Today was such an awesome day. I loved it when a day exceeds my expectations! Having put the majority of the elbow grease for our meals into yesterday, all that was required of me to finish brunch this morning was to sprinkle some brown sugar and blueberries on the French toast and pop it into the oven. Then I just had to convince Super Dad to fry the eggs and I popped open the mimosa ingredients and – voila! I was truly THANKFUL!

Earlier in the morning, Super Dad jumped out of bed to head off to his run. I had planned to tag along, but it was pouring down rain. Again, since here in the South we are dreadfully short on rain, even though the shower threatened to ruin Super Dad’s plans, I was truly THANKFUL!

So, coffee in hand, I sat at the kitchen table for over an hour, shopping the newspaper ads and planning my Black Friday route, while the kids dozed in front of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade – I was truly THANKFUL!

After brunch, Kay (who looks a bit like a chipmunk after her wisdom teeth removal) and I settled in front of the TV to watch Georgia Rule. It is definitely not a movie for kids, but mature teens and any woman who is dealing with sexual abuse (either her own or her child’s) should see this movie. It was intense, but awesome. And it was fun to have the mom/daughter time with Kay. I was truly THANKFUL!

Then, the older kids descended on the house and the games began. At first LuLu ramped up into what might have been a full blown fit, but she decided/was able to pull it back together. Then, in an unprecedented move, she joined us playing Cranium. (I’ll post a picture as soon as my computer’s working again.) The WHOLE family joined in the fun – I was truly THANKFUL!

We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening hanging out as a family. I snuck away to order photos for my scrapbooking session tomorrow. The only disappointment was as Super Dad tried to assemble a new desk he bought and rearranged the office, he discovered the desk top was cracked, so it will have to be returned tomorrow and the office will remain out of commission for the next day or so.

But all in all, a wonderful THANKFUL day!