Thanksgiving was spent at our house with us and my mom. My brother bailed at the last minute and with much trepidation I faced thanksgiving day. Wednesday night I prayed that I would ‘choosejoy’. That I would focus on the good things about this day vs what I was missing. Jay and I cooked the feast and I think we had a good time preparing the feast. I had the sides, he cooked the meat. Our menu:
Pork Roast
Sweet potatoes
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Rolls
Green bean casserole
Dessert
Pumpkin pie and homemade whipped cream
Brownies
All in all I’d give us 4 out of 5 stars. Everything was fantastic, except the mashed potatoes. Something just wasn’t right with them. I’m not sure how you mess up mashed potatoes but I’m here to tell you that it can be done. The pie was homemade if you call homemade being a store bought crust and following the recipe on the libby’s can of pumpkin. It might be the best pumpkin pie I’ve ever had. Homemade whipped cream…I mean really why wouldn’t you? So super simple and so good. Brownies were made since Charlie does not like pumpkin pie.
I convinced the fam to take some pictures.
Later that evening Mac and I headed to the plaza for the lighting ceremony. This was our first experience. I’ll be honest, I think I enjoyed ‘getting out’ as I did the actual lighting ceremony, but I would do it again, hopefully with the whole family next time.
Friday morning after my work out, I headed out to do a little black Friday shopping. I selfishly did some shopping for myself and picked up a few items for gifts. Later Friday morning we headed out to Arkansas where I honestly spent the rest of the weekend, drinking coffee, reading, sleeping, eating more than I should (like red velvet cheese cake…unreal.)
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