Thanksgiving Madness

NASCAR season is officially over. Jimmy Johnson for the fifth straight year. Snooze.

Things are hectic around the casa these days. Getting a new air conditioning unit installed today, along with the usual hectic-ness that surrounds any holiday with this many people.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it represents all those things near and dear to my heart. Family, Friends, and Food. That and having grown up along the eastern seaboard, Thanksgiving is a big holiday there. Those folks are serious about tracing their roots to the Mayflower.

There's no pressure with Thanksgiving either. Well, not much anyway for me anymore. When I was a young single mom I cooked the whole shebang for just he and I one year.

There's going to be some serious backyard football and horseshoe throwing. There will be people in and out all day. As many as want will be fed usually their second or third dinner that day, some only their first.

Always there is a certain few of the adopted kids who stop by on holidays. That always makes me feel good..to see those that we've known since they were knee high to a puddle duck. Some we've known for awhile, and they just now caught on or felt like there was room for them to be the adopted ones for awhile. We always seem to pick up one after a visit from GI Joe.

If it's raining, we'll play pool or video games. It's going to be great!

Mornings

I think that's my favorite time of day. The whole day is before you with endless promise.

My favorite time of morning is right before I have to wake up the kids, and right after they go to school. I'm glad to see them when they come home, but I've become accustomed to some quiet thinking time right after they go to school.

Some people are night owls, and I had my years where I was. That was when they all went to bed and the Senior Chief was travelling. That made it hard for me to get up and get them to school the next day. I soon figured out that it's just better to get up early in the morning and get that time in then. Usually I'll do the dishes and pick some pet project to work on. Then I'm nice and mellow by the time I wake them up and the morning goes smoothly.

At night, I tend to dwell on the stuff that already happened. In the morning, I tend to look forward and look to what needs to happen.

It's all about finding your peak productive time, and taking advantage of it. Working with your own biorhythm.

And, that time is now over.

Happy Holidays

It's that time of year, right before Thanksgiving that is always my favorite. The heat has finally broke enough to start cooking the good stuff.

Sean says that he loves winter...because of the food. I like it because it's cooler. Well, I like it for the food, too.

It's that time of year where you slow down a little. At least for us, anyway. Time to read some books, eat some good food, watch the end of racing and football..

This time of year makes me think of being cozy before a fire. A little break before it gets hectic again.

Hope all of y'all are having a good time!