & a seniors table. Uncle Marvin & I still had to sit in the living room.

As always its nice to spend time with the family. I even got a present this year. It wasn't really a surprise though because I bought it for myself. I bought it for myself but it was from my grandparents, I had my grandmother open it for me. Confused yet? Good! I got this brilliant idea, usually I'm the only one that thinks my ideas are brilliant, but this time i think most people agreed. Every year I end up taking home leftovers and in the process my grandmothers Tupperware. So I decided that since I needed some good food storage containers, I would buy an nice 54 piece set for myself and leave it at my grandparents. Then I can take it home with me little by little, one meal at a time & gram isn't missing any of her stuff.

It was a very busy day. I didn't realize that when my sister Robin mentioned that maybe I might want to deep fry the turkey this year, that I was the turkey. My mom and brother-in-law were under the impression that it was my idea and something I had been wanting to do, so out of the kindness of their hearts they would let me do it. None of us realized that my sister was plotting on us because she didn't want to do it. And everyone thought I was the sneaky one. I did enjoy doing it though, but was curious when my mom kept telling everyone that it was my idea to deep fry the turkey. She didn't believe me when i told her I had only found out I was going to do it 2 days prior. Then came dinner. As if i didn't get enough to eat at dinner i had 5 different kids of pie or cake. Everyone was laughing at me as they were cleaning off the kids table and I was still eating my desert, very very slowly. To work dinner off I went over to my grandparents garden with my 2 uncles, cousin, & brother-in-law to pick bulbs & tubers. That onions & potato's, just in case you were thinking i was a little crazy. Wow, that 5th piece of desert was a mistake. I was ready for a big nap when we got back.


I am thankful for a lot this year. As always my friends and family are always there when I need them and sometimes when I don't realize that I need them. Third chances, even when they don't work out. Realizations of future possibilities, even if they didn't work out either. Lessons learned. New talents discovered, apparently I'm good at writing :) Accidents that could have been a lot worse. My surrogate family in central PA, Diane & Randy.
Specifically for today, I am thankful that as I was driving to my grandparents house at 85 mph the New York State Trooper decided to only give me a "dirty look" as I drove past.