Thanxgiving

We're kind of having 3 Thanksgivings this year. Two down. One to go.

The first was steaks with Horshes at our house. Ben's mom and dad and younger brother Josh drove out for the first few days of last week. Hanging out with them was good, but involved eating a lot of red meat that I don't really like and later threw up. But between eating the meat and throwing it up we played two rousing games of Jenga and watched A Mighty Wind. It was great!

Thursday we drove up to Zanesville for Thanksgiving with my mom & dad, brothers, sisters in law, three neices and one nephew. Normally mom is really tense during holidays at her house, but for the past few years Ben and I have brought a lieter of White Zinfandel, or "Holiday Cheer," as I've taken to calling it. Things have loosened up. We at too much food all day and then played Win Loose or Draw--the 1980-something edition of the board game based on the TV show. The girls won 25 to 20. I had to draw such classic subjects as "bootleg whiskey," "Arsenic and Old Lace," "The Jungle Book," and "Michale's Navy."

I'm most excited about tomorrow's Thanksgiving, though. We're having a few people over from church who don't have a lot of money or family and throwing them a Thanksgiving party. My friend Anne is bringing a chicken and some pies and rolls. Ben is making his mashed potatoes, and I'm doing dressing and sides--including a super sausage dressing and a vegetarian option.

It will be great.