Saturday, November 24, 2007



Thanksgiving 2007


What a great Thanksgiving holiday! We left Glenville on Wednesday and headed north. We first had to go to our "hair specialist" in Shinnston and get beautified. (Regina was the one that changed my 70's hairdo and labeled her creation the "Stud Muffin" cut. With a name like that, I had to stick with this haircut.) Regina Colton has her own shop now on Main Street. She has been cutting our hair for many years and is most certainly part of our extended family.



We arrived at the Dodson house before John, Rachael, Flora, and Lucy. We had a quick visit with them before we headed to bed. Thursday morning brother-in-law Bill, sister Judy, and Grandma Great Meads came to share this special family time. We are so blessed to have family closeby. The grandkids had some quality time before the cooking started.






Here is the gourmet kitchen crew! I knew you would enjoy Sarah's turkey apron.


What a feed! Yep we had hominy casserole, turkey, dressing, salad, mashed potatoes, squash stuffed ravioli, green beans, apricot sauce, rosemary bread, cooked apples, plus appetizers and desserts. It is always enough to feed all the folks on the street.



Today is Lucy's first birthday so had a one-year sized cake on Thursday.
Here is Grandma's gift - an electronic toy that is geared to learning shapes.


It is so neat to watch the kids play together. What energy! Sam discovered that the cabinet that usually houses the trash was empty. Notice that all of the cabinets have the kid-proof locks to keep out little prying hands.


Flora and Lucy had to check out this fun cavity.


Later in the evening, Flora came into the living room and said "Lucy has locked herself into the cabinet!" Well, we all knew that these security locks can only be fastened from the outside. It was time to extract Lucy and then have a "truth" lesson with Flora.



Yesterday was Black Friday. Sarah and I thought that we would get up at 4 AM to just have this experience once in our lives. I have heard crazy stories about the shoppers and their insanity during this day. We did not get up at 4 AM, but Sarah and I decided we needed to do a few chores and left the house around 8:30.


The stories were true. Starbucks normally open at 6 AM but on this day they opened at 4 AM. The personnel at this famed coffee establishment said that people were waiting at 3 AM to get in line for coffee. We stopped by Kohl's and found that, after we went into the store, the wait time for checkout was 2 hours! We left. Off to the mall. I needed a cover for our new cell phone. This area was equally crazy. People parking in places that were unbelievable. My favorite story was the happening at Circuit City. Shoppers camped out around the store starting around 8 PM on Thursday. Seems the police had to be called to the store to break up a fist fight between shoppers. Oh, what a great season for peace and sharing!

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