Pretend it's Monday , Friend making Monday

I didn't make it up on Monday AGAIN! So I'm pretending it's Monday today....



So Thank you Amber {ae Flikins} for Friend Making Monday!!

The Simple Woman's Daybook


Outside my window...
Unlike Monday its a cloudy but rainless evening. The cove is calm

I am thinking....
about a lot of things. Trying to figure out what my next big step is

I am thankful...
For the people around me. For the friendly faces at the River Street, and for Aunt C and Uncle O for helping me get a better grip on my life

I am praying...
for my family, for R who's shipped out for Haiti Disaster relief His wife and little one, for CNG J and her boyfriend who also shipped out for Haiti, for Bartender M who just lost his mother, for David Freese and his family and loved ones in Jersey for he has passed on from this Earth, finally, Mark and his faithful dog who also has passed.

I am reading... trying to,
a book that a friend wrote about growing up in Beverly, MA during WWII. I also want to pick up Dear John

I am creating...
a new open comfort zone... Trying to let people know me better up here.

From the kitchen...
I'm dying to try D.A.R.'s Recipe for Ravioli in a Tomato-Basil Cream Sauce
I'm telling you I will cause it looks soooo yummy!!

Around the house...
My Room is a mess!! I need to clean it AGAIN!!

One of my favorite things...
Snail mail.

A few plans for the rest of the week...
sending out cards, cleaning room, Laundry on Thursday, Closing at work with S on Friday!

So much to be thankful for

Every holiday seems to start as stressful and ends as fantastic. This year was not nearly as stressful, but it had its beginnings. My mother and I had our annual (every couple of months) stress talk. Waiting on whether Ninja was going to join our table with cousin SML halted right after the mother talk, and it was topped off with getting stuck celebrating the annual world wide Thanksgiving Eve drink fest against my will (all though I did start the fest early and just did not get to go home when I wanted to). I did however talk with Cousin SCL, my brother for a minute, and good ol Bry for about an hour as I topped off my wired by eggnog Thanksgiving Eve.

The day arrives with again the usual slight headache and lack of sleep. Trouble and I joined Cyndi and Orie upstairs for a cup of coffee and then Headed to Trouble's Mother's house for our first Thanksgiving Feast. To tell ya the truth, I wish Trouble would hang out with his mother and sister more often. They love him so much and treat him so great when he is around them. He seems happy to be there, and always excited to leave. Trouble's mother is a great cook. We had a 15lb turkey, Peas, Corn, stuffing, butternut squash, mashed potatoes and of course stuffing. We were stuffed to the gills and falling asleep at the table all ready... at least I was...
Trouble's mother's fiance is a hair dresser in Boston and he decided Trouble needed a hair cut.


Before he knew it he was a whole new guy! after the hair cut we hugged goodbye and headed to my house for our second dinner.


Uncle O got a 20lb bird. I made some fresh mashed turnips and some broccoli salad. I don't know how anyone makes an entire meal; I was beat after chopping boiling mashing and mixing for an hour and a half. It all turned out fabulous but still I could have used a nap and didn't even have time.






Dinner was wonderful and our bellies have been full ever since. In fact I was so tired that I couldn't even move to go back upstairs to watch The Giants play Thursday night football. Though I am happy to say I didn't wanna watch my boys in blue get beat again this season.

All and All there is so much to be thankful for. From our Massachusetts table to yours have a Happy Holiday Season!!