Holiday Wrapup

This has been a great holiday weekend. Friday was a great day, we had good adventures in P-town and I was successful in choosing fabric for my wedding dress. I love the fabric that I picked and I think it will be really beautiful. Saturday my uncle headed out in the morning, he had the longest to go, and we took my parents out for some hiking and geocaching. There are quite a few caches in our town and we were able to find 7! My Da helped us to get all set up with a name and geocaching account page so we can find and do more! We had lunch together and walked around our little downtown area and then headed home for a little bit. Mom and Da headed out in the later afternoon, they were trying to avoid the civil war game traffic, and then Don invited our friends over to watch the game. I was feeling a little overwhelmed since my parents had just left, but it was still good to see them. I made turkey burgers and tots and we had pie for dessert. There is no more pumpkin left and I am already thinking about making another one. My uncle suggested putting chocolate chips in the strusel topping and I think that sounds super tasty!! There really is no plan for today except getting ready for the week ahead. I am currently doing laundry, running the dishwasher, and "self-cleaning" the oven. I am just ready for some at home quiet relaxing time. I love having my family here and spending time with them, but it is also nice to just be 2 again. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday I think. I love the cooking and the food and just that it is all about being thankful for each other and what we have in our lives. No thing more, just being thankful for what we have. I plan on staying close to home today and relaxing between tasks. Don already headed out to do some shopping...I don't know for what. I hope that we can spend some time together today too.

Feast!!!

Yep. A feast. Thanksgiving was great! we had my parents and my Uncle G over for the meal. Everyone arrived on Wednesday in the evening and we had a nice dinner out (no clean up that way...all the better for the cooking marathon the next day!). Then yesterday we got up, planned and started cooking. We had turkey (with loads of fresh herbs inside for cooking), chipotle-corn mashed potatoes, sage dressing, twice baked sweet potatoes, herb yeast rolls, Meyer lemon-cranberry relish, cranberry sauce, gravy (from scratch, my dad is the best!)....and then....pumpkin walnut strusel pie and apple-cranberry-currant pie! Now that's a lot of food! We literally cooked all day. It was chaos, but the good kind. Dinner was only a little bit late...6 or so instead of 4, but that is just how it goes. We only have 1 oven after all. After we stuffed our selves silly, we took a nice walk around our neighborhood to get some air and let things settle. Then we ate pie and planned today's adventures. Don has to work, but the rest of us are headed to P-town for a multi stop trip, with spice stores, fabric stores and a Leatherman outlet on the list. Hopefully traffic will co-operate!

Better Days

Today was a much better day at work. I ended up getting home a little late and then needed to make supper for Don and his brother (me too, of course). I am bummed since I didn't get to call my friend, it just was too late. I will see if I can call her tomorrow after work, since I get off early. I still have a few things to get together for the big Thanksgiving meal, but mostly I think things are under control. At least I hope so. I am feeling pretty fatigued, for sure, but I am aware that most of that is due to stress and I know that I will feel better after some time. My parents and uncle will arrive tomorrow in the afternoon and then the marathon of cooking will begin. It's a good thing I have a few day off to recover!

Terrible, Horrible, Aweful, Rotten, No-Good Day

I think that says it all. We had a patient die on the table today, and the Dr feels a lawsuit may follow. Not good. After work, I headed to the grocery for the last of the T-day stuff, only once I got home I realized it isn't really the last of it and I will have to go back again tomorrow. Yipee. Now I am home and fed and really just ready to crawl into bed and give up on the day.

Weekend Happenings

It has been a good weekend so far. Yesterday we ran errands and I had a great talk with my Sis. We headed up to P-Town in the afternoon for U of P ladies soccer. It was a close game, but our ladies came out on top and won 3-2. Next they play Stanford at Stanford. I hope they win. Today we went out wine tasting with our "old friends". It was nice to see them again, and we had a good time tasting futures at two great wineries. Now we are home and just having some quiet time. We don't really have any plans for the rest of the day, just finish laundry and Don's brother will get here sometime later on. I still have some things I will need to get at the grocery store for thanksgiving, plus I realized I need to plan something for supper on Wednesday. I will have to see what I can throw together in my crock pot perhaps. It is a sunny day today, and like the kitties, I am going to take full advantage and find a cozy spot to nap. Work again tomorrow, but it is a short week.

Turk-turk-Turkey!

Today was a super crazy day at work. Like....Aaaaauuuuuggggghhhh...I am a chiken with my head cut off! After work we headed out to the grocery for some Thanksgiving stuff. We got a big turkey for about $4! Woohooo! I wanted a bigger one, but Don talked me out of it. I guess we can always go back and get another later if we want to. We had to make a stop at Mc's on the way home to get some Kris Kringle, they had just tapped the first keg and Don got the first pour of the season. So now that we have the turkey I am officially getting excited! I am really looking forward to trying out some new recipes this year and enjoying some old stand-bys. At any rate, now we are home and getting ready for some supper. Tomorrow is another busy day, but I know it will be a good one.

Bits

I got my hair cut today. After that I stopped by Don's office to say Hi. He was still working with a patient so I didn't stay long. I also had a great conversation with my friend Angie. It is really good to talk to her again. Sometimes it feels a little awkward since we are still learning about each other again. It is still good. I am getting excited about Thanksgiving and cooking all the wonderful food and spending time with my family. It will be fun as I have an extra day off to spend with them. Don told me today that his brother is going to stay with us starting Sunday and leaving Tuesday, with my parents and uncle arriving Wednesday and staying through Sunday. So we will be a busy little house this coming week! We are having a freezer dinner tonight, chili, since it is so cold and rainy out today. I ended up sleeping in a little more than I had intended because the light didn't change from 8am when Don left for work to 10am when I woke up! I thought it was only 9! At least I was somewhat productive...got my bird feeders all refilled, did laundry and got the cat litter box scrubbed out. Tomorrow is another work day, and our trip to the grocery for Thanksgiving stuff, then a busy weekend.