The last two weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind: A bridal shower, baby shower, progressive dinner, Thanksgiving party, pre-marital counseling session, weekend guests. . .all in addition to the normal chaos of our household. I hosted all of those things, by the way, which I always like to do, but it means really staying on top of the household stuff, which gets me a bit stressed out.

So now it’s Thanksgiving weekend. We slept in on Thursday morning, had breakfast with the girls, watched The Parade, then watched the Detroit Lions get killed by Green Bay. Typical. Somewhere in there I also made crescent rolls to take to dinner. About 3:00 in the afternoon we headed to Tim and LaRonda’s for turkey and all the fixin’s. LaRonda and I decided we are no longer newleywed cooks. . .we’re darn good at what we do. She put on a fabulous meal that would have competed with any chef out there. And my rolls and salad with homemade dressing weren’t bad either.

All day yesterday was spent baking with my sister. . . one of my favorite things to do. In the evening we headed to Catfish Jones for some blackened catfish (YUM!) then into Columbus to watch my dear friend Christa Keim perform in “Nunsense.” The show was hilarious and Christa was just as great as I knew she’d be.

Today the plan is to take the girls on a little shopping excursion then later in the day we’ll put up the Christmas tree. . .stay tuned.