The 1st Lady was up and at um this morning before I pulled my body out of bed this morning. Stuffing to get in the big bird's rear, and a million other things that couldn't be done before this morning. With she and I having specified duties to perform in order to get the annual turkey dinner done the morning went by VERY quickly.
Dinner was finally served in the garden/patio room......lots of great sunlight streaming in onto the small feast through the bank of windows which overlooks the patio. It was a beautiful day, but the northern winds blew stronger with each other delivering the much colder weather to southeast Missouri as the afternoon waned.
As usual, there was WAY TOOOOOO much food for just the few of us........earlier I had turned on the refridgerator in TheHowserHouse sitting in the driveway so we could use it for the left-overs(such an unglorious name for wonderful, delectables that didn't get consumed). And we did!!!! Roasted turkey that was just perfect, dressing using fresh (still growing) herbs in my herb garden just off of the patio, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied sweet potatoes, noodles, green beans, candied cranberries, hot rolls, pumpkin pie, banana bread, and apple-cranberry crunch. Yep......wayyyyy toooooo much food for this aging body.
After the HUGE cleanup......MY chore.......we got the little ones a bit settled(for a few minutes), and then decided to play the Mexican Train Ride game. It was the first time for Dr. Jeni and Darrel and they both really like it!!! Meghan attempted to join in from all sides of the table........just a bit young at 5 years.
After a bit more food for the evening meal, it was "Survivor" time on one tellie and "NEMO" on the another tellie at the other end of the stick and brick. As soon as this writing is completed the Mexican Train is set to go again.....the ladies of the house are certain to try to get their revenge on us guys...who won the previous game.
Sooooo, I am five pounds heavier....my belt is on the notch at the end, and I just ate toooo damn much!!!!
I hope everyone had a great family day.......because:
Life is GREAT.......and I hope for all of you, also!!!!
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