As David’s mother-in-law is having their family get-together on Thanksgiving Day, we agreed we’d have ours the Sunday before. The weather was nice, unlike many former Thanksgiving family days. I remember, back in 2016, we had nearly two feet of snow on the ground, and everyone got together and built a substantial snow fort. The snow was just right, nicely packing and not too cold. This year, it was cold but there wasn’t a flake of snow on the ground.
Sons, David and Bill, and their families came, and we all sat down to a big, fat turkey dinner with all the trimmings, of course. We all had a good time and ate more than we probably should have. But, hey, it’s no time to diet. Right?
Yesterday, I had to go to Duluth, to Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital for a CT scan at 11 A.M. It’s part of a testing process I have to do before I have a heart valve replaced. We woke up at 7 this morning to nearly five inches of snow and it was still snowing. Luckily, we’d watched the system coming and got up early, fearing the roads would be horrible. They were snow-covered and a little icy, but Will drove the whole 100 miles in just 2½ hours, including potty stops along the way. And he drove safely, too. I won’t hear the results of the CT scan until the end of the week, so I’ll put it out of my mind until then. Too much other stuff to do. Like canning up the leftover turkey plus the on-sale celery I got at Aldi’s. It’s supposed to be cold all week with highs only in the teens and low twenties. It’s good to have indoor jobs!
— Jackie
Keeping you and Will in prayers
Always appreciate your updates
praying for good test results. canning turkey, but i didn’t know about canning celery. have to check this out! glad Will had a safe drive with you in the new snow. yummy looking dinner and the happy smiles of family.
Howdy, Jackie, from far north (conservative) California,
I’m really looking forward to canning-up leftover turkey. Our daughter and family have just moved to our mountaintop. Her husband will attend aviation school here. They may be around a couple years for that. She’s bought this year’s turkey, BUT I have a frozen turkey, from a year ago. I think I’ll can that up as well. You mentioned canning celery. You know I tried that a year or so ago, but have yet to open a jar and see how it did. I’ve never heard anyone else say they canned celery, but I want to try everything. It’s a challenge. It’s fun. We just went through the bomb cyclone that hit the west coast. We happened to be driving our RV, in a lot of snow, but everything went well, especially after prayers.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Everyone can sit at the table and enjoy a wonderful meal and catch up on each other’s lives. Your family looks so happy together. That alone is a wonderful blessing. I’ll keep you in my prayers for your medical issue. You are a tough lady and whatever it takes, you’ll make it through. I’m glad you have a wonderful family to love and support you.
Happy Thanksgiving! Busy knocking off projects on my list. Hope to have time for a little sewing, too.
What a whirlwind life you lead!
That fort is truly amazing! How fun that would be.
You have such a lovely family.
I will be praying all goes well with your valve replacement . My Mom had the first Edward sutureless valve in Texas. She was even in the paper like a famous girl LOL.
Happy Thanksgiving
Prayers for good Ct scan results, Jackie
Five inches! Here in Ely we only got just under 2″. What a great photo of you all :^)
Best wishes for a good surgery and recovery.
There is a farm property just down the road from you for sale. I told my husband it would be great to be your neighbors. Bless You-
Nancy
Jackie, So glad you had a wonderful get together with family. Such good memories. Sorry you have to have a valve replaced but glad that knowledge is available. My husband has has the aorta replaced twice. The first time was good for about 11 years. He did really good with both. No pain, felt better afterward. I’m praying all goes as well with you as it did him. Thank you for all you do to get these blogs to us. I look forward to them every week. God bless.