Thanksgiving Week

Got some really exciting news this morning. It might snow the night before Thanksgiving. It is so wonderful to have seasons and to have cold weather for the holidays.

We absolutely love our farm. Clay and I so wanted this kind of life for our kids while they were growing up but being in the Navy really prevented that so we are glad to have this place and watch our grandchildren enjoy the freedom that it gives them.

I take Alex outside every afternoon lately and he rides his bike and burns off some of that energy he has so much of. Clay put some blocks next to the trampoline so that it is easier for me to get on and off of it and yesterday while outside I told Alex he could get up on it himself and so now he gets on, runs a circle around it, then jumps and throws himself down in the middle and then gets off. Of course then he repeats that over and over again.

I actually have the place to myself today. Drew and Clay are at work and Frances and Alex went to spend the day at a friends house.

We are all excited about Thursday. Clay has to work in the morning but will be home by 1pm. He is going to bake the Turkey Wednesday and then I am cooking all the sides for it on Thursday. We will eat when Clay gets home and then put up our tree. Our 10' tree fits nicely in our living room and we are putting lights up outside also. We will watch "Garfield's Christmas" on Thanksgiving but will save "National Lapoons Christmas Vacation" for a later date.

Our traditions of decorating for Christmas on Thanksgiving Day comes from being in the Navy and not having family to spend the day with I started making the day special by us having our Thanksgiving dinner and then the rest of the day decorating for Christmas. Then the "Garfield Christmas" dvd and "National Lapoons Christmas Vacation" movie came later. I am not one to watch a movie over and over but these 2 movies make me laugh every year even though I know what is coming.

We are going to be baking cookies this year and giving them to our neighbors and our mailman. With my diabetes I won't be able to enjoy them much this year but I don't need all the calories anyway. I still haven't been able to control the diabetes the way I need to with some medicine and diet and exercise so I am considering going on insulin. Didn't want to do that but my feet are already pretty numb from nerve damage and my fingers have started tingling and I DO NOT want to lose my feelings in them also.We don't have much money for Christmas this year but for the first time in a long time it doesn't matter.

Just living here and decorating and the cold weather is so enjoyable it makes up for any material gifts I could ever get or give.