Friday Morning the day after the turkey and I were both stuffed

Well Thanksgiving Day was such a beautiful day all around. I spent the morning in short sleeves outside after a nippy 51 degree start that reached the low 70's, but no comparison to what is happening at the cabin. Yikes it's in the 20's there with several inches of snow on the ground. Our "mountain mom", Helen was right on with her snow predictions as well as her old time almanac.

We started the day with sleeping in until nearly 7. After our usual morning routine(s) of a few quiet moments and the posting of this ramble I put a load of towels in the washing machine then headed out to work in the garden before hanging them outside on the clothesline. The birds were singing and the bright sunshine made for a very beautiful morning to catch up on some honey-do chores. We were having a houseful for a 5 o'clock meal with our family, GG and Betsy's boys. All together we had 14 including the 5 grand children for roasted turkey, dry stuffing, smashed taters and gravy, candid yams, green peas and onions, crusty bread and then pecan and pumpkin pies, Yikes what a spread and we did a rather good job of cleaning it up with the "to go" plates made for a neighbor of Amy's and Tyler's and Betsy's husband.

Bobby came around 2'ish and we took his kiddo's to the rec where they ran around and played on the playground equipment for an hour or so. It was beautiful out in the sunshine but in the shade the breeze kept it a bit chilled. Amy and Tyler came around 4'ish with GG and their kiddo's and we all had some snacks of spinach dip and crackers and some fruit of the vine while waiting for the turkey to finish roasting. The kiddos ran and played together and little Eliza Faye loved playing in the same room with the bigger kids. She was having such a great time and never fussed once. It was so cute to see the others share in their toys and playing with her at times.

We sat down and suddenly the house became so quite as the delicious fare quickly filled our mouths and at one time I noticed no noise except for the football game on in the background. Even little Eliza was loving her food on the tray. The odor of roast turkey permeated the house along with candied yams.

After the cleanup we decided to play a game called Logo which was quite interesting. Bobby eventually smoked us in the end after I had what I thought was an insurmountable lead, Tyler was second and I finish third. The gals never made a showing except for Amy who finished fourth. We had lots of fun and the laughter was so much the kiddos came from watching a movie to gather around the table and watch

us play. Little Eliza was so tired after her bath she slept through all of the excitement.

Well after everyone left somewhere around 9'ish we put the house back into some order and then got ready for a hot shower. It wasn't long before I felt the sandman calling myself somewhere around 10:30 after a chapter or two of Sandra Brown's book, LATER