Happy Thanksgiving Family and Friends!
I love, I mean I LOVE Thanksgiving. Honestly, what could be better than spending the whole day with your people talking, laughing and eating? Nothing I can think of.
Today already D and N have run the Annual Half-Marathon Turkey Trot; 13.1 miles of beautiful Atlanta scenery. Both finished in less than two hours. Seriously, 13.1 miles in two hours? It would take me two days. I'm so very proud of both of them really. I'll just say that the best part about running that far on Thanksgiving is that you can eat absolutely anything you want the rest of the day. And according to them, they plan to.
After getting home from the race, I made a bee-line for the kitchen. I have two assignments for supper. 1. Crunchy Cranberry Salad. I've made this salad every year for as long as I can remember. I'm not a fan of the jelly-ish substance than comes out of the can so I had to come up with a suitable substitute using cranberries. It's a congealed cranberry salad involving strawberries, pineapple and pecans. And oh, this is so very good. I actually made it yesterday and have it chilling in the frig. It's better the second day anyway. 2. Sweet Potato Casserole. I'm not sure I've had the sweet potato assignment before but I am all about it. Actually, I've probably been a little bit of an over-achiever with my assignment. I've made not one, not two but three sweet potato dishes. They would be as follows: a. The Traditional Casserole, baptized in butter, brown sugar and pecans; Praise Jesus. b. Sweet Potato Tart I: pecan/graham cracker crust with an interesting combination of sweet potatoes, whipping cream, butter and honey for the filling. For the topping, Tart I will have pecans, coconut and marshmallows. c. Sweet Potato Tart II - same as Tart I with just marshmallows. Oh at the goodness.
One down side of going to the Turkey Trot is that I don't get to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. But my trusty DVR should have it on the queue so I'm not too upset. I'll settle in this weekend sometime with a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy every minute of it. I've also recorded Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Classics, you just can't miss them.
Another Thanksgiving weekend tradition I'm so excited about is Black Friday shopping with my girl. After supper tonight we will get all of the ads together and make a game plan. One thing we do know is that you have to have a plan. We will not be starting at midnight tonight by the way. Although our start time is not confirmed yet, I will tell you that we will have breakfast at Chick-fil-A. Oh and get this. My girl got us some sort of deal on the internet where we have priority parking at the Mall. And every body said amen.
I've always considered it a blessing that I was born and married into a family that doesn't fuss when gathered together. Granted there have been some tense times because let's face it we are just as human as we can be. Some more than others.:) But overall, I love the people God has put in my life. And I am so thankful for each and every one of them. I have the best husband, children, parents, in-laws and friends a girl could possibly have. It's a marvel really. But the thing that I am most thankful for is that God loves me and wants a relationship with me. I feel so unworthy. So very unworthy. But so very thankful. This verse has been in my head all morning: "Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever." 1 Chronicles 16:34
So I'm giving thanks to the Lord for He is Good! His Love endures Forever!
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