Nov 22nd - Thanksgiving

I spent a lot of the day cleaning the inside of the motor home. I am SLOW!!!

I never realized how much woodwork we have, and how pretty it is, until today when I was dusting/polishing it. I did all the woodwork in the living/kitchen area before I ran out of Pledge, boy was I glad <grin>. I also vacuumed the carpet. I still have to wash/mop the ceramic tile floor areas and clean the woodwork in the bathroom/shower and bedroom areas. I plan on a trip to Bryan tomorrow. I can pick up some more Pledge and maybe get at least part of the rest of the job done.

Two more small groups are supposed to come in for a day or two over the holiday weekend. Hopefully I will be able to take care of everything tomorrow (feeding the cat down at the barn, feeding the fish in the pond, feeding the fish in the aquarium, dumping the trash from the buildings where people are staying, etc) so that John can take a day off. I will be surprised if he manages to stay away the entire day. He lives in downtown Bryan so it is at least a half hour drive for him to come out.

I had Thanksgiving lunch/dinner with him and his family. I think there were 13 of them. The food was EXCELLENT. Turkey, ham, two types of dressing (both were good), gravy that people put on the dressing and so did I (good stuff), two different green bean casseroles, a potato/cheese casserole, fruit, fresh vegetables, rolls and bread sort of like Texas toast. Lots of desert stuff but I stayed out of it. I brought a big plate home with me for supper.

John's youngest son (22) is racing around on the four wheeler taking the grandkids for rides. Caleb and John's son-in-law (can't remember his name) headed out into the woods after dinner, to do some target shooting with handguns. They must have walked a good ways away because I know they took lots of ammunition and I never did hear them shooting. I got to meet John's wife Lydia. She seems to be a very nice lady. She left soon after dinner was over. She was going to take John's mother back to the nursing home and then go home and rest herself. She is suffering from shingles, and just being worn out. She spent last week in the hospital with their daughter who had blood clots in both lungs, caused by a birth control device that malfunctioned. The daughter was here today.

I asked John if he had heard anything from Fred and Gail. He called them this morning. They are installing windows at one of their kids homes in New Mexico.

Good night to all. May God bless you and yours.