I know it’s been awhile, so before I jump into Thanksgiving let me give you a quick catch up on what’s been happening. After Oliver left we had lots of fun with several local things and I got serious about crafting! Now that I have space I have been picking up craft supplies at estate sales and have been trying my hand at making different things for the house. Some have turned out great, others not so much but its been nice to connect with my creative side. I really miss pottery.

I also voted for the first time in person in 10 years and at the same community center went to a wonderful local craft fair.

And we had some friends over and had our first bonfire!!

Glad we got the bonfire in because not long after we got our first big snow. It was interesting because it was the first snow in their lives for the cat, chickens, and goats and none of them were particularly impressed. Jack has been in snow several times so he took it in stride but the rest of the animals were like WTF 🙂 Thankfully Lee already had installed electric water heating buckets for the goats and chickens so I didn’t have to worry about frozen water. We did have to pull the hoses in though and it’s NOT fun carrying a big bucket of water down to the barn

Thankfully the snow didn’t last long and once it melted the goats and chickens got much bolder. They started to come into the backyard to eat the remaining leaves as they fell. Once Lee mentioned that the chickens would eat the bug larvae I was all for the exploration. If we end up losing one to a hawk at least they had a good life. Speaking of chickens I am still getting 4-5 eggs a day, but thankfully I found a young family I can donate my excess eggs to.

Finally Thanksgiving arrived and even though it had been years since I made a turkey it is like riding a bike. My secret is Reynolds wrap Turkey bags which keep the turkey super moist. I do put foil over the breast and wings though to stop burning and it turned out to be delicious. Maybe next year we will raise our own turkeys but for now this went great. It was a small group with only my in-laws, but I went ahead and made all the fixings. We had lots of leftovers which I am a huge fan of.

Best of all on Friday and Saturday I got to do something I have really missed. I have been collecting Christmas items at estate sales and between those and the items DeDe gave me and my daughter Kyrston (who converted to Judaism) returned to me I had a wonderful mix of old and new. I even got to watch the Ohio State game while I decorated which was awesome!

We haven’t got the tree yet because I am committed to getting a new one at least this first year but things feel very cheery. Just in time because the weather is cold and colder for the next couple of weeks which has taken some adjusting to. Lovely having all this space though for decorations and I can’t wait until I get the tree up!

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