THANKFUL FOR....

Here we are at Thanksgiving week already!  What are your plans?   Staying in and cooking?  Going out?  Get-together's with friends and family?  I know it sounds funny to some, but I can't wait to cook Thanksgiving supper this year!
With working full time again, I don't have the energy to cook as much from scratch as I used to, and at least two days a week we eat our meals out partly due to both our work schedules, Andrew's hockey schedules and more.  I really miss one of the things I love doing the most!   GIVING AND  NURTURING....

This year, we're staying home and having some of Hoss's family over for great home cooked, home grown food, and lots of fun and games.   We looooove board games and will be sure to have Scrabble, Monopoly, Apples to Apples, and Tripoley set up.  My adorable nieces will be staying with us all week too!   I can't
wait to have them up, and just hang out with them!  I'm even going to take them to the mall - can you believe it?   You all know how much I abhor shopping malls, but   I will happily do it for my girls!   I'm also meeting a few girlfriends for lunch, and will visit my Auntie Mame for a few hours.  A LOVING FAMILY AND GOOD TIMES....

We'll have our family's favorite dishes, like Grandma Karnes' fruit salad, but I'm doing the entire meal from the Country Living magazine November issue.  You can read the menu and begin drooling here!  Have you heard of the Fabulous Beekman Boys?   I have never seen their show, but loved the article and their recipes.   Hoss loved the idea for something a little different this year, especially fresh cranberry sauce.  He really dislikes the canned stuff.  My sister in law, Gretchen will bring the pies and the fruit salad and we'll do the rest.  SHARING AND CREATING...


Work is going so well, and great big exciting things are happening fast!  I'll fill you in after the first of the year but it's all about amazing growth, both personal and professional.  What could be better than that?       KNOWLEDGE, GROWTH, AND OPPORTUNITY...

Andrew made the high school hockey team this year, and now it's just a matter of who will have the heart, desire and skill to be starting goalie.  He knows he has his work cut out for him!  As team mom this year, it will be all about delegating!  We have so many parents that I know from year's past club teams that are new to the team this year and are all ready to dive in and help with whatever needs to get done.   Our big fundraiser was another success this past Friday, and I know it will
be a great year.   HARD WORK AND FAITH...


Finch is much better and healing well so far.  The drain came out yesterday, but he's still on antibiotics to stave off infection.  Juma is jealous that he's been getting so much extra attention.   No sign of That Owl, but not taking any chances yet.  It's time to get up the bird netting to cover the chicken coop area now too.  They've started to lay regularly again, and don't seem as traumatized.   The boys are well and looking a bit fuzzy with their winter coats.  Even though they have blankets on, it's been pretty cold at night so it's grown out a lot.  Down to 16 degrees last night but clear and gorgeous and in the '50's during the day.   COUNTRY LIFE....

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