We are having a very "small" Thanksgiving dinner this year....Dave and I along with Fenway and Cousin Sadie. So instead of the big turkey we are doing a turkey breast, stove top stuffing, frozen green beans along with the cranberry dish and roasted root veggies. We will top it all off with a store bought pumpkin pie and spray can whipped cream. Yummmmmmm.....
So some of our 2017 food traditions are sort of "new"....but watching the TV with coffee this morning it occurs to me that there are several other new "traditions" that were never part of Thanksgiving in the "old days". Yes, we had Black Friday sales.....but we didn't have the continual reminders that Super Early Black Friday Deals are available on-line and you better check repeatedly because the stores change them every hour. All the stores....all the time.
As we age, our shopping list gets shorter so there are absolutely no specials that could drag me into a store and I don't plan to shop via internet either. Today I will just enjoy the day....and continue one of our "old" traditions....I will be doing my "thankfuls"....remembering all of the things that I am thankful for and recognizing just how fortunate we are:
- my family, even though, on this day....I wish they were not spread so far and wide!
- four happy, healthy grandsons....again spread far and wide!
- my friends....they make each day special, meaningful and fun....and once again I wish they weren't spread all over the Country!
- my view of Lake Michigan....something I never imagined would be part of my life
- all of the "things" that inhabit this condo with us
- our health and the fun we have exploring in our little RV
- my fabric stash :-)
- an almost-50-year-old marriage!
- and oh so much more
Happy Thanksgiving to all.....and wishing everyone could be as warm and comfortable as we are.
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