I am so excited! We just noticed that our female sugar glider has a little "peanut" bump in her belly! Of course not knowing anything about breeding sugar gliders, I had to go online and spend hours researching and gathering as much info as possible on how to take care of them. I found one site in particular that had step by step progression and all the pro's and con's to be aware of. Let me just say, that I am becoming VERY knowledgeable in the care and needs of these little rainforest dwellers! To say that they are an exotic pet is only the half of it. But what a joy they are to care for. So today I had to order some special formula online for the prego and then we went to Wallie World and purchased a small jr pop up tent for playtime. Up until now, we have been taking them into the bathroom (after sugar proofing it of course) and always had playtime in there. It is then easier for me to wipe and clean up after them (as they are not potty trained...they go when they go....I know...I know....eeeeewwwwe!) But now that little Saki is with joey(ies) the Hubby is afraid she will jump and glide onto the counter top and hurt the little ones inside the pouch....(aint he so sweet and sensitive to their needs) I'm like......she'll be fine, they have babies all the time! He's like NO! I dont want her to fall off the counter and SPLAT them! Such a good glider daddy he is. So we read where lots of people do tent time, where you throw a blanket in a little pop up tent in an area inside ur house and crawl in and have play time. Take a book, or turn the tent window towards your TV and let them have a ball. I bought a little fisher price toy and some mesh and rope and am gonna make all kinds of hangie toys and things for them to have for activities. I'm thinking clean up time will be cut in half, throw the blanket in the laundry each night and once a week hose down the tent outside, when I hose down their cage. Sounds like a winner to me! I will try to get a bumpy pouch shot soon when she starts really showing. I am so excited I already have two names for each sex picked out!

I cant believe it. 15 years. Wow. I honestly had to pull out our marriage certificate to verify just exactly how many years we were going on. What a mile stone! Funny to think that we actually met on a blind date! True story! Not only that, but it was the worst date I had ever been on! I swore I would never go out with him again! LOL (Yep, I stick to my guns!) LOL He was the shyest person I had ever met, our first date was double date w/ the person who set us up and we decided to go bowling. Don spent the whole night talking to his buddy and basically spoke to me only when “I” asked him a question. And you know those kinda people who answer with one word? Well, he was one of THEM! It was a REALLY LONG date…. not to mention he didn't at all look interested in me one bit! And to top it off, I cant bowl worth a hoot! Boring! So, of course I couldn't wait for it to be over! We ended up going to the friends house afterward to watch a movie and after more conversation that didn't include ME, I ended up saying goodnight and leaving them to each other!!!!! I swore I would never date that loser again! Hmpf! But, somehow he kept showing up and just hanging out, kinda wouldn't go away….you know, like stalking me…(lol….jk)…until he finally grew on me and I realized he wasn't so bad, just shy.

Anyways, after 3 years of his stalking me I finally realized he was ruining any chances of me dating anyone else, so what the heck….lets get married! LOL I know, I know you were expecting a love story…LOL It is what it is! To this day I am still the outgoing one and he is still the shy one! It MUST be true that opposites attract!

And beer helps too!

These are not mine, but some pics I took off the internet just to show what they look like, for those that do not know what they are…..(Deb!)

Isn't it pretty? I cant believe how quickly the pond has come back! And to have a bloom already is such a nice surprise! Honestly, the pads are just emerging and I did not expected to this little guy to say hello. But it sure does make it look like spring now! So, of course in order to get the full benefit of enjoying the beauty of its display, I decided to dabble a bit in the garden. Got a few clean up things done, ran a few drip lines to some needed areas, planted some morning glories and then sat back and planned out my next endeavor with what I want to do this year to the garden. My dad had recently given me some concrete stepping stone molds, so I am thinking that I am gonna buy a few bags of concrete at a time and create a little patio area in the location where my grass wont grow in, and I’ll have to do it in phases of course, since that is all my budget will allow. I also got my brother over and had him measure and purchase wood to replace my three rotting wood benches in the yard. So once he gets them all cut up for me, I will have a staining/painting job ahead of me! So…..there ya go…..leave me alone in the garden for 5 minutes and next thing ya know I have my whole summer planned out! LOL And all because of this single lily bloom!

Lately my life has evolved around my grandkids. And it has kept me pretty busy I must say! Of course while Rhiane was on maternity leave with Jadeyn you would have thought I would have had a little vacation while she was home, but then calls Leilyn asking me to take Kirian for a little while, so she could pull some double shifts during the Strawberry Festival in Plant City. I was so excited to have my little angel come stay w/grandma! During her stay, I would have Kaileb come over for play dates and such. Of course they got each other sick….and so on….poor things. I babysit on Thurs & Fri’s for two very adorable girls and had a nice house full on those days. The girls just adore Kaileb and they attached to Kirian immediately!

Kirian, Zoey, Kaileb & Kera                       Kirian & Kera

Playing house                                             Hailey reading to everyone

Then suddenly six weeks had past and Rhiane was due back to work. Maternity leave OVER! Rhiane wanted to get away on her last weekend before going back and so grandma got to babysit all the kids for the weekend! Which meant Jadeyn’s first overnight! I was kinda nervous…not to take care of the baby…but I wasn't sure how I was gonna deal with getting up so often during the night. Kirian had returned for another stay and I ended up getting up with her twice and the baby twice. Four times….and I DID it! Was up at 7:00am getting everyone breakfast, dressed and teeth brushed all before 8:00am! Yeah, you can say it….it’s true……I ROCKED it!!!!LOL And didn't even have lag during the day! But my real blessing came when Leilyn arrived to p/u Kirian and she ended up taking all the kids to her house for the remainder of the weekend, so that left me w/just baby Jadeyn! Yippee! A weekend full of chaos then turned into a peaceful time with my newest little darling. I waved goodbye to Leilyn and Tommy with the van loaded down with kids and told them I would pray for them! And good luck! Bye Bye Now!!!

When she returned them, she wasn't very quick to respond to if she could do it again soon. She told of finger paint on the carpets, a broken drum set hidden under the bed and such. Rhiane and I just looked at her and rolled our eyes….yep, sounds like the norm with them!

Now Rhiane is back to work and I am back to having Kaileb and Jadeyn during the day and the older kids after school each day, and the two other girls at the end of each week. So my time has been spent most days, coloring, reading children's books, playing LOTS of board games, play-doh, and outside pulling wagons and pushing cars! I get me-time during nap time and usually work out on my treadmill and catch up on my taped General Hospital while exercising. While I love the fact that I am able to watch the kids since being laid off, I find myself still looking forward to the weekends just like I did when I was working out of the house! LOL

Doesn't she just look so peaceful? Everyone has been so sick lately that we have all had to avoid getting too close. Grandma has had to adore from afar. But today I finally got to hold her and she is such a petite little thing. So limp and not a care in the world. I didn't want to give her back. It amazes me at how alert she is. We took her outside so the kids could play and that's when I noticed that with the sun in her hair, you can see a hint of red highlight color to it. Wouldn't that be cool, two little redheaded girls?! Rhiane says that she is just now getting to the stage where she is beginning to cry when she wants something. I told her she should be grateful that she had a whole month before the crying started!

Well, just thought I would give a  little update. Let ya know I’m still here!

( I have been on Face book a lot lately and  I miss blogging and my online friends. To be honest I feel more connected when I can blog, and quiet frankly it feels more personal. A place where those who know me, know me on the inside).

Things have been pretty busy around here lately! Baby and Mommy are getting into a routine and doing well. We went on a shopping trip the other day looking for nursing bras and found that they are extinct in our area. We tried everywhere! Either we would have to travel or order online, so we finally gave up. But it was still a chance to get out and give Rhiane some exercise. Plus, grandma was lovin’ the fact that Jadeyn’s first outing was SHOPPING! We had lunch at the mall and both Rhiane and I couldn't get over the fact at how long it had been since we had been to there.

Later, after shopping with Rhiane I headed to the Ocala Mall (45 min’s away) for another shopping trip w/a friend of mine looking for a Mardi Gras Ball dress. While shopping the racks, I looked up and there is the maternity section right next to the dresses and a rack full of…….you guessed it….nursing bras! Yeah! So I was able to bring home Rhiane a surprise! Yippee! (It’s the little things in life!!!) Plus I did find a dress. Everyone else is wearing an evening gown, but mine is going to be a cocktail dress one shoulder strap and of course it is as cold as Florida can get on the night I am only partially covered! And no time left to hunt for a wrap, since I am babysitting till this evening. So looks like I am going to freeze to death! But I’ll look cute! LOL

Tomorrow is the 12 hours of Mardi Gras Madness in Downtown and so I am thinking this weekend is gonna be extremely full of things to do, not to mention we have a wedding to go to first thing tomorrow prior to heading out to the Float Pre-Party! Whew! Lots of celebration!

Thank God after that MG is over! I am a tired Granny!

Our little Jadeyn arrived on Valentine’s Day and both mom and baby are healthy and doing well! Jadeyn has such a cute little button face, with Rhiane’s nose and cheeks, and Bobby’s eyes, mouth and chin. She is so tiny and beautiful. Of course!

The birth was very quick and smooth, with Jadeyn coming out with the cord wrapped around her neck, but the doctor quickly corrected that and she took one huge breath and started screaming! She was having a little trouble with amniotic fluid in her stomach,spitting up a lot, which the nurse said is making Jadeyn think she is full and so she was not nursing well yesterday. But that appears to be taken care of because today Jadeyn is a hungry little baby with no spitting up so far!

Rhiane’s blood pressure was monitored and it did go up and down during the labor, but no complications arose due to them monitoring her. I just spoke to her and they have released her and are just waiting on some more signatures, then she and little Jadeyn are heading home! Bobby went home last night and spent all last night and this morning cleaning the house for her, which I thought was very thoughtful. So when she comes home she doesn't have to worry about anything and can get settled in.

I have had the grandchildren since Friday when she went into the hospital, so she will call us when she is rested and ready to have all the chilin's come tearing in! We discussed me keeping them for another week, so she can recover from the tubal surgery and so she can focus just on Jadeyn in the beginning, so we shall see how she feels after their visit today. Yesterday when I took them for the visit at the hospital they were all over her, excited and misbehaving, so the visit was short. But, they miss their mommy and are so excited about the baby.

Thank you so much to everyone for all your prayers and well wishes! Of course I will probably dominate my album with gorgeous baby shots for months to come…..you know….”proud grandma syndrome”! I get it every time! Weird……

Jadeyn Riley~2/14/09~11:48am~7lbs 2oz.

We placed second in our Karaoke Contest! And it was so much fun! We did a spoof while the Singer sang "I need a Hero". All our Super Hero's & Villains (me!) had a routine to goof off while Wonder Woman tried to get us into our places for our dance. We would run around the stage messing with each other, batman kept sitting on the floor playing w/super hero figures, bat girl and girl robin were texting and chewing gum, Isis came out of the bathroom w/her skirt caught up her panties, I kept licking myself and whipping everyone that came near me, then when Wonder Woman would look at us we would stand at attention with our "hero" pose. Then when she turned her back we would goof off all over again. The skit was hilarious! Finally we got into sync and did a quick dance.  At the end Wonder Woman (Our Queen Candidate) got up on the bench with the singer while a chosen few of us went into the crowd searching for "Our Hero" while she made a speech re: while we had lots of fun goofing off with villains and hero's, that the world is full of good and bad, but the real hero's are our Military, Police Officers, Firemen, etc. out there fighting to keep us safe, etc. And at the point those of us arrived back on stage with 3 military men, 2 police officers, and a fire woman all dressed in full uniform onto the stage and gave them a standing ovation and bows. It was awesome. Someone said they had tears in their eyes when that happened.

The "Real Hero's" were so great! They were such good sports! They even hung out with us afterwards and asked if we had any other things going on. So Kristi (aka Wonder Woman" ) gave them free tickets to our "Friday the 13th Super Hero Party"! We had such a blast!

It’s Mardi Gras time again and I have been extremely tied up with all the events going on. This year one of my best friends Kristi is running for queen and she has kept us very busy. Our theme is “Super Hero’s” and we are having a lot of fun with it. Our Krewe has been meeting several times a week for dance practices and let me tell you, we have been dancing our butts off! We had our Dance competition last Tuesday and took 3rd place winning $100.00 dollars towards our campaign. And I must mention that since that night we continually have people come up to us and say our routine was awesome and that we should have placed 1st! And of course we agree! We know we rocked it! But, as with all past years, there are a lot of politics going on and never the less, we still placed! We danced to “Batman” by Prince and all dressed as bats with a Joker and the Riddler as part of the skit. We had black lights, strobe lighting and a smoke machine! Not to mention an awesome group of hot chicks performing! We were awesome! Check out this pic of us! Tomorrow we have our Karaoke Competition and will all be dressed as “Super Hero’s”. I chose to be “Catwoman” and have been spending hours making parts for my costume. Here is a pic of the unfinished costume, that I’ve done so far. Today I will be working on cutting up the pants and sewing “scratches” all over the leather. So, that's what I’ve been up to lately. Wish us luck on the competition tomorrow! We want 1st PLACE! OF COURSE!

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Here is a link to our personal Swamp Gas Krewe Mardi Gras Webpage. Please sign our guestbook!

My daughter Rhiane had her baby shower last Friday. Her co-workers threw it for her at work in the break room of Ross. They did such a great job of decorating and catering it. She got a lot of great stuff for baby Jadeyn including gift cards so she could get needed stuff that she didn't get at the shower. Of course afterwards she talked me into going shopping with her to spend them! And by the time I got home, I was the one limping. I do not know how a pregnant woman can drag me around to so many stores and basically out shop me, I mean really, I was the one begging to be done!

But we had a nice time together and in the process, ended up checking out a new store that opened locally called the Fresh Market. OMG! What an awesome place! Clearly you would not want to “grocery shop” there, but wow what a great place to get excellent quality products for special occasions and entertaining. While we mostly just browsed and drooled over the 3” steaks and fabulous everything, I did end up hitting the Olive Bar, getting a variety of different types of stuffed olives and mozzarella balls and bought a jar of marinated okra…….(whewhoo! Big spender, I know). Both were OUT OF THIS WORLD! And then I was broke. Yep, everything costs a pretty penny, but well worth it if you want quality. As for me and my budget, well I will probably visit again once I have gotten a job (a really GOOD paying job), it’s best for me to just steer clear! They let you taste anything you want and well, I wanted everything I tasted, even the wine! A very bad place to go when funding is low/obsolete!

Anyways, we had a great girls day out and grandma couldn't wait to get her little piggies into the foot bath for a sudsy soak! Rhiane went home to pull everything out and decorate the baby’s area…..I swear I don't know where she gets her energy (must be the nesting kicking in)! But, good thing she has it, she will definitely need it when the baby arrives!

So far the new year has been pretty eventless for us. I took down the Christmas Decor on New Years day and decided it was a good time to clean the carpet before arranging the furniture back to normal. I have an old carpet cleaner, but my daughter Rhiane just got a new one so I borrowed hers thinking it would do a better job. HOLY COW! Did it ever! It did just as good a job as if I woulda hired Stanley Steamer to come out(which I normally do each year). That thing had some power! As I get older I am finding that I no longer have the mentality to just do it and get it all over with. So, I am doing one room at a time and it been a loooong week. LOL Yesterday I put my living room back together and decided to arrange it differently. I really don't have to many options due to where I have to locate the TV, so it can be very frustrating trying to get everything in and look right. Well, yesterday I must have been in the purging mood, because I ended up with one less recliner and two less end tables. HA! And I like it because it feels open and less clustered. Of course the recliner that I left out of the arrangement was MY recliner...dang it...but I am planning on tackling the Family Room/Computer Room today maybe I can fit it in there and it will not be to far away, if we want to drag it into the living room to watch a movie together we can.

 The house has been so quiet since Christmas. No little ones for me to babysit. Everyone has had a long holiday break from their jobs and not had a need for me to watch them. So my days feel even longer lately. But by gosh the house it getting a good cleaning! LOL

Rhiane called to say that her job was throwing her baby shower next Friday at Ross. Normally I throw Rhiane a huge party at home, but this time I am just gonna tag onto theirs. I offered to be in charge of the cake and they said that would be great, so I have to go out sometime today to get one ordered. I did a carriage one year and a baby bootie the last time....wonder what they got to choose from now??? Thank goodness this will be Rhiane's last pregnancy ((snip-snip)), we are running out of cake options for her! LOL Its hard to believe that sometime next month (if all goes as planned) we will have a brand new little girl coming into our lives. I am getting very excited and cant wait for her arrival!

Well there's not much going on for me but cleaning so hopefully next week will liven up a bit around here. Here' a couple pics of New Years.....

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Yesterday, my grandson and I hung out together so that Rhiane and Bobby could do some final Christmas shopping. They couldn't get rid of him fast enough! He was being a total terror! With Rhiane getting farther along with her pregnancy, she has no energy to deal with him and he is the type of child who needs one on one attention at all times, or if you turn your back, his has destroyed something. It will take you 2 hours to clean up what he did in 2 minutes and the rest goes in the trash.

So, I ended up taking  Kaileb w/me to Joanne’s Fabrics and gave him the lecture of his life and explained in no uncertain terms would I put up with ANY misbehavior of any kind and that he was to hold my hand and not touch ANYTHING! If he did, I would make sure his hand hurt really, really  bad! (yah, I’m the meanest grandma on the block!). So, after a second very stern reminder, we headed into the store. Well, what a little perfect angel he was. He never touched anything, he walked with my hand and politely asked me to switch hands with him because his palm was getting sweaty. When we went to the counter to get the material cut, he asked to hold the ticket and the material and so when our number was called, the woman spoke specifically to him and took his ticket. She asked him how many yards he needed and what he was making. Grandma whispered to him that he needed 2 yards and that we were making a Christmas present for his sister and it was a secret. He was so cute repeating everything and they talked back and forth, she complimented him on his fine selection and told him to have a Merry Christmas! Which he immediately returned with the same. He was so proud of himself. We went up to the checkout and the same scenario played out with him being the customer. I just think it is SO cute when the little ones will walk 2 feet taller when they are spoken too and given attention. I thanked both ladies for doing so and it made me proud that he was so proud of himself.

Once we returned home, I decided to treat him for being so well behaved. We began making our very first Gingerbread House. He was so excited,  because he knew it was something I was saving for all of the kids to do. But I thought what the heck, he was such a good boy, why not give him one on one and do this, just me and him.  I did the icing and he did all the candy decorating with my verbal guiding. Half way through, I realized, that he had a great eye and knew exactly where some was needed and just let him have at it. I was so impressed! He has a very good sense of balancing out things and is very sequential. He knew where he wanted his windows, he wanted a front and a back door, etc. And what a terrific house it was!

Later that afternoon, Rhiane and Bobby showed up and told them that I didn’t know what in the world they were talking about! That Kaileb was a complete Angel and they must be out of their minds to think that the sweet little boy sitting there eating icing off the table was their Tasmanian Devil Demon Seed they spoke of earlier. Rhiane just rolled her eyes and said “WHATEVER”!

Of course, I kinda felt bad, because  I was now sending him home when all that sugar was about to kick in! Hehehehe! BAD GRANDMA! That’s why I love being a grandma! Love em’ and send em’‘home to mama! Poor Rhiane!

Here is the pic of the finished purse I made for Hailey….isn't it cute? It turned out really nice….I think I might be getting the hang of this sewing stuff……maybe….or I just got lucky on this one! LOL

I just read an article on the dangers of drinking....
Scared the crap out of me!
So that's it!
After today, no more reading!

So here is the finished pillow.....looks good from the camera shot! Maybe I'll just give him a picture of it! LOL

Here are the scarf and hat......not to shabby!

OMG! Let me just say it again. OMG! I have the greatest friends EVER! Last night a group of us girls went out for an early birthday party for me……where did they take me you ask? Well, only to the HOTTEST nightclub in town! And who was live on stage you ask? THE World Famous Chippendales no less! Here it comes again, OMG!!!!!!!We had so much fun! They even booked us in the V.I.P. section! Can you believe it? They all pitched in and got me a Chippendale’s t-shirt, which by the end of the night I got 3 autographs on it from some of the guys! They paid for me to go on stage and get a lap dance AND I got a Polaroid taken with the entire crew! ME! Then I walked around with my picture telling everyone…”they’re with me!” After the show the guys then came into the V.I.P section and mingled with us, let me tell you, it was so hard to have to leave, we had to pull and drag each other away, so that we could leave and go meet our husbands and boyfriends whom were waiting for us at our local bar, ever so patiently (all of whom had to work the next day), but we did it……reluctantly…VERY reluctantly! The guys were great though (our guys, hell the Chippendales too for that matter, but I am referring to our men), they were waiting to reap in the benefits of us girls having had a great time! What a girls night out!

Totally awesome birthday 4 me party! I’ll celebrate my birthday early anytime just to do this again! Next week sounds good…..

Thanksgiving for me started about 1 week in advance. I began the internet research, choose the most fabulous sounding recipes with 5 stars and created a detailed shopping list. Did the grocery shopping and then began my casseroles and started freezing them each day and just plain thought I was the cat’s meow. We were expecting Leilyn and her boyfriend with their two kids, Rhiane and Bobby with their 3 kids and Don’s Father and Sister. My plan was make sure I did not spend the entire day in the kitchen whilst everyone else hung outside visiting and playing. Hubby’s only responsibility was the turkey and he wanted, of course ,to deep fry it again this year, but minus the “black look” (remember that story?) LOL So, all he had to do really was pull the deep fryer out of the shed and give it a good cleaning, which me being the control freak that I am, suggested to him that he should do it at least a couple days before Thanksgiving so there would be no “work” to do on the day of. Just heat, submerge and serve! Yep…meow! Everything went perfectly as planned, but then the phone calls began. After communicating with Rhiane back and forth, she told me they would be going to Bobby’s family get together instead and might come by later in the evening. Boo! Hiss! But, I knew they were possibly going to do that, so…..I thought well at least Leilyn will still be coming and I’ll just get to spend more time with her and Kirian. Then Leilyn’s call came. Leilyn and her crew would not be able to make the drive up (I will explain in another blog, later). I was very disappointed, and of course did not expect her too after the call. So, it looked like it was going to be just Don’s dad and sister with all this food. Finally Thanksgiving arrived.  We slept in late, got up drank coffee and then I began popping all the casseroles in the oven and the crock pot at the arranged times (of course I charted everything to the minute, so I knew when to put this in, pull this out, add toppings at this time, etc). Meow. Hubby decided, it was now time to pull the deep fryer out of the shed to wash it and get it started (he never obeys me….ahem….listens to my “advice”). So, I am just humming away and thinking how amazing this day is, that I am not the least pressured or stressed in any way, thinking this is the best Thanksgiving ever! All my dishes were made in advance, so I already know they tasted great. Just heat and serve! I even did some last minute dusting, vacuumed, tidied up the guest bathroom, decorated the table, took a shower, did my hair and make-up, all before the arrival time!

Suddenly, in bursts my husband from outside! His eyes are wild and he almost runs into me while screaming…….Shit! The pot has a hole in it!!! What am I going to do now? I stop my humming….turn and look at him and say….hmm……you got turkey duty……..it’s your problem…….I’m smooth sailing in here! He’s like, “WHAT”!!! You have to help me! I can’t do the Turkey! And of course, I couldn't resist not going there…….So I say to him, “well if you’d have cleaned it out a few days ago, you would have found it and been able to buy another one! Now wouldn't you?” Well, this did not make him happy….nope……so he is like, well we’ll just have to bake it…….SCREECH! Hold on, now! I scream you are not taking MY oven! I am on schedule and you are not going to screw it up for me! Then you can see his brain working….and he asks, what stores are open? Umm…..Walgreens, Dollar Store, Wal-mart……possibly… How much money do you have (he’s asking the unemployed one)? So off he goes in search of a pot on THANKSGIVING DAY! About an hour later, he returns, with no pot. Wal-mart had two deep fryers left but he would have to buy the whole thing, not just the pot, and for a lot more money! So, off he goes again to search in Leesburg, to Big Lots, and such. This man has now driven out a half a tank of gas and searched two cities. And still no Turkey for us. So, I get online and check the bank account, very empty…..but if he uses the cash I gave him and the checking, he can go back to Wal-mart and get a fryer. So, off he goes again. I am still humming and cleaning and happy it is not my crisis! He gets to Wal-mart, the fryers are gone! Sold out! OMG! He goes to two clerks, begging for some to be somewhere, finally the guy says, he stuck one by the front door of the garden center! Hubby – RUNS – to the garden center and AAAAAHHHHH! Angels Sing! There is the last one!

Any Christmas money I was trying to save for the grandkids is now frying the turkey. But we were now having a Turkey, Thank God! So, hubby is stressed as hell, and I am floating away by this point drinking an apple-tini. We then make a call and tell his dad everything is back on track, and find out his sister is sick and is not coming. Are you FRICKIN kidding me, I scream? Hairball! I am coughing up a HAIRBALL! One person! One person is coming! But, thank God for my apple-tini, we just looked at each other and started laughing so hard we almost cried.

Dinner was great. We got to spend a lot of time with his dad and catch up with the who’s doing what and who’s in jail or just got out…..you know, great family stuff. Later in the evening we started a small fire and Rhiane showed up (out of guilt) to sit for awhile, and kept me company while I did kitchen clean up, then she headed home.

It really was a very quiet relaxing Thanksgiving and turned out to be perfect! For me anyway! Hubby got to be the stressed out one, and I loved it! Best Thanksgiving, EVER! 

Thanksgiving is almost here.......   What a great recipe for the holiday!
I thought this sounded good!