A "normal" post

I am going along with Daughter #3's request to write a "normal" post.
The girls and I had a great Thanksgiving. Daughter #1 and I did the cooking, with #2 & #3 pitching in where needed.



Here's the finished product:





Here's "Thank God it's Not a Tattoo":





After we ate and cleaned up we went to see "Enchanted", which was really fun and cute. Then we went to some friends' house for dessert. It was very nice, relaxed holiday.
Hubby called and the men had a successful Thanksgiving -- lots of food, football and sleeping.
The family tradition lives on.

Yesterday the girls and I decorated the house for Christmas. The cat "helped".




Son #3 called last night to say they were out playing in the snow! Sons #2 & #3 were ecstatic! They were hoping and praying for snow up there, which is very unusual at this time of year. I wonder if I can get by with telling them that that should be considered one of their Christmas gifts?! :)

Today Daughters #2 & #3 drive back to school. Daughter #1 is going to work. It will be very quiet around here -- for a while. The hubby and sons are driving back today (10 hours -- yuck). Not a great day for traveling in Texas. It's been raining non-stop since about 3 a.m. and shows no sign of stopping. And it's cold. Well, of course "cold" is relative (just ask the folks in Kenya) but for people in Texas, 42 degrees is dang cold!
My body is slowing getting back to the Central time zone. Very slowly. It's been rough but I can see that it's getting better (this getting old stuff stinks!).