My cranberry relish is done.  

My dressing is put together, waiting for the oven tomorrow and my turkey is marinating as I write.

Rocky is home and safely nestled in his bed.

Another Thanksgiving is upon us and we couldn't be more grateful to be able to share it with the ones we love.

  Thankful for being able to all be together for a special meal. 

Hope you and yours have a great holiday!  

Successful trip to Salem

Yes, I am getting a hip replacement and it will be on Dec. 3rd.  We will be driving up to Salem on the 2nd, staying at the residence and bright and early on Monday morning (8a.m.) I have to be at the hospital.  They will be calling me on Sunday with the time of surgery.  There were a couple of things that had to be switched around, so not sure what time my surgery is.

I ended up having a pre-op appointment since I wasn't going back to Salem before the 2nd. 

Had an EKG and all labs done.

On the way back we stopped and picked up Rocky from school and took him to lunch at our favorite place for a quick bite;  The Sixth Street Grill.

Was good to see our boy!  He's still thin, although he is eating pretty well.  He's been cooking and baking a lot.

We took him for a quick stock up trip and a yogurt swirl at Costco ;).

Dropped him and his goods off and started the drive home.

Tomorrow he'll be home for the holiday, he got a ride home (yeh).

I'm trying to keep our holiday light, since it's only the four of us.

I bought a 10 lb turkey.  Mom bought a pecan pie and Rocky will be baking a pumpkin pie.  

I'll make the usual, mash potatoes, yams, dressing, green beans, gravy, and rolls.  

I'll make the cranberry relish and dressing tomorrow, to lighten my load on Thursday.

So use to having Laurie as my cooking partner, always makes it easier!

Laurie and Tim will be staying in Yerington, going to a neighbors for dinner.
Hopefully next year we can get together for the holiday.

Of course we'll be doing some Black Friday shopping!  Don't think I have too much left to get.
I'm just about done and I've been wrapping, getting the mail packages done first.
So much to do before the 2nd!!!!!

Big Slacker!

Yes, that's me!

What have I been up to?

Planted a few bulbs in the last couple of weeks, and now that the weather has changed, I'm done.  

Finished mom's quilt and dropped it off at the quilter's today.

Mom came in on Thursday, November 8th, all is well.  She's adjusting to her new routine, back in our homestead.  She's never been here early in November, so she's loving the Fall color!

Tomorrow afternoon, Pete and I head out to Salem, my appointment with Dr. Boyd is on Thursday, 8:45 am.  I will find out if I am to have surgery AND if he says yes, it will be on December 3rd, because I found out he is retiring on December 18th!  Lucky me, surgery right before Christmas.  Needless to say, Christmas will be sparse this year.

We will have to cut our tree, decorate it and decorate the house by the Thanksgiving weekend.  

We'll also have to celebrate Rocky's 20th birthday that weekend since he'll be back in Eugene on the 30th.  

Luckily I've done quite a bit of shopping, but not totally done..  Sunday, I'll be heading to Medford with mom to do a little shopping and of course shopping on black Friday.  

I have a long list of things to get done, but I'm not going to stress, some things will just have to wait.

Of course, you know how it is when you're going to the doctor you always feel better than ever.  I've been having a great "hip" day, strange........then again there are days I just want to scream from the crazy pain!