I love Thanksgiving. It's a holiday that gives you permission to over eat and feel like a fat cow. A few years ago, that is in fact, what I did and had a little incident at my sister-in-law's where I was in the bathroom gagging. I wasn't nauseous, but something happened when I overate that caused me to just gag for a half an hour. So, since that day, I have been careful to not overeat that much ever again.
That incident aside, I love pretty much all thanksgiving food (without any sort of cheese mind you - I detest all kinds of cheese! Yes, you read that right - I do not like cheese and I never have). I would have to say my favorite dish on Thanksgiving is stuffing. My sister-in-law makes the best stuffing. I also love pumpkin pie. In fact, I love anything pumpkin!!!
I also love Thanksgiving because of the tradition it stands for. Celebrating and giving thanks for our lives, the people in our lives and the prosperity we have. I will never take this holiday for granted.
Thanksgiving is also a time for rest - especially when it is a four day weekend filled with shopping, eating, drinking and just overall holiday merriment. My sissy and I usually are some of the crazy shoppers that end up getting up at midnight on Black Friday and go shopping. We live only a quarter mile from the mall and we have been doing Black Friday for over five years now. It was a tradition of ours. Last year's Black Friday was physically awful for me because I did not go to sleep before we left the house at 11:30 on Thanksgiving to stand in line at the mall to start shopping. My IBS came into full force and we had to retreat home to sleep. We agreed to go again in the afternoon. We ventured out to Target around 1 pm on Black Friday and within a half-hour I had to head home again. Our shopping trip was ruined by my IBS. Damn you IBS!!!! So, needless to say, we will not be getting up at the butt crack of dawn this year. Sissy has to work anyway and we will go in the evening on Black Friday.
So, in summary, there are many reasons I love Thanksgiving. I give thanks to my creator, family and friends every single day, but on this day it seems to be cemented even more. I hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving.
Until next time.....
xoxo
Cricket
