Very Thankful!

I have a ton to be thankful for this year.  It's been a really great year and life is awesome.

The day started with a bit of sleeping in, although not as much as I wanted to.  I got out of bed to find that Tyler had already been up for a bit.  I usually don't hear him get out of bed and sometimes it surprises me that he can be so quiet.

We kind of started our day by preparing for the day.  The turkey had been thawing for a few days so it was ready to be dealt with.  Tyler had it in the new roasting pot we bought the other day.  He then started to remove the plastic covering so we could actually eat it.  Tyler removed the neck and then tried to find the bag of goodies, but couldn't find it.  We made the stuffing, which included the hand dried bread crumbs.  We prepared the turkey, meaning Tyler rubbed it down with butter and I sprinkled the giant bird with spices.  Tyler put the stuffing inside the turkey and it was pretty much ready to go.  We plopped the thing in the oven and the waiting game began.  I peeled the potatoes and then cut them up.

We basted Mr. Turkey every half hour for 5 hours.  It was actually pretty fun to be responsible for a big meal.  While we waited for the bird to cook, we watched some Office.  It was a great day of preparation.  It was down to the last hour, so we turned the oven down and I set the table.  It was hard to keep Kitty off the table that long, but we did it.

Tyler got called to work at about 4:00pm.  I got a little scared because of guests were coming at 5pm, and I didn't want to have all the food ready before Tyler came home.  Our 2 guests arrived and then Tyler came back home.  And then the party began.

Tyler carved the turkey, we made some gravy and all the food was on the table.  There was a lot of food.  Kitty joined us.  She was sitting on her little table, climbing up my chair, wanting attention.  Man, the food was so good.  We had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, buns, sweet potato pie, and some drinks.  It was a very successful meal.

We also have some great friends.  We went around the table saying what we are thankful for.  I started, by being thankful for the fact that I have been married to the best husband in the whole world.  Also, I'm very thankful that Tyler has a full time job that allows us to be out here.  It's incredible that we get to see the things we do and do the things we do.  I am very thankful for a lot of things!!!

We eat and we were all filled so we saved dessert for later.  We cleaned up, and unnecessarily, our guests helped us out with dishes.  It was all cleaned up before we knew it and we were playing cards.  Our favorite game is Phase 10.  It gets super competitive and its so much fun.  I won, which is a nice change because I usually really suck.  It's been nice because we all have been able to reach phase 10, so it's not super lop-sided.

Our guests are now gone and we are relaxing once again.  It was such a great fun day.  And, it's Tyler and my 6 month anniversary today.  It was great to spend it doing something fun like a big meal.

It's late so we are off to bed.
I have to work tomorrow at 4, which isn't ideal, but it's good money and easy work.

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