Thanksgiving Stuff

Will you be making your own meal this year? What will you be doing? Do you have your list? What recipes are on tap? I've been thinking....the past 2 years we've starting making our own, very own, just for the four of us Thanksgiving dinner. Not leftovers from my parents or his family, our very own whole meal. Imagine! :) What took us so long to figure out that 'hey, we can do this too, just us!'...and we did.

I want to try a few new things but uh, you all know that I cannot really cook that fantastically, right? I try and when I focus and get in a groove, ever now and then one or two things come out decent. :) So here is what I'm thinking...

• I definitely want to do roasted pumpkin seeds. Done. Just because and for the kids and for a snack. Done.


• Homemade yeast rolls. Done.


• New (not boxed stuffing) recipe for stuffing; I'm on a mission.


• Corn Casserole (of course)


• cranberry sauce ala' fresh cranberries; no cans here.


• Want different potato dish


• sweet potato casserole

to name a few things. I'm getting my list together and I'm researching like a maniac.

Thankful? I'm thankful for a ton, more than I can mention without going on for too long and boring you to tears..

My life. Our life together. Ups, downs, and all the in betweens; I'll take them anyday. It's so easy to get caught up in the woe is me but I know to my core we are blessed and there are many, many others in our world who are not. I said this recently but each day is a gift and I am oh so lucky and blessed to be able to unwrap it's box every day. I am thankful. I am grateful. I am blessed. Even for the little footsteps I hear running around upstairs at this hour as I put him to bed almost 45 minutes ago now...I'm even grateful, way too grateful for that. For the friends that I have, and particularly for the best friend I have grown with, I am thankful. I really am. My family, my parents, my sisters, my in laws, to have them all around us, it's a good thing.

Jenn