the 3 f-words

i hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and had as much delicious food as i did. thanksgiving is probably one of my favorite holidays. besides the fact that it's usually not over commercialized (except for black friday) i just love the whole weekend. my favorite parts are what i call the 3 f-words.

family-is at the top of my list. it's also what i love about Christmas... having everyone get together and spend quality time playing games and just enjoying each others company. it has definitely gotten interesting now that i am married since i have two families to visit. while at a glance the planning can be a bit stressful at first... it ultimately has made thanksgiving even better. i've always had my parents, my brother and my grandparents as well as my uncle from colorado as of the last few years to look forward to seeing, but by marrying andrea, i've more than quadrupled my family to visit. andrea comes from a larger family, something that at first intimidated me, but after meeting them i've grown to love seeing each and every one of them. it's great that she has cousins in our age group who are married and have so much in common with us. i have to say though... the highlight was watching donna and cathy (andrea's mom and aunt) rock out on guitar hero.


food-is next and actually has gotten better due to the larger family group. i've always loved turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and everything else that comes with thanksgiving. any meal that you can swirl together and have it still taste awesome is my kind of meal. and now i get to have two of those wonderful meals not to mention the plethora of pumpkin pie and other deserts we get to liberally consume without feeling guilty. this year it was good old turkey and the works at donna and ken's (andrea's parents) and cornish game hens off the traeger at my folks' house. yum followed by more yum.

football/film-both are staples of the thanksgiving weekend and this year didn't disappoint. my family has the tradition of seeing a movie thanksgiving weekend (usually on that thursday after we've eaten) which tends to be either a star trek film or a bond movie - as they tend to be released around that time of year... sometimes it's lord of the rings but there were only 3 of those. this year it was the latest bond film quantum of solace. i give it 3.5 bond girls out of 5. as for football... thanks to the ducks that was a great experience as well. i think the beavs were hoping to have some duck to follow up on their turkey, but then again i guess this makes up for last year's civil war game right?

i think though this thanksgiving was especially great since i was actually home for it and got to celebrate my first married thanksgiving *with* andrea. we all have so much to be thankful for and it's nice to reflect on that... and why not have a holiday filled with family and food to help remind us of it?

thanks for reading... and i hope your holiday was a good one.

now off to the treadmills!