Another Thanksgiving feast cooked and served and cleaned up. We had a total of 21 people here today for dinner. Still had food left over even after I twisted arms to get people to take food home. Tomorrow starts the no sugar, no dairy, no processed food diet in preparation for the Spirit Plant Retreat in Peru. Most everything I served today violated that rule so I didn’t save anything except some leftover turkey.
The weather has been absolutely beautiful today. Mid 60’s with no wind. The little kiddos played outside most of the time. We had to open the windows as it was too warm inside with both ovens running and all those warm bodies. Love days like this.
Everything turned out really good. I did burn the extra rolls but they weren’t needed as the ones I hadn’t burned didn’t get all eaten. Other than that I didn’t have any disasters. I never know anymore if I can pull off a dinner or not.
Still have at least one more load of dishes to get washed up. I may hand wash them after I finish writing. I use disposable pans to cook and serve the food in so clean up is fairly easy. 21 people can dirty a lot of glasses, plates and silverware though. My dishwasher doesn’t fit that many in one run. I had already run three loads this morning plus hand washed another load. I attempt to use every dish I have in the kitchen when I cook.
So very grateful for those that came today. Nothing I love better than a full house of friends and family. No drama, no conflicts, just lots of good conversation, good food and lots of hugs.
Tomorrow the grandkids are coming out to spend the day. I need to start thinking about my packing list for Peru. Maybe now that dinner is over it will hit the top of my to-do list. I leave Tuesday so am running out of time to procrastinate on it.
It may be nap time. I didn’t sleep well again last night. Not sure why I have started not sleeping much again. Tonight is the night I may sleep! One can always hope at least.
The nurse from the Endocrinologist office called me yesterday afternoon. I ask her to explain the ablation procedure to me and how many trips to Topeka it would take. She couldn’t do so. Not sure if they don’t have a lot of these done or if I just got someone who hasn’t work there long and didn’t have a clue. I ask if I could schedule a face to face with the nurse practitioner or the doctor to find out more details and to discuss it more and she told me they didn’t have any open appointments until February. I already have an appointment February 2 so guess everything will get put on hold until then. I can’t agree to a procedure without knowing what is involved and the risks.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I have much to be thankful this year. All my dear friends and family are at the top of my list. All is well on the beautiful prairie today!