Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving was wonderful! It was the FIRST Thanksgiving I've cooked on my own and the first in our V Fam home! It was a tight squeeze for us all but that's what Thanksgiving is for, eh? There's so much food and family, you don't know how you got it all to fit?! WOW!! Isn't that something to be grateful for?!

I am so grateful for our Church that dropped a LOAD of food to us before Thanksgiving. I ended up with two turkeys! I had no room for them! So, I decided to give one of them to a Family in great need and they couldn't afford a Turkey for Thanksgiving. I felt so grateful and blessed to have had the opportunity to do that with our current situation right now. It was great!

I was very nervous to cook my Turkey. I've never cooked a whole Turkey before. With my nerves aside, I followed my instinct and this bird was by far the best bird I've ever tasted! It was perfection. Tender, moist and flavorful! And the skin was rich and crispy! You didn't even have to cut into the bird! It was Dee-licious. The legs peeled off..no cutting required. And oh my gosh...the gravy turned out FABULOUS. My secret weapon was BEER. Yes, Beer. A good ol' 24 oz of Miller High Life and lots of butter basting!! I lathered that bad bird up in butter. When you lifted it, the juices just oozed and the meat peeled off. I'd say it was a dead on Target grade A job for cooking my first Turkey. Beer, butter, Garlic powder, Onion Powder, Adobo, Paprika and salt will make one happy bird...TO EAT!!

I also made little place settings and found some cute napkins. I made some napkin ties that were festive. It was cute.

I also made garlic ranch mashed potatoes, the best sweet potato casserole, gravy, dream whip jello dessert, stuffing, pumpkin cream pie and banana cream pie.

My brother and sister-in-law came in from Korea to visit! They brought us all of these amazing little gifts from Korea. I got the cutest sets of handmade earings and a traditional Korean jewelry box made with Mother of Pearls. The boys got these really cute bags, fun crayons and puzzles, with that fun and colorful Asian Animation. Boricua got a cool shirt with Korean writing on it and some toe socks(those socks that have outlets for each little toesies! Popular there, since they were flip flops alot!!) It was great. We had a nice traditional laughing extravaganza! That's all we do when we get together! LAUGH LAUGH LAUGH!!

On the downside, I was dealing with a Migraine ALL DAY LONG!! My new medication made me dopey, I was really tired and felt some kind of cold coming on...so I physically felt poopy.

We all had a great time! The kids had a blast, they made a magnificant mess and all of us old hags sat around and did what we do best...laugh.

NOVEMBER GIVE THANKS

Okay folks, it's November, the month of Thanksgiving. WEll, for the United States, that is. In Canada, it's in October. So therefore, it's the SEASON of Thanksgiving. There. I'm Politically correct now. lol.
The word 'Thanks' means: to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment. It's a verb. 'Giving' means; to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow, and is also a verb. There's several meanings for 'giving', depending on if the verb is used with or without an object or if it's used as a noun.

So, Thanksgiving, is combined by ACTION words and is now a Noun;the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, esp. to God...

So therefore, I will GIVE my thanks almost daily on my AMAZING Blog! ;)
This is how I will GIVE my thanks:

Express my gratitude for my blessings.
Thank my friends & Family idividually.
Go out of my way to GIVE to others in NEED.
List the blessing I'm given daily.

As I do this, hopefully this ACTION will resonate in me and I can carry it daily, just as I walk (an action) every single day.
Here's a list of my blessing for TODAY!

I'm grateful for my mind!
I'm grateful for my safety!
I'm grateful for my talents!
I'm grateful to live!

I'll try to post new lists almost daily! C'mon, I challenge you! I bet we'll all find out how REALLY EASY IT IS!

MUCH LOVE! Happy HARVEST SEASON!