Being Thankful

I am hosting my family's Thanksgiving this year.  This is the first time EVER having my family for this holiday and I'm super excited!  Of course 2 of my siblings and their families will be missing b/c they have to go to their outlaws husbands families this year. ;)  (Just being silly...so if my sisters see this they don't get upset with me...:))

Anyway, I have been busily making preparations (and probably spending too much money...but hey, everything has to be just right you know...), cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning.  ;)

Of course I have to make it fancy...that's my way!  So for the first time since mom passed away we are digging out her china and having a sit down, pass the dishes, dress up, fancy dinner!  Mom would be so excited! Of course my dad will love that we are having a sit down dinner...he hates buffets!  LOL

I have my napkins for the adult table all ready...

My sister found them for me super cheap...and the napkin rings too!  I have some other pre-prep things done as well, but I'll do a full Thanksgiving day post after the fact, so I need to save some stuff for then...besides I don't want all my family to see everything early. ;)

 

Today I made my noodles, so they can be drying.  Have to have homemade noodles...I mean it's part of the dinner!

 

In "other" news...Firefighter must be totally stressed out with school, clinicals, work, social life, no sleep...I found 3 more grey hairs in this dudes head!  He is trying to claim it's the lighting, but uhhh...NO!  I found one over the summer and it's so funny b/c I haven't found any on myself yet...(yes I know I will probably find 10 tomorrow, but so far...or else they are where I can't see them!)

 

And finally for today, I seen this quote the other day and it couldn't have come at a better time for me.  Someone...who thinks I need "old-hurts-to-be-resurfaced-over-and-over-again" tried again last week...and this quote was so perfect!  Love it!

 

I remember my mother telling about someone who had hurt her so terribly and she remembered a devotion in Streams in The Dessert that talked about digging a hole and burying the hurt.  (I don't know the date right off, but if I find it I will edit the post.)  She said one day she was determined to bury that hurt.  She got down to pray and she started mentally digging a hole.  She got so far, but no, that's not deep enough, that's too shallow to easy to dig it back up again...She wanted it buried so deep that it would be very difficult to dig it up.  I have been thinking about that a lot the last couple days.  Mom finally got her hole deep enough and let it go.  I'm trying...I'm working on it.  I'm digging that hole...

 

Hurts are all part of,