Friday, November 28, 2008
thanksgiving
I'm currently sitting on the couch with Sara feeling about as cozy as humanly possible. We had a long, but nice day yesterday. I got up at 5:30 to put a 20 lb bird in the oven in hopes that it would be ready by 12:30 when my parents, Sam Handwich, and Sara's mom, aunt, and uncle arrived.
This year represented a lot of firsts: Sara's and my first Thanksgiving as a married couple, our first time hosting a dinner party, and the first time our respective families sat down together over a meal. Everything turned out awesome for the most part. I'm my toughest critic when it comes to cooking so naturally I wasn't happy with most of the food, but everyone else seemed to like it.
Also, I really need to learn how to carve a bird. I totally mutilated that thing. I'm the Jeffery Dahmer of poultry.
After lunch Sara and I took a little nap then headed to Lawrenceburg for supper with the larger Drury family. By the time we got home later that night we were both exhausted.
Today, Friday, represented something rare - a day when Sara and I, neither one, had anything to do. With her working in a hair salon and me working at St. Awesome's we only share one day off - and due to the nature of our work (me having three days to prep for two days worth of services and her still building a clientele) that day off almost always sees one of us going into work for an hour or finishing up a project from the couch. Today, though, neither one of us had anything to do and. It. Was. Glorious.
We slept in, we watched stupid marathons, we ate leftovers, and we generally acted like the lazy slobs we rarely have the opportunity to be. When we did leave the house it was for two reasons - to buy a new TV (early Christmas present to each other) and to get a Christmas tree. There are picture-posts below this one of each of those items.
After we put up the tree we sat on the couch and watched It's A Wonderful Life. Maybe one of us cried, maybe both of us did. It was all pretty touch and go there for a bit, so I'm not sure.
We had a very generous offer to hang out with the Colonels and our new friends Dan and Jen tonight. We hated to miss the togetherness, but can't deny that we needed today - a real day off where we could focus on just being together and taking care of each other.
So a day after Thanksgiving I'm still feeling really thankful. Thankful for my marriage to the most beautiful woman on the planet. Thankful that we both have jobs we love. Thankful that in spite of the shape a lot of the country is in, we're still able to do nice things for each other. And thankful for a chance to sit and take a few deep breaths before the sprint into Christmas.
We both go back to work tomorrow morning, so I'm gonna sign off and go soak in the last few hours of this day.
Happy holidays!
We missed you, but glad you guys got to do some alone time. It matters! Trust me, I know!
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This year represented a lot of firsts: Sara's and my first Thanksgiving as a married couple, our first time hosting a dinner party, and the first time our respective families sat down together over a meal. Everything turned out awesome for the most part. I'm my toughest critic when it comes to cooking so naturally I wasn't happy with most of the food, but everyone else seemed to like it.
Also, I really need to learn how to carve a bird. I totally mutilated that thing. I'm the Jeffery Dahmer of poultry.
After lunch Sara and I took a little nap then headed to Lawrenceburg for supper with the larger Drury family. By the time we got home later that night we were both exhausted.
Today, Friday, represented something rare - a day when Sara and I, neither one, had anything to do. With her working in a hair salon and me working at St. Awesome's we only share one day off - and due to the nature of our work (me having three days to prep for two days worth of services and her still building a clientele) that day off almost always sees one of us going into work for an hour or finishing up a project from the couch. Today, though, neither one of us had anything to do and. It. Was. Glorious.
We slept in, we watched stupid marathons, we ate leftovers, and we generally acted like the lazy slobs we rarely have the opportunity to be. When we did leave the house it was for two reasons - to buy a new TV (early Christmas present to each other) and to get a Christmas tree. There are picture-posts below this one of each of those items.
After we put up the tree we sat on the couch and watched It's A Wonderful Life. Maybe one of us cried, maybe both of us did. It was all pretty touch and go there for a bit, so I'm not sure.
We had a very generous offer to hang out with the Colonels and our new friends Dan and Jen tonight. We hated to miss the togetherness, but can't deny that we needed today - a real day off where we could focus on just being together and taking care of each other.
So a day after Thanksgiving I'm still feeling really thankful. Thankful for my marriage to the most beautiful woman on the planet. Thankful that we both have jobs we love. Thankful that in spite of the shape a lot of the country is in, we're still able to do nice things for each other. And thankful for a chance to sit and take a few deep breaths before the sprint into Christmas.
We both go back to work tomorrow morning, so I'm gonna sign off and go soak in the last few hours of this day.
Happy holidays!
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We missed you, but glad you guys got to do some alone time. It matters! Trust me, I know!
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