Sunday Night Randomness

There must be something about Sunday nights. Some reason I'm juggling odd, random thoughts. Regular postings should resume in the next day or two.

• THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS...
• Turkeys take a long time to thaw. For years I underestimated the time needed to thaw the bird.
• I'm still searching for just the right stuffing recipe (even though my family says it's Stove Top!) Feel free to share your stuffing recipes with me!
• Thanksgiving won't be quite the same this year. Elisa, Rob, and Darrell won't be with us.
• MISCELLANEOUS...
• I got my hair cut Saturday. Have you read my blog about haircuts? Let's just say we might have material for "The Haircut Part-2"
• I'm so thankful to our military; past, present, and future. America's true heroes! Bless all of you this Veteran's Day as well as every day!
• Our nation's capital is truly awe-inspiring. I'm still at a loss for words. Ok, no jokes!
• I bought a new diet book yesterday. Husband says it will work if I put it in a backpack, add all my other diet books and tote them around on my back all day... See next bullet...
• Relationships require hard work to remain healthy. To quote Cliff, our Pastor, "To thrive...not just survive."

• FAMILY...
• I miss my uncle who passed away last week. I didn't know him well. That's sad. I'm disconnected from my extended family and know it won't change. Hindsight often comes too late.
• More on disconnect... We found out Wednesday that my great-aunt passed away...last April.
• Closer to home...we had a nice family weekend...Our oldest son was home for the weekend and even joined us for church this morning. It's a pleasure having him home. Seems he has a new girlfriend at school...Elisa wasn't free this weekend but did call to see if I had spaghetti sauce. I didn't - guess I will later in the week...Oldest daughter's been sick and trying to recover from sinus and/or allergy issues. We did see her Friday and then again Sunday evening... Matthew, our 2-yr old grandson spent the day with us today. He's such a sweetheart and I'm a happy Grandma when he's around...After taking Darrell back to school we were able to visit with my mother-in-law today. What a nice way to wind down the weekend... Abbey's counting the days until her next ballet class... Christopher is anxious to start his new curriculum this week. I sure hope it goes well...I spoke with my father today and found out that his wife went in the hospital last Friday. Something about fluid pressing on her lungs (or something like that.) She recently had a quad-bypass. Prayers appreciated.
• A house divided... "The Next Iron Chef" winner has been chosen. Ken and I wanted Michael Symon, Abbey and Christopher wanted John Besh. Symon won!!! Yes! To his credit, John Besh was no slouch. He would have made a wonderful "iron chef" as well. This was a fun competition to follow.

I sure hope you have a wonderful week! Please feel free to leave me a comment - I'd love to hear from you.