Thursday: I love the holiday of Thanksgiving, don't you? It's just good to BE THANKFUL! I am amazed by how much I have to be thankful for this year. God has provided every single need, both physically--and more importantly--spiritually, this year. I believe my faith has grown this year in so many ways--in spite of the fact that I am plagued by this never-ending "itch" in my body.
The skin testing I had done last week was interesting, but completely inconclusive. It turns out that I am allergic to almost every tree, shrub, moss, grass and weed that grows in Michigan--but since I don't have any ENT symptoms, the physician thought it highly unlikely my itching was due to environmental factors. I did take Prednisone all week, which helped to keep the itching somewhat in control. AND ... after showing Kelly some of the rash that is on my mid-chest area, she gave me some good advice about fungal infections, and I was able to get a good spray powder (non-talc) for that and already feel improved!
I showed up over at Dylan and Kelly's at about 11:30 Thanksgiving morning. Kelly had our dinner catered (a business friend of hers has a catering business)--so we had everything from ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing ... and a host of other yummy food without having to cook it! I brought over a pumpkin and apple pie (with a large can of extra creamy whipped cream).
I didn't realize until after our time together was completely over that I had not snapped a single picture the entire day--not ONE picture! So I've inserted a picture of their beautiful house (even though this picture was taken 2 years ago). We actually had SNOW this year that covered the grass and made a very lovely scene to enjoy.
There were a total of 10 people for dinner. Shane was there, as well as two friends (Doug and James) from Dylan and Kelly's church who had no family in town to share the holiday with. We timed our dinner during half time of the Lions vs Bears game. I love to watch the Lions play; and finally, after all of these years, they have had winning seasons (three in a row!) ... this year they are actually favored to WIN the Super Bowl, which would be huge since we've never played in the Super Bowl even once. After lunch was over and Kelly and I had sufficiently cleaned up the kitchen, I went back downstairs to watch the conclusion of the game--which was a lot closer than I had expected; and if it wasn't for the fact that the coach for the Bears was a little bit "off" in his decision-making (how is it possible for a professional football to be down by just THREE points in the last minute of the fourth quarter and actually have the time run out and still have ONE TIME OUT LEFT?!?!?!?). Anyway, Lions won 23-20!
After the game, Kelly, Brendan, Erin, Cal and I played one of their new games. I forget the name! I think it was called: "How Well do you really know your Family?" Cal is only 4, so he didn't quite follow all of the rules ... but he is so darn cute while being a stinker that it just made the game more fun.
I finally drove away somewhere after 4pm. I went over to greet Jesse and Kaity and spend a little time with them. I ended up driving Kaity over to Di's by about 6:00 and then spent a little time with Ruthanne and Terry later in the evening. It was a busy, but blessed Thanksgiving Day!
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