Day 309 of 365 Days of Being Thankful

         Today I am thankful that my sister and brother-in-law came to dinner at our house last night!  Dan got a free turkey at Acme last week and it was definitely too big for us to eat alone! Olivia and I cooked most of the afternoon!  Frankie, Olivia, Dan, me, and my sister and her husband had a lot of fun eating and chatting!!So many hours go into the food prep and cooking and then it is eaten in about 20 minutes!  Olivia and Frankie went to  Acme with my credit card and got soda, mashed potatoes and dessert.  Frankie chose the best dessert ever!!  It was a Hershey chocolate cake..............so, so delicious! It was decadent and rich and tasty!
         Tomorrow Olivia is off for an in-service day.  She and I have lots of plans.  We are going to food shop, get a craft to do at Michael's Craft store, and maybe go to a movie.  Tomorrow evening is my bereaved parent meeting and the psychic is coming, I think.  Olivia said she would go with me to the meeting.  She is very open to being read by psychics, I am not.  They all tell me that I am closed, whatever that is supposed to mean.
          I am really enjoying the book I am reading.  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is so good. My friend Jackie told me that it was made into a movie. I would love to see the movie.
  I am reading the large print edition which is over 800 pages so I happily feel like it is going on forever.  I didn't picture the characters as anything like the actors in the photo above!!

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