Thursday, November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving!

So this is my first time on blogspot.  I've never really thought about blogging before but here goes nothing.  I'm taking a break right now.  I've been preparing foods for Thanksgiving for the past couple of days and we just finished eating.  Boy am I stuffed.  Why do our holidays revolve around food?  Never could figure that one out, but I have to admit that I like it.  It just seems odd that we slave for so long over such things.  It's a good thing I enjoy cooking.
Lets see, I've baked two sweet potato pies, a huge pan of momma's cornbread dressing, fresh green beans, a sweet potato dish and some other stuff.  My parents helped me out which was nice and Nita cooked the turkey at her place.  I'm so thankful on this holiday to have family that love me and whom I love and appreciate very much.  A few years ago my mom and I ate Thanksgiving diner at St. Luke's hospital in Houston while waiting to see if my dad would live through his quadruple by-pass surgery.  His heart had stopped and he was clinically dead for a while.  He spent a long time out cold in ICU.  I am so grateful that he is here with me today and that he even helped me cook.  I'm treasuring every moment I have with my parents.  
My parents are staying at my in-laws guest house so it's been really nice to have everyone together.  It's even more of a blessing that everyone gets along so well.  It's like we've been family forever.  I wish my parents didn't have to leave but I think they'll be back for Christmas.  I'm also thankful for my husband who loves me no matter what and his parents who are just as awesome as mine.  I'm also thankful for our new house, my new job, a country where I'm free to believe what I want to believe and for the soldiers who fight for those freedoms.
On that note, I think I'll head back over to my family's house now.  We're going to set up some Christmas decor this afternoon!  Gotta love the holidays.  I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and pray that everyone is as fat and full as I am right now.