thanksgiver

Thangiving is a peculiar time for me and my family. First of all, there is only three of us. My mom, my sister, and myself. It has been this way for the past 3 years. Sometimes neighbors come over or my grandmas which is cool and since i live in an adult day care we occasionally have a person or two dining with us. When November comes around, Martha Stewart is on the tele all day and i'm spending hours on the internet looking for recipes and planning out our menu. Mom and i decide which recipes work best and plan out a table setting. This is all good and fun except for one thing: we are not cooks... AT ALL. We end up opening cans of green beans and corn, making apple cider from instant cider bags and buy pumpkin pies from HEB. This is actually all right with me because its pretty funny to look back on our efforts and see what was the result. This year though, this year was different. My sister peeled the potatoes, i made real live pumpkin bread, my mom made deviled eggs and fruit salad (my favorite). Yes it is true we had our canned green beans BUT! we added cream of mushroom soup and all the fixings for green bean casserole which i had for the first time. Over all, this thanksgiving was the best thanksgiving feast that i can remember!