Happy Thanksgiving

Yes my Christmas tree is already up and has been since Tuesday. It would have been up even earlier but I had to finish painting the wall before we could set it up. You see in a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving a number of my friends have had their trees up for a few weeks already. It was so weird to wake up this morning, put on a short sleeve shirt and my flip flops and drive my kids to school - what could be more un-Thanksgiving like? I do admit to watching the Macy's parade and half of Miracle on 34th Street. That was kind of a treat - I haven't been able to do that since the last Thanksgiving I celebrated in Mexico! I did venture to cook a small thanksgiving dinner for us. The turkey cooked much faster than I anticipated (maybe it's the Celsius temperature control on the stove - I can't ever remember the conversion!) so I had to call Joe at work and say, "You'd better head home soon so the turkey will still be warm." I of course hadn't even started the potatoes or carrots at that point, I thought I had another hour left! I took my white potatoes out of the cupboard and realized that I had accidentally left the sweet potatoes in with the others - so naturally they were moldy and gross. One less thing to cook though. We had turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, carrots and fresh cranberry sauce. All in all I would have to say that it was a pretty successful Thanksgiving, only the second time I have been in charge of the whole dinner (the first was the other Thanksgiving that we were in Mexico). And now the boys are out shopping for my Christmas present - what a sweet family! I am so thankful for all our family and friends and the support and love that they have shown us this year. Know that we love you all and miss you dearly!