Yesterday I hosted my very first Thanksgiving meal. There were ten people in my house (myself included) for the whole day and it was the most amazing Thanksgiving I've ever had. And honestly, I think it was fun that only five of those ten people were Americans. I got to introduce two friends from the UK and one from Finland to Thanksgiving this year. Last year, I introduced my other two friends from the UK to Thanksgiving. :)
As many of you know, I'm obsessed with cooking so I took Friday off school and started cooking. I cooked several things during the day, cleaned my house, and got totally excited about partying the next day.
My fabulous friends starting arriving around 10:30 and we chowed down on cinnamon rolls (apparently not something they eat in the UK or Finland, but still very much enjoyed) and the fun began. During the day we talked, laughed, played games, cooked, ate, watched football games, ate, played x-box, ate, and played some more games. My little apartment was bursting at the seams, but I felt like I was with family. The day was simply wonderful. I wouldn't have traded it for anything else.
Plus now I have tackled a lot of firsts on the Thanksgiving menu. My first turkey, my first sweet potato casserole, my first pecan pie, and my first stuffing. They all tasted great if I do say so myself. So great that half of the people there lost belts and unbuttoned to make room. Haha. Truly the best day ever.
Now I'm going to add a thankful list here at the end of my post.
- I am thankful for my relationship with a Father that saved me from myself.
- I'm thankful for 5 years in China...5 wonderful years.
- I'm thankful for a supportive and loving family.
- I'm thankful for every single one of the friends I have.
- I'm thankful for an intense love of cooking.
- I'm thankful for mystery and adventure (how fun would my life be if I know what was going to happen all the time?)
- I'm thankful for living in an international community. I've learned so much about so many cultures in the last 5 years.
- I'm thankful for an absolutely amazing job that I LOVE.
- I'm thankful for my psychotic cat.
- I'm thankful for having my basic provisions taken care of (home, food, heat, water, clothing, etc.)
- I'm thankful for life's blessing and trials for they are making me into the person the Father wants me to be.
- I'm thankful for laughter, smiles, music, entertainment, love, happiness, and too many other things to list.
- I'm thankful for having a life that I love.
- I'm thankful for Thanksgiving which reminds me to take a day each year to remember what I'm thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving.
As many of you know, I'm obsessed with cooking so I took Friday off school and started cooking. I cooked several things during the day, cleaned my house, and got totally excited about partying the next day.
My fabulous friends starting arriving around 10:30 and we chowed down on cinnamon rolls (apparently not something they eat in the UK or Finland, but still very much enjoyed) and the fun began. During the day we talked, laughed, played games, cooked, ate, watched football games, ate, played x-box, ate, and played some more games. My little apartment was bursting at the seams, but I felt like I was with family. The day was simply wonderful. I wouldn't have traded it for anything else.
Plus now I have tackled a lot of firsts on the Thanksgiving menu. My first turkey, my first sweet potato casserole, my first pecan pie, and my first stuffing. They all tasted great if I do say so myself. So great that half of the people there lost belts and unbuttoned to make room. Haha. Truly the best day ever.
Now I'm going to add a thankful list here at the end of my post.
- I am thankful for my relationship with a Father that saved me from myself.
- I'm thankful for 5 years in China...5 wonderful years.
- I'm thankful for a supportive and loving family.
- I'm thankful for every single one of the friends I have.
- I'm thankful for an intense love of cooking.
- I'm thankful for mystery and adventure (how fun would my life be if I know what was going to happen all the time?)
- I'm thankful for living in an international community. I've learned so much about so many cultures in the last 5 years.
- I'm thankful for an absolutely amazing job that I LOVE.
- I'm thankful for my psychotic cat.
- I'm thankful for having my basic provisions taken care of (home, food, heat, water, clothing, etc.)
- I'm thankful for life's blessing and trials for they are making me into the person the Father wants me to be.
- I'm thankful for laughter, smiles, music, entertainment, love, happiness, and too many other things to list.
- I'm thankful for having a life that I love.
- I'm thankful for Thanksgiving which reminds me to take a day each year to remember what I'm thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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