Thanksgiving?

Tomorrow is the best holiday!

Until after you stuff yourself and want

to die.

I love Thanksgiving. It is one of the

lower maintenance holidays, cost and effort

wise. And the reward is excellent.

It is also one of the few times of the year

that the 6 of us sit down together for

a meal. Just us know one else to

worry about or have to impress!

Then the "holiday season" leading up

to Christmas and New Years begins.

I decided I need to find a doctor that would

be willing to put me in a drug induced

coma till January 2. I should draw up

a business plan and start a business that

offers the service. I would probably make

millions and get to sleep through too.

I use to love Christmas when the kids

were smaller. I would decorate the house

and bake cookies.

Trying to make it as magical as

I could for them in every way.

This year I think we will

be lucky if I set up the fake tree with lights

only. The cat will knock it down anyway.

It is the expectations, self imposed and

people imposed that I can't live up to

this year. Life is very rough right now

and I don't see things changing anytime

soon. We are just doing what we have

to to survive and hoping for a

break.

And don't even get me started on New

Years.

So I will sit back and be thankful

that my family is safe and warm.

We have food to eat on the table for

now. We have a family that loves us.

And I will try to have hope

for the new year.

Love and warm hugs.

ttfn