As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
We celebrated Thanksgiving on a Sunday instead of Monday. We kind of decided last minute that we would be preparing for a Thanksgiving dinner. My hubby was against buying a turkey since we actually prefer chicken but the kids wanted turkey. It's Thanksgiving anyway, so we bought turkey. It won't be Thanksgiving without a turkey I guess.
All along I thought we'd be celebrating the next day (Monday) so I didn't thaw the turkey right away. Around lunch time my husband called me and said we'll be celebrating that night. Imagine thawing a turkey in time for dinner and it was already past 1pm. Good thing I made bread pudding when I woke up that morning, at least I got dessert already.
I seasoned the turkey with salt, pepper, sage, marjoram and generously brushed it with butter. I stuffed it with lemon, apple slices, celery and onions. I cooked it for about 4 hours, making our Thanksgiving dinner a late one at past 9pm.
While roasting the turkey, I baked some potatoes and later topped them with mozzarella and cheddar cheese and bacon bits. I made Greek salad and deviled eggs as well. Hot dinner buns and white rice completed our Thanksgiving meal plus the Ice wine we brought home from Inniskillin.
What made the meal more special was Lance leading the prayer and everybody saying what we were thankful for. Another year, with its ups and downs and yet we're still standing strong.
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.
~Meister Eckhart
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