It's Thanksgiving!
This Thanksgiving, as with most every Thanksgiving in my adult life, we are hosting a Thanksgiving Dinner with close friends.
We have done very little socializing in the past year due to a few different health issues starting with Sheila second bout of breast cancer and ending (hopefully) with my two and a half months of significantly poor health due to some poor decisions by a couple of so-called specialists. Needless to say, we're both looking forward to socializing with some close friends today!
As most of my friends know, this is perhaps my least favorite holiday on the calendar for far too numerous reasons to mention here. That being said, decades ago, I found that I do enjoy the day whenever I host a small gathering of friends for the day. Better yet, I always enjoyed being on-duty in the Air Force and putting together a celebration for all those working with me. The same holds true for Christmas... which happens to be my favorite holiday on the calendar!
So, in keeping up with this tradition I started more decades ago than I care to admit, we are again celebrating this holiday with some close friends.
I started my day with even more cooking (I don't know what I was thinking... I still have a lot more dinner food to prepare and cook today)... I made some corned beef hash, bacon, eggs, an English muffin and Sheila made some coffee. This should hold me over until I start picking at snack foods early this afternoon and it was a nice tasty start to the day...
Here is a shot of this year's table centerpiece...
We have some fresh brewed, slightly sweet ice tea in the fridge... each jar has a sprig of fresh mint in it... and I made some fresh blackberry syrup to add to each tall glass of tea...
I made a small batch of fresh cranberry sauce...
Now I should get a jump on our stuffing... then shower... then, it might be time for a celebratory beer or two!
PS... the Apple, Orange and Cranberry Stuffing (my own concoction) is ready for the oven now too!
We have done very little socializing in the past year due to a few different health issues starting with Sheila second bout of breast cancer and ending (hopefully) with my two and a half months of significantly poor health due to some poor decisions by a couple of so-called specialists. Needless to say, we're both looking forward to socializing with some close friends today!
As most of my friends know, this is perhaps my least favorite holiday on the calendar for far too numerous reasons to mention here. That being said, decades ago, I found that I do enjoy the day whenever I host a small gathering of friends for the day. Better yet, I always enjoyed being on-duty in the Air Force and putting together a celebration for all those working with me. The same holds true for Christmas... which happens to be my favorite holiday on the calendar!
So, in keeping up with this tradition I started more decades ago than I care to admit, we are again celebrating this holiday with some close friends.
I started my day with even more cooking (I don't know what I was thinking... I still have a lot more dinner food to prepare and cook today)... I made some corned beef hash, bacon, eggs, an English muffin and Sheila made some coffee. This should hold me over until I start picking at snack foods early this afternoon and it was a nice tasty start to the day...
Here is a shot of this year's table centerpiece...
We have some fresh brewed, slightly sweet ice tea in the fridge... each jar has a sprig of fresh mint in it... and I made some fresh blackberry syrup to add to each tall glass of tea...
I made a small batch of fresh cranberry sauce...
Now I should get a jump on our stuffing... then shower... then, it might be time for a celebratory beer or two!
PS... the Apple, Orange and Cranberry Stuffing (my own concoction) is ready for the oven now too!
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