Thanksgiving 2021

This morning we had put out a feast in the front yard for all our wildlife friends who came to visit, and you can see below one visitor who got a mouthful!

 We even put out a plate for the cat, who was chowing down on an early Thanksgiving feast while the rest of us watched on, or at least were slowly rising for a new day.  There was no super early rising today, as sometimes happens on Thanksgiving due to the turkey's schedule.  This is because we had no turkey to cook or any food to prepare, really.  

So instead, we actually sat down and watched the parade in its entirety on this television here in the living room, this while enjoying tea and other small snacks.  Nana and Mom even had time to watch the annual dog show that comes on the television right after the parade.  It was a quiet, relaxing Thanksgiving, and the weather was perfect outside too.  It was quiet outside, and we were quite content watching parade floats, marching bands and ginormous balloons.  Of course there was a Grogu one floating by, and that got everyone's attention.  One fun fact about getting older:  you have no idea who any of these celebrities are on these parade floats.  That might be an exaggeration, of course.  I knew about two out of every ten, maybe?  Regardless, it was all very nice, and it was great to see everyone back with all that energy.  And of course it was great to see Santa at the end, just like always.

At around 2pm, we went over to Nana and Ye-Ye's house, and that's when we got down to the business of a big Thanksgiving dinner.  They had a huge feast set out for us and my sister's family.  We got there, sitting and socializing, and then on to the big meal at the table.  It was good to see the whole family again, and it really was a nice time together.  There were all the traditional things about Thanksgiving, including of course the turkey.  There was a bowl of dressing, along with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, peas, a vegetable plate, rolls and good gravy!  And hot sauce.  Yes, with Maddie at the table, there's got to be hot sauce as well.  She still has a very particular palate.  You can see that one fifteen-year-old at the first Thanksgiving meal, a young pilgrim sitting across from a few of her Indian neighbors, the three of them pouring a whole bunch of tabasco sauce on their plates to spice up Thanksgiving dinner.  Ever since then, it's been a holiday tradition, right?

One tradition I'm glad is still around is egg nog.  I need to have it lactose free, but there's a pretty good brand out there, and I got to sample it today as well.  There was a pomegranate drink, and we all had a really good appetite for conversation.  We have much to be thankful for.  I know I certainly do.

We got home and the rest of the day was for chilling out at the house.  We watched "Santa Clause 2" tonight - it's exactly one month until Christmas now.  Tomorrow everyone has off, and tomorrow we'll be sleeping in and maybe going out to see a movie.  No shopping for us, as we don't enjoy getting caught up in that chaos.  I certainly don't need any more stress this year.

Going to bed tonight, we continued reading, and we prayed again before going to bed.  We have so much to be thankful for, starting with this day, a really pleasant Thanksgiving.