Accomplished Another Thanksgiving & Remain Thankful to Friends & Family...the Food...the Company...the Gathering...the Joy

But I am stuffed. So much food. So much eating. So many leftovers. 

And I aim thinking of the preparation and the cleanup and I'm thinking, "What if we just gathered and ordered pizzas?"

Ah, but the turkey was good...the stuffing...the carrots....the bourbon. Let's just say that everyone who came brought me big bottles of bourbon. This is crazy, because I have not been drinking for months now, and well, now I have a fully stocked bar. I can open a bourbon store.

The desserts, too, are out of this world...Everyone was so stuffed that no one wanted desserts...in fact, I didn't even make post-dinner coffee. But we are cleaned up now and I should think about Christmas decorations. I also know that we hit all the clearance last year (Nikki and Adamo inspired) and when I bring up the boxes, I should be pleasantly surprised. 

Finally, God Bless the Great Whatever for putting a halo over Ms. Oliwia who fell down the basement stairs as I was slicing the turkey. That could have been so much worse than it was.  A bump on the head, a few bits of screaming, but a wonderful trooper who recovered rather quickly. The alarm is something we'll likely not forget for quite a bit 

Another Thanksgiving season has finished, and once again I am thinking about the excess and why we put forward as much as we do. It's a lot...and we're just one house with one gathering. 

Today, though, I want to move. Simply move and minimize the intake.