I know I’m late for a thanksgiving post…but the past few days have been such a whirlwind of activities and emotions…and better late than never.
First, thank you for your kind words of encouragement, prayers and emails. Grieving is so hard and I am so thankful for this safe outlet where I can share my heart and get encouraging responses from all over the place!
Our thanksgiving was good – my mom, brother, sister-in-law and niece joined us – so it was the perfect size. The turkey took over 1.5 hours longer than I expected it to take, but “it was all good”. Everything came together in the perfect timing! My sister-in-law made the best rolls and sweet potatoes! Yum!! My mom made 5 pies (one went to my sister’s family) and was a great help to me while we prepared the food. About 2 hours after our meal, my sister’s family arrived for dessert. We played a little Rummikub and laughed alot.
The next morning we woke up to illness – J1 had stomach flu and DH had a sore throat. Though it was raining, I still had to head up north. In fact, my brother rode wtih me in my van so that he had plenty of room for his pillows (he has to have his hand above his elbow — his elbow above his heart). When we got up there I moved wood from the field to the splitter and then my BIL and his dad started splitting and we all (my sister helped too) stacked it in the wood shed. It was good, dirty work! 🙂 My sister rode home with me so that I wouldn’t be alone (it’s about 2.5 hour drive).
You know I don’t remember alot about Saturday except I worked for TOS in my PJs for the majority of it! 😉 We went to Saturday night church service as the pastor asked some to consider switching for the season while we have lots of visitors. But we still want to attend SS so we still go on Sunday – not sure if this will work. Mainly cause when Sunday morning came I did not want to go!
Sunday I spent the majority of the day doing laundry and forecasting my curriculum. I was able to make a tentative lesson plan until the end of the year. The best part was realizing that I could take one day off a week after Christmas! That will make life so much easier.
Today I got up and walked with my mom in the rain – well, until it became rain and not just mist! I think tomorrow we will do something indoors unless it’s not raining.
Well, I wanted to make a list of everything I’m thankful for – but I’m running out of time! Maybe I can do it after school today!
