Tnanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving to all! By now, I'm sure everyone is as stuffed as the turkeys that were served.

We were up around 7 a.m. this morning, and Mother came over shortly after. Naturally, we spent the morning preparing the Thanksgiving feast.

Daughter was already here...she surprised me by arriving around 10:30 or 11 p.m. last night. If I hadn't dashed to shut the bathroom door, Hubbie would have been even more than surprised, since he was in the shower. One thing I don't like about the layout of our home is that the downstairs bathroom can be plainly seen from the den.

It was 8:30 this morning before we had breakfast, so we didn't sit down to lunch until around 1:30. Sis was late in arriving, getting here around 2:30. We had set aside helpings of all the food for her, which we heated in the microwave.

After lunch, once we had put away the food and cleaned the kitchen, Daughter and I spent time doing some crafts. Daughter made a mardi gras mask for her granddaughter. And then she made a fabric and marble necklace. We each also made gift bows. These were all things Mother and I had learned at the crafts extravaganza recently.

Mother and Sis worked on the jigsaw puzzle Mother had started yesterday.

Daughter stayed until 6 p.m. before leaving on the two-hour trip home. I sent lots of containers of Thanksgiving food with her, as well as materials and instructions for making more of the crafts she learned today. Granddaughter and Great-Granddaughter will enjoy these crafts.

After Mother and Sis finished the jigsaw puzzle, they went to Mother's house, and Hubbie and I lazed in front of TV.

Strange: the day began very warm, but around 10 a.m., there came an unusually bright flash of lightening with one of loudest thunder booms I've ever heard. We all just about jumped out of our skins. The temperature dropped drastically and suddenly, and a cold rain began, but there was no more lightening and thunder.