A Thanksgiving Weekend to remember

I had one of the best long Thanksgiving weekends I have ever had in my life.

It started off with my taking Wednesday off so I had a full 5 day weekend.

I didn't do a lot Wednesday but relaxed, worked on my army, got in a game of Warhammer against my worst possible line up with my current army and still managed to pull out a draw when I was ready to concede in turn 3. What a great game.

Thanksgiving day, I made my now very much loved fruit salad and went to my Sister In Laws house. Here we relaxed, watched football, ate way too much. Watched the Cowboys just destroy the Jets, and ate more food. Everyone had a great time and the turkey was excellent.

Friday was the worst day, as it was a day of cleaning. Got the house cleaned up and ready for Saturday. Still got to work on my army and watched a bit of TV.

Saturday was a very special day. It is November 24th, which is my Anniversary. But this year was a bit more, as I joined the Catholic church and my wife and I were married in the church and given its blessing. It was a very special day as family came.

I went to pick up the sandwiches and flowers from Kroger at 9:40. Everything was supposed to be ready at 10. The wedding was to be at 11. I still had to go home and put my suit on. Well the sandwiches were ready to go, as they were putting the last ones together. But no flowers, no flower girl and no idea what was going on.

We were about ready to give up on the flowers when the florist walks in at 10:15. She had run out of baby's breath. Those little bitty white flowers you get with everything. So she says it will take her 10 minutes to make them. I go ahead and pay for everything so as soon as she is done I can run out with them. Well 20 minutes later she finally finishes. Ugghhhh!!! It's already 10:35 and I have to be at the church by 11.

I rush home, only to hit every red light and have a police car follow me. Great, just what I need. I get home, change into my suit in a hurry and we rush to the chapel.

The priest is more than great. He even tells us to take some time to relax and prepare ourselves. So we have a very nice wedding mass that was very personable and special to me.

We then went home and had a nice light lunch of sandwiches.
Everyone left pretty quick and my oldest son Andrew took Tim for the night. Marilyn and I wanted to go play some golf, but cold wet and rainy prevented that. So instead we broke out the Wii and bowled and played golf, I hit my first hole in one in my life and was very pleased. Marilyn made it a tough match and I only beat her by 1 stroke.

We watched a lot of movies including Austin Powers, Yea BABY!! Battle Star Galatica Razor and The Greatest Game ever played. All 3 really good. I grilled up Steaks to go with baked potatoes and corn on the cob and a nice white zinfendel wine. Very excellent evening.

Sunday led to more laying around, watched a bit of football. Got to play another game of Warhammer online with my new army and won with a massacre and got to work on my army some more. It is really coming along now. Getting to the point where all there is left is to paint.

And add on that I won my Fantasy Football League game against the only guy that had beaten me this year, and am now 11-1 and clinched a playoff spot in my Fantasy league.

But the best part was got to talk to my son in Iraq 3 times this weekend. He is doing great, as he got to escort several big stars and the New England Cheerleaders around. I'm really proud of him.

This weekend, I had to stop several times and just thank God for all the things in my life to be thankful for.

Until next time...