Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving suddenly appeared. Kinda like a cow on the Valley Road waiting to be hit by a mini van driven by.......well that may be another blog, but it did sneak up on me. Again. You would think that I would figure out it does come around this time every year. Of course you also would think I would figure out that  at my age a piece of cake and two cups of coffee is not the best bedtime snack.

What has happened to the Thanksgiving tradition of cooking all morning, eating for 15-20 minutes, sleeping in front of a ball game for a couple hours, then chiseling dried food off of pots and pans and plates for the next few hours? I mean what is more American?

Shopping.

"Black Friday" has moved into what Lisa has started calling  "Brown Thursday".  With stores opening earlier and earlier this is a busy time of year in the credit card world and I worked a full shift on Thanksgiving. This gave Lisa a chance to be home alone to do what she does best - decorate. In this case the Christmas tree. Of course I help with the decorating. By that I mean I carry the boxes upstairs. Then carry them back down because I got the wrong ones. Who needs six totes of tree decorations? Besides us I mean. Lisa has six basic colors that she can decorate the tree with. In alphabetical order they are brown, burgundy, crystal, gold, green, and silver. Then she can mix and match and we can have a different tree every year for the next 30 without buying another ornament. Of course I'm kidding, we will get more ornaments. And since we were both busy we decided to pass on the traditional turkey dinner and instead enjoyed a not so traditional Thanksgiving chicken casserole. Close enough.

On Friday I worked a 10 hour shift and Lisa worked her regular day at Fitkids. So by 5:30 when we could go shopping the sales are done and the stores are empty. Of stuff, not people. There are still wall to wall shoppers wondering around the empty shelves muttering about "doorbusters" and "limited quantities." So for us that means Chinese take-out for our Thanksgiving leftovers and home to watch a movie. Ahhh another successful Black Friday.

Truthfully I am thankful for my health, being blessed with work, having a loving wife to come home to with a beautiful Christmas tree, and a great family. What more can I ask for? I'll save that for my letter to Santa.

Christmas tree #18 of  30