With
Thanksgiving a week and a half away, I have finished most of the baking and have
only one side dish to put together. I am going to bake the dish on Thanksgiving
but would like to have all the ingredients together. My house is ready for
guests, towels are fluffed, beds are clean and house is clean. I will have to
clean it once more but I am ready. The table is set but the silver needs to be
polished.
For
Thanksgiving, I love to put out the serving dishes together and drop a little
note in each one with what they will hold. It is a small step but so worth it.
I don’t have to run around on Thursday to find the spoon, etc.
Two
and a half weeks left of classes and the students are frantically working to
finish all their assignments and prepping for exams. I love the end of a
semester but the students hate it. I will miss all of them over the holiday but
the month of Christmas break will be filled with all the extra projects I need
to complete.
Lastly,
I want to talk a little about Christmas decorating. I do not decorate Christmas
before Thanksgiving. This holiday is sacred to me. As with Sundays, I focus on
God, family and good food. It is very sad to me that the stores are open on
Thanksgiving. Nothing I need is important enough to leave my family.
I
use to enjoy Black Friday morning, getting out early, shushing and slushing
with the shoppers. It meant the Christmas season was started but over the last
several years, crowds trampling people, pushing and shoving for the last DVD
player. I have now turned my back on any shopping except for a trip to Home
Depot on Friday morning for $.99 poinsettias. In addition, those store
employees have families they are missing.
On
Thanksgiving, I will thank God for my blessings and the bountiness of family
and friends. No flat screen TV can ever replace those memories.
Tuesday
Apple Cheddar Soup
Garden Salad
Beer Bread
Wednesday
Cobb Salad
Thursday
Out with family
Friday
Peach Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Hasselback Potatoes
Sauteed Green Beans
Saturday
Slow Cooker Beef Nachoes
Seven Layer Bean Dip
Pork Empanadas
Churros
Sunday
Brunch
Blueberry Scones
Boursin Scrambled Eggs
Hash Browns
Coffee Bacon
I couldn't agree with you more, Cynthia. My husband and I are shocked by the number of stores that are opening on Thanksgiving. I read the other day that some stores have tried it in the past and experienced a real backlash as a result. Honestly, is there anything out there worth shopping on Thanksgiving? I don't think so.
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