Thanksgiving Weekend Recap

I’ve decided every weekend should be 4 days.  And include lots of food that I don’t have to prepare.  Our Thanksgiving weekend was the perfect amount of relaxation that I needed.  And by relaxing I really mean cleaning.  Oddly, I feel more relaxed now that I know all the stuff is taken care of at home.  My laundry is done.  My dishes aren’t piled up.  I have plans for dinner.  My fridge is clean.  The piles of paper in my office are gone.  All that took work, but so worth it.
But the weekend wasn’t all about work.  Thursday we had a great morning.  I found myself up at 6am and realized that CVS sales started early.  I hated to shop on Thanksgiving but I knew if I didn’t do it right away, everything would be gone.  And what would I do without another free tube of toothpaste??  Once I got home we had a great time watching the Macy’s parade.  The girls loved seeing the Rockettes, Scotty McCreery from Idol and Elmo of all things.  The parade also included a high school band from my city.  So proud of our State champs!  Little known fact…Scott was a drummer in the band in high school and my dad was the drummer at church back in the day.  I appreciate a guy who can keep a beat!  We had Thanksgiving lunch with my parents and then dinner with Scott’s.  All very good food and company.
Scott had to work all weekend so even if I had found something for Black Friday, I couldn’t go.  It was the first Black Friday in a while I didn’t get a single thing.  Instead, my niece spent the night and stayed for the day which equaled busy kids and a busy mom.
Friday night I’ve already blogged about my trip to see Breaking Dawn.  It was all high-praise from me but BusyBeeLauren had an awesome post on all the things that bugged her and indeed, a few of them I left off my review.  The lack of sparkling and sudden appearance of a styrofoam cup were both very valid points.
So Saturday the girls and I did a little shopping just to get out.  They each had coupons from Toys R Us and Barnes and Noble from their birthday so we made a round at the mall to use those up.
Scott ended up getting off early Saturday but the most exciting thing we did was make chicken and rice for dinner which is to say, not exciting at all.  I ended up with a bad stomach ache by the evening, which I believe is unrelated to the chicken and rice, and basically was of no use whatsoever.  It was then I decided that the bad eating had to stop. 
I’ve decided to do the Daniel Fast again.  More for diet purposes than fasting but I started reading the Bible in 90 Days again today and it all just seems right that I’m cleansing my body and beginning with this reading.
Sunday was another day around the house.  I did a lot of research on Daniel Fast recipes and did some shopping to get ready.  The girls had a neighborhood friend over so they stayed occupied.  Or, I should say my front yard stayed occupied.
By this morning, I was very rested, ready to read for the Bible plan and get to work.  So we’re off to another week!  I hope your holiday weekend went well and your week is off to a great start.