Happy Thanksgiving

I hope that everyone has a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving tomorrow.

I am thankful for many things, but most of all I am thankful for my wonderful husband and my precious 2 3/4 children. I am truly blessed and feeling over emotional about how lucky I really am. (it must be the pregnancy).

We will be fortunate to spend the day with Aunt Sue, Uncle Tom, Mr & Mrs. O and our family at our house. The preparations are already underway for the big meal tomorrow. We are scaling back a little bit this thanksgiving - our menu is as follows: Turkey, whipped mashed potatoes with Chives, traditional dressing (out of the bag and doctored up a little bit), cornbread dressing, and sourdough dressing (the other dressings are experiments - small batches), fried corn, homemade cranberry relish, and possibly pumpkin soup. Mrs. O is bringing homemade bread and a tossed salad. Aunt Sue is bringing bacon buns and some other treats for the day and the weekend. In years past, we have also had lithuanian sausage, kuglis (lithuanian potato casserole), and a molded jello - all traditions from Papa Tony & Grandma peggy. But I decided to scale back a little for tomorrow so hopefully, I won't over do it too much.

Since Aunt Sue & Uncle Tom are coming in for the weekend, we will be able to spend some time with them. We might even try to put up some x-mas decorations. They love being helpful when they come to town - so I always try to have a couple of low key "projects" available to do. We will also celebrate Celie's b-day with them while they are in town. So, Celie will have 3 celebrations for her b-day this year. They will head back to Chicago on Sunday. Bob will be heading to the farm on Sunday as well to go hunting for a couple of days. Mrs. O will be coming up on Sunday to stay with us girls while Bob is hunting. This will be a huge help so hopefully I can get some rest and/or some shopping done for x-mas and Celie's b-day. I have Drs. appt. on Monday afternoon - so I am hoping for good things. Next week will be 34 weeks, so any issues on the borderline of serious, they will probably induce.

That is our Thanksgiving plans in a nut shell. I hope to post pics and anything else of any exciting events as soon as possible. I will also update Drs. visit after Monday afternoon.

Have a safe and blessed Thanksgiving!