Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I hope you all had a wonderful day giving thanks. Today was a very good day here in the Steel Workers Wife household. I got up and had the turkey in the roaster a little after 8am, it was only a 12 pounder this year as it was just the 3 of us, so it was done by noon. I love using my roaster as it was the same one my late mother-in-law used and it always makes me feel like she is with us whenever I use it. :)
The turkey came out delish and super moist. I have been blessed to never have made a bad turkey, but this year hubby said it was the best one yet! :) That always makes me feel good.
The son was not able to be home today as he had to work, but it was still a great day! Today is my moms birthday, yesterday was the hubby's birthday...we have a lot to be thankful for this month. The good outshines the bad, which is always a good thing. My mom just recently had shoulder surgery, so my Aunt and Uncle took Thanksgiving to my parents; which is another blessing as this took all the work out of my moms hands. From the photos, the turkey turned out very nice there too. :)
Today was a first for our daughter, K, as it was the first time she got to experience the madness we now call Dark Thursday. LOL Yes, we were one of the many souls who braved shopping in the madness...our madness has a name...Wal Mart! :) She only almost lost it twice, which is better than I had expected from a 14 yr old claustrophobic who had to deal with maddening crowds. It's bad enough when I have to, as I too have the same phobia and hate crowds, but to have her with me was a real blessing as we seemed to keep each other calm during the storm. lol We were lucky enough to find out right before we left that they would be handing out wristbands to those going after the "hot ticket" items...like the $98 32" TV we were going for. lol So, we got there early and stood in line for about an hour or so to get the wristband, which guaranteed us a TV and it also gave us the chance to continue shopping until a certain time at which we got into another line for only 30 min or so to retrieve said TV. We were one of the lucky ones who were only going after one hot ticket item, my friend B and her family were going after several, so that meant that they had to split up and then hustle to the next line...with 2 small children in tow. (I prayed for their peace of mind.) :)
The people were not that bad...all for the one lady who came charging through a jam in cart traffic yelling that if people didn't get out of her way she was going to start bashing them in the head. (sigh) Honestly, it would have been kinda fun to see her try and then see the police taser her. Yup, Wal Mart had quite a few of our city's finest out in force tonight....don't really blame them, do you? LOL I was also lucky enough to stop at a store before hand to get K's number one priority gift...and NO ONE was shopping there! :) I could have saved $10 had I waited to get it til Saturday, but they didn't have many in stock and well, once I got the thing I got a $10 off coupon for my next trip in...so, it all worked out in the end. :) And, best of all, we will have one happy girl come Christmas morning...that makes this ALL worth while.
AND...to my amazement, they had EVERY register open....except funny enough the ones in the garden area where they were having special deals every hour. LMAO You can't have it all at Wal Mart I guess. LOL
I had wanted to go to one more store tomorrow...for one thing, but seeing as how my body is not happy with me for my 6 hour stay at Wal Mart, I am not so sure I will be up to making that trip. It's not a huge importance, but the price is AWESOME...so, who knows, I may hobble my way over there first thing in the morning. lol
I have babbled on enough..but, I wanted to share a bit of our day with you before limping my way to bed. LOL Again, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have much to be thankful for this year.
Blessings,
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