Mashed Potatoes and Yeast Rolls

What a meal we had today. While most of our vegetables were in fact green, the meal did include some foods that Jacqueline and I have been avoiding. In addition to our turkey I a made a large pan of dressing. We only had a small pan of potatoes, since us girls were not supposed to eat them. I had a very small helping, while Jacqueline passed them up completely since she didn't feel she would be able to eat "just a bite". Our menu also included asparagus, green beans, very small English peas, turnips and turnip greens. Everything was wonderful. None of us ate until we were uncomfortable. I have been trying to set a good example for the kids when it comes to holiday meals such as this one. I never eat until I am uncomfortable, as many people do. We ate our meal around 2:00pm and then instead of having supper tonight we just had dessert. I made homemade whipped cream to go on top of our pie or cheesecake.

We had quite a cool day today, which is unusual in this part of the country. Usually at Thanksgiving we have doors and or windows open. Not today. We had a fire going all day. It was cool and breezy. I got a phone call from a very good friend who lives in the Northeast and their temperature was warmer than ours. We watched the Macy's parade on tv and it was stated several times that the temperature was unusually mild in New York for Thanksgiving Day.

Tomorrow morning we plan to get up at 4:30 to go shopping. We did this last year and got some good deals. Of course after we came home last year the kids went back to bed and I had to go on to work. I don't have work tomorrow, but will have to be up at the high school for 1:30 so that we can load our buses and travel to our football game. I will probably shop for a couple of hours and then come home and take a nap. Otherwise it will be a very long day.

I can't believe my vacation is almost over. It has been a great week. I've been so relaxed. In addition to the baking that I managed to complete in a stress free fashion, I've also been able to make a dent in some other tasks that I had set for myself. Now if I can just get others similarly motivated then perhaps progress can be made in other areas. It's hard when no one else in the house is a self-starter. Perhaps the correct motivation just hasn't been discovered.