THANKSGIVING IS A 3 DAY EVENT FOR US...
and it goes something like this...WEDNESDAY: Most everyone in the family arrives for the Wednesday night SINGING at church. A whole hour of different song leaders leading us in praise! It's a lot of fun because our family loves to sing and about 15 of the song leaders are from our family. The youngest was 7 years old! After that we head over to my in-law's house for a dinner of appetizers and start playing 42 and Liverpool! THURSDAY: It begins with the "Turkey Trot" 5K race out to the cemetery and back! Here we are waiting for the kids to run in from their "Fun Run!"

TRY THIS AT HOME...
Just a little something to impress our company (does that word date me?!!). Why is it kids feel compelled to do something they would never do any other time when you have friends over? Despite my motherly fears of sugary soda being spewed out of the empty cans, the floor stayed clean and dry...

IT WON'T BE LONG...
till she's home from college for Thanksgiving break! Yep, that's her, the one doing SEAFOOD in this picture taken by her friend. I stole it from Facebook! Not sure why, and I remember explaining this to her several years ago, but somethin

KILLING TIME...
when you're waiting for a colonoscopy stinks! LOL! Since I've been up since 4:45 a.m. drinking my Magnesium Citrate, I've been totally entertained by blog-surfing and found this neat stuff:Fish-in-a-bag soap (look up June 12 post)Washer necklaces (see August 13 post)Weekend getaway scrunchy scarf Monogram placques(see November 3 post)All of these ideas came from j-a-girl's "I Can Make

A DAY WITH MY 93 YEAR OLD GRANDMA LOOKS LIKE THIS...
Starts off with getting her a Vanilla Diet Coke at Sonic..."My mouth is sooooo dry...."