It has been raining for several days. Makes the days seem gloomy. I hate driving home in the dark when it is raining. With age, my eyesight just isn't what it used to be. But at least no snow is predicted for the holiday weekend. Two more days of work and 4 glorious days off. We are hoping the weather will improve a little over the weekend, so we can venture out in the backwoods and collect twigs, branches, pinecones and maybe a feather to two. Because of space in the apartment instead of a Yule tree, we have decided to an arrangement with twigs and branches and glitter pinecone and glass owl ornaments. But first the Gratitude Ritual meal of roasted turkey breast, cornbread stuffing, roasted brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes with brown sugar and lemon glaze, whole berry cranberry relish, ambrosia fruit salad and cherry pie for dessert. We will be eating like kings all weekend! No Black Friday sales for me this year. Boycotting all the big box stores and most of the fast food places, including Papa Johns. They do not need my money! A nice drive out in the country and maybe go to the movies over the long weekend.
So many things to be thankful and grateful this year. We still have our feet on planet earth and our health issues hopefully are getting better. At least they are not worse. Our children are on their own path and making it through the world. We lost our faithful friend and companion Sammie this year. I still miss him, but cherish the years we had together. We had a trying year with health concerns and money concerns, but we are surviving. This coming year we will still have the issues with the VA. But that's life...good times and bad. And yet 32 years later we are still together, stronger than ever.
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