Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I couldn't have been happier with mine. Wonderful family, yummy food, and no trips to the emergency room (you never know with my family). I hosted the big dinner this year and may have gone a bit overboard, but it was fun. This post is mostly pictures... I hope you enjoy!
I enjoy a pretty table and I wanted everyone to feel special and welcome at mine. I created one large flower arrangement and two other small groupings of flowers. In between the flowers, I had several tea light candles that I set down into cranberries and pine cones. The table runner was just a piece of orange vinyl that I bought and cut to fit. The reason for the vinyl.... because everyone got a piece of chalk under their name card and were allowed to write on the table runner. Fun!
I set up a little something in the bathroom to keep everyone from digging around in my medicine cabinet...er, I mean to make the feel more welcome. Please note: I added the traditional Thanksgiving Buddha with my flowers in the bathroom.
While I was preparing the food, my dogs sat around anxiously waiting for me to drop tidbits on the floor. Finn took up a spot on the rug in front of the sink. PLEASE NOTE: I DID NOT CHOOSE THE BLACK SPONGE PAINTING IN THE KITCHEN!!! IT WAS LIKE THAT WHEN I MOVED IN AND I HAVE BEEN TOO LAZY TO FIX IT!
Then Gidget joined in and placed herself by the oven/stove (she knew where the big treasure was).
Finally they gave up... Finn fell asleep on my foot to start with and then both dogs found a sunny place to take a nap (and still be close to me in the kitchen).
I cooked two turkeys... one in the oven and one on the BBQ. I love the way the one on the BBQ looked after taking it off (It tasted just as good as it looked).
Ah... and then dinner was over, everyone left, and I got to clean-up... ok, so that didn't really happen. I just picked up a few things and then I crawled into bed!
Here are a few "after" pictures.
Thanks to everyone for a wonderful day!!!
