A lot to be Thankful for

I know everyone has been on the edge of their seats waiting for me to post again!  What can I say?  I've been a busy girl.  From Thanksgiving, to Christmas shopping, to currently having the flu, I've been tied up.  What better time to catch up with the blog than when I risk throwing up doing anything but sitting and not eating?

Concord Christmas Parade:  my first time attending this event.  It was delightful!  I enjoyed the floats and the bands and everything about it.  By the end, I was frozen but thoroughly entertained.  Nugget got a lot of attention too.  We can't bring her to any public event without everyone saying, "Oh my goodness!  Look at that dog!!!"

 

 

Thanksgiving:  Clay and I hosted Thanksgiving at our house again on Thursday.  It was great because that way, we can have both sides of our families together :)  Clay brined and cooked the turkey like a pro.  We had the traditional sides and everything was wonderful.  My favorite was probably the corn pudding that Lisa made...I'm going to have to get that recipe :)  Clay made a pumpkin pie and I made an apple pie and we feasted until we could feast no more!  Thank goodness for good friends and neighbors like Sarah, who made the apple pie possible by lending me her pie dish last minute.  Somehow it didn't cross my mind until Wednesday that you need 2 pie dishes for 2 pies.  I enjoyed the time with family and friends!!!



To top the most wonderful Thanksgiving off, we spent Friday at Roger and Belinda's house, feasting again on the most amazing soup.  She made kale and sausage soup and chicken noodle.  Both were good but the chicken noodle was to die for!!!  Another recipe I must have.  Roger also made his famous cheesecake which was the best yet!


Shop 'till we drop:  it turns out that we did not go Black Friday shopping but were forced into cyber Monday shopping.  My laptop had been breaking for quite some time.  The hinge where the screen attached to the base of the computer was literally falling off.  We knew we would have to replace it before long.  It ended up being sooner than later.  My computer crashed and we lost about 3 weeks worth of pictures (which pretty much consisted of pics of Nugget and Emmi) and we lost my most updated Christmas list.  What is a type A girl to do without her Christmas list?  So, prince charming came to the rescue and resurrected my laptop long enough to back up a few files and pictures.

The best news of all:  Julie and Josh had their baby boy:  Caleb Joshua Sutton.  She ended up having to have an emergency C-section but overall, all is well.  Caleb has had to be monitored for a while but he is holding his own and doing well!!  God is good and has given Julie and Josh and awesome testimony to His hand in their life.

Well, that is that.  More to come about decorating for Christmas.  Clay and I are just working on getting better (he had 2 different types of the flu, which is clearly why I'm sick too).  We had to put decorating and other Christmas traditions on hold for now.  Stay tuned!!!