Mr. Dad's parent's have hosted the family thanksgiving for the last bazillion years. It is their last year. It is a huge event. There are usually 40-80 people there..depending on who is in town and who has come into town.
Actually, I am glad it is their last year. I am ready to start something new. I am ready for thankgiving to be about our family and our needs. I like things small. I am overwhelmed by that many people and usually end up hiding off in a corner trying to avoid the craziest of the relatives!! Come on admit it..you have done that too!!
I am so very thankful this year. We have avoided another round of layoffs at Mr. Dad's office. We have a roof over our head..for a while longer anyway. We have food to eat...although sometimes that seems stretched thin. Things are tight around here these days. Nothing seems to come easy. And actually it never has. Everyone is being hit by the economic downturn. We will make it through. Maybe not the way that we had expected, but we will make it. We have a place to go. I am dreading the upcoming holiday season really. How to convince small people that even Santa has had to cut way back. He won't be doing much this year and that is ok. At least to a 35 year old...maybe alitttle harder for a 6 year old to swallow.
The kids are healthy...except for that impetigo we are dealing with!! But seriously...we are all healthy. Scrappy has been released from speech. My grandparents are still with us. My mom and dad are still happily married. My brother is he best in the whole world. I have a sister-in-law who is a doll and loves my brother dearly. I have a husband who loves me. My kids think I rock.
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