Thanksgiving preparation ~

 

 

the oven's clean, the recipes found and the shopping list made ~ countdown to Thanksgiving

I do just a little everyday so I can enjoy Thanksgiving, chat and not drop the stuffing on the floor,( true story) due to exhaustion and marathon cooking. I have one child on vacation from school, she will be my little helper and waiting for the others for college classes to finish up then homeward bound they will be.

I saw a little quote in a coffee shop that read, " One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." Luciano Pavarotti

I think that sums up Thanksgiving in more than a few words

This is a fun cozy time of year!

Edit

Inspired by Ali Edwards' blog "One Little Word", I chose enjoy for the year 2011 and that little word helped me adjust my attitude for those things that I did not enjoy doing, such as: housework, cooking, driving kids here, there and everywhere, you know, the things that become mundane and ever present. I was excited this year to find her blog again (it had been a whole year) and I chose the word inspire, also thinking it had chosen me....I was wrong. I hope there are not rules for your chosen word.

 I am finding that the word edit is really my word for the year....I am editing what I think, eat, my room, shelves, closet, stuff, what we watch, how I spend my time... you get the idea. Because I want to find more time to do the things I like, I am editing out those that I have outgrown or are no longer relevant/important. I have also asked my darling daughters to do the same. For them, asking them to edit their rooms instead of cleaning seems to be a much simpler task.


Enjoy still follows me around, like a little friend reminding me to enjoy the things I am doing or even to find joy in doing. Maybe that is the point of having a 'word' for the year. After many years I will have a collection of words that defines me, that has made me better and perhaps has made the world and my family a little better or at least happier.