Hello, gentle readers! Hope you are all well and staying safe!
It’s a few days after Thanksgiving that I sit
down to write this…and I’m still full!
I make a traditional meal (well, traditional
for my family) – turkey, stuffing (my mother-in-law’s recipe which is fabulous),
mashed potatoes and gravy, veggies and of course, desserts, but this year, it was
a little different. My DH has been having some health issues so I made the
same, just not as much.
Still there are leftovers—lots and lots of
leftovers—my favorite part of the whole meal. There’s something sad about
cooking all day only to have everything you made gone in twenty minutes or less but the leftovers? Love those leftovers! There’s nothing like
staggering out to the kitchen for a midnight snack, bleary eyed, still full,
but kinda hungry, too. My favorite? Turkey sliders made with King’s Hawaiian
rolls. Oh so yummy!
I was fortunate enough to take some PTO from
the day job and I gotta tell you, it was wonderful (if this is what retirement
feels like, I’m ready!)! I did hope to sleep in at least one day, but that didn’t
quite work—I was still up at four-dark-thirty (I guess, after getting up at
that time for years and years, your body just gets used to it so sleeping in is
next to impossible) but it’s all good. I did what I had planned to do, which
was clean out closets (all of them…sheesh, I had no idea I had all that stuff!).
I have several nice piles now to go to Goodwill…maybe someone can make use of
the George Foreman grill that I only used once ten years ago).
What else did I do with my time off?
I was able to work on my latest work in
progress and start two others (yeah, I know, I shouldn’t have started those
other two stories, but when characters and the opening scene comes to me, I
have to write it down…otherwise, it’s lost). I was pretty happy with my word
count. I don’t write as fast as others (I’m a slow and steady kinda person) but
I did some major damage to Wife By Surprise, which pleases me. I just might hit my goal of having it done by the new year.
I should go. I hear that slice of leftover cheesecake
calling my name, but before I do, there are a few things I should tell you I’m
grateful for. As always, I’m thankful for family and friends, the roof over my
head, and the food in my belly. I’m fortunate to have a job I love (even though
I’m looking forward to retirement---four years, one month away now), but mostly,
I’m grateful to you, gentle readers, for giving me the opportunity to share my passion
for writing.
Stay well! Stay safe! And remember to spread
kindness wherever you go!
Marie
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