Thanksgiving Reflections and Leftovers

I know, Thanksgiving is over and I have moved on with a new Christmas layout ....Katie's selection and I like it. I still have not discussed my "back" situation much here, and I will be brief about it. I had surgery to correct my problem of deteriorated vertebrae (L4-L5) and a bulging disc November 19th. I just wanted to be in bed for about five days, but I am now doing much better. However, I have to continue to wear the back brace and basically do NOTHING, and GO NO WHERE.......not what I was wired to do. Anyway, this too shall pass. We had all of my side of the family for Thanksgiving and it just could not have happened without everyone being so helpful. I can't thank you enough family for all you did. I think everyone had a good time. I know the children especially enjoyed being together.....I will post more on that later.

I was able to help Katie a little on Wednesday as we started the food preparation...she did most of it...I was just there to cheer her on. Below, is the beginning of one of our traditional dishes....Hominy Casserole.

This is Katie, a.k.a. Martha Stewart's 1st Roasted Turkey
Beautiful job!

Rudy had the honor of carving the turkey..hum, he might not have seen it as such.

You were very helpful too, Rudy. My daughter-in-law Christy did so much and is still here continuing to clean, cook, and care for the kids, etc., etc. -- Thank you so much Christy, I love you and appreciate you. My sister/brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, nieces and great nieces all brought additional favorite dishes and did clean up and more. Once again, thank you all. I am blessed and thankful for each one of you. For the first time in my adult life, I sat in a chair and watched them work......oh, I am so not used to doing that. They did a perfect job of everything and this house and the world will continue to work without my input...shocking revelation! Oh, didn't I mention leftovers in the title of this post? Yes, .....we do still have plenty of them.