Thanksgiving 2015

Mr. DIY and I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends.
My brother flew across the country with his wife to spend a few days with us. The last time I saw him was in September after our father passed away, so it was nice to see them on a happier occasion, especially now that I'm feeling better. 

Mr. DIY cooks the entire Thanksgiving meal every year (don't hate me) and I just have to set the table and help clean up. Our daughter made some awesome crock pot mac n cheese that is really tasty. Will have share the recipe another time.
 I don't know how you ladies do everything yourself and my hat is definitely off to you!
My daughter came in to help when I was setting the table and put the centerpiece together. I think she did a great job.

Nothing fancy this year... I set the table with our everyday dinnerwear (Mikasa Italian Countryside) and a some salad plate I love that I purchased many years back at Marshalls. I used my favorite vintage "Boopie" glasses for water and champagne and set out some wine glasses just in case.

I thought the tan tablecloth needed a white topper to brighten it up a bit. The topper is part of my greatest Goodwill find.You can stop by HERE to see all the beautiful cut lace pieces I found for less than $6.

Here we all are ready to eat!

My brother and Mr. DIY made the pies.

Of course I broke my no gluten, no dairy, no sugar diet to have a slice of pie and a scoop of ice cream. 

Now that Thanksgiving is past, we still will be counting our blessings and of course, we'll be getting to the Christmas decorating.

Pam

Thanksgiving Tablescape

 Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Before Christmas decorating begins, I wanted to share with our Thanksgiving tablescape with you.
Mr. DIY brought me a colorful Fall bouquet and I used those colors to inspire my table.

Looking Forward To Christmas

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. 

Last week Mr. Fanatic and I went to the Mountain Cottage for a few days last weekend and came home on Tuesday. 

It. was. cold.

and rainy.

and a little icy.

Remember that storm that came through the eastern part of the US?

It wasn't too bad where we were, but it was cold.

 Oh, and did I say rainy?

Knowing all that was coming, I went out the day before the storm and collected a couple of bags of pine cones and cut down some little pine tree sapling. 

I might as well take advantage of some free stuff.

All of the leaves have fallen off of the trees and the air was crisp even when the sun was shining on. 

All along the edge of the woods are hundreds of little pine saplings which I would like to cut down since there are rhododendron and other green shrubs growing there which won't do well if the pines are left to grow large. 

I figured now would be a good time to get started since I could decorate with all the branches. 

I cut lots of branches and whole little trees down and filled up a big Sterilite storage tub and we brought them home, along with the pine cones. 

We also  have three Noble Firs growing on the property, but they aren't bushy enough to be a Christmas tree. 

Did I ever tell you the first house in the mountains back in August had 2,000 Christmas trees growing on them?

I was thinking we could have multiple trees all over the house had that deal gone through!

I'd better get busy decorating the house for Christmas. 

I'll leave you with a  few photos of our Thanksgiving. It was just the three of us.

with lots.of.food. 

We will have Christmas dinner with at least 4 this year as our oldest daughter was able to get some time off and we booked her flight just a few days ago!

Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful.

Pam

Thanksgiving Table

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a very relaxing day...or at least I did. 

Ok, don't hate me, but Mr. Fanatic did ALL the cooking. 

Yup, ever bit of it. 

I am a lucky girl. If it were up to me I would make....reservations. 

Seriously!

There were three of us this year~ the first holiday without our oldest daughter, who moved to California last May.

My youngest daughter and I set the table. I usually set the table for a holiday several days in advance, but we didn't start this year until the turkey was almost done.

Mr. F. brought home flowers for the table on Wednesday, as well as a bouquet for me and one for my daughter. Ah, so sweet!

Yum!

I took this photo with my cell phone...I know...cell phone at the table? I was texting our daughter in California and sent her this photo.

Today was a carb free for all! No counting carbs today...It was glorious!

I couldn't wait for dessert.

Mr. Fanatic made a pumpkin pie.

I bought a little apple pie at Trader Joe's, since I don't care for pumpkin pie.

I had two helpings of apple pie, ice cream AND whipped cream. It was sooooooooo good.

We had our meal at around 3 pm and watched movies all afternoon.

Hope you counted your blessings yesterday. I know I did.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Pam

Some Things I'm Thankful For

Since we're celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, I thought I'd share a  few things I'm thankful for....

 Family...

our home...

good food

good health, a great church, my husband's job...

...and wonderful blogging friends who inspire and encourage.

Thanks so much to all of you who stop by and leave so many wonderful comments.... and also, thanks to those of you who stop by and leave without saying hello...( sad)... you know who you are!

I'm thankful for so many other things unspoken.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving?

Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Pam