The Thanksgiving summary
Thanksgiving was good. Not very stressful except for the "prior" bits. I know Mom was running around crazy while cooking, because I was bemoaning making my whopping 2 dishes in comparison with her 835843 ones, including the turkey and a ham. I'm glad I did though. I do like my new scalloped corn dish (pictures will be forthcoming) and everyone was excited that I made the yummy Pampered Chef stuffing.
It was nice to see Christopher and Stephanie. I haven't visited with them since last New Years, so it's definitely been awhile. Also, my brother fixed my wireless by ... well ... essentially turning things off and on. Grrrrreat. But I'm so glad it's working again!
Everyone got a phone today, which was exciting. Particularly exciting was Mom's phone, which can be configured for the hearing impaired. She was flabbergasted she was so overjoyed, and she didn't even really feel like getting a new phone to begin with. I went back to get mine (because they had to get another store's last purple phone), so I've been playing with it all evening.
We hit Bahama Breeze in Raleigh, which may be added to my list of favorite restaurants. Awesome food, great ambience, yumtastic!
On a grateful note, I went through my closet (finally) and purged things I don't need to wear anymore. Some I may give to family members, but I filled a yard waste bag chock full of clothes. Tonight I dropped it off at the GCF. After starting this week on a slightly down note, I felt really good about gathering this donation. I almost feel like making it a Thanksgiving tradition.
So overall, it was good! Several high notes, definitely. Now it's on to putting up Xmas decorations (at last) and feeling stressed about work. Orlando's next week!
It was nice to see Christopher and Stephanie. I haven't visited with them since last New Years, so it's definitely been awhile. Also, my brother fixed my wireless by ... well ... essentially turning things off and on. Grrrrreat. But I'm so glad it's working again!
Everyone got a phone today, which was exciting. Particularly exciting was Mom's phone, which can be configured for the hearing impaired. She was flabbergasted she was so overjoyed, and she didn't even really feel like getting a new phone to begin with. I went back to get mine (because they had to get another store's last purple phone), so I've been playing with it all evening.
We hit Bahama Breeze in Raleigh, which may be added to my list of favorite restaurants. Awesome food, great ambience, yumtastic!
On a grateful note, I went through my closet (finally) and purged things I don't need to wear anymore. Some I may give to family members, but I filled a yard waste bag chock full of clothes. Tonight I dropped it off at the GCF. After starting this week on a slightly down note, I felt really good about gathering this donation. I almost feel like making it a Thanksgiving tradition.
So overall, it was good! Several high notes, definitely. Now it's on to putting up Xmas decorations (at last) and feeling stressed about work. Orlando's next week!