Thanksgiving Week Fave Fives

Friday Fave Fives.  A weekly event of thinking back over the past week and remembering the things we can be thankful for.  And it was Thanksgiving Day yesterday here in the US.  So my gratitude is doubled this week.  I try to be thankful every day, 'giving thanks always and for everything'.

1.  We had a great day on Thanksgiving.  There were a total of thirteen people sitting around our table at different times of the day.  Family and friends.  It was a wonderful fun filled day for us. I hope our guests enjoyed it as much as we did.  And I never took a single picture...

2.  A quiet day today. I won't admit to how late I slept in.  And since our weather outside is frightful and we are letting it snow (just flurries and nothing sticking on the ground), I am glad that we can relax.  Although we did make a quick grocery run, we are NOT participating in Black Friday shopping.  Today is a day to stay inside and rest.

3.  Looking back over the week, I remembered that I drove closer into the city to watch a British soccer football game with my younger daughter and her boyfriend at the Irish pub.  I took the opportunity to walk over to the mall area and was able to find a pair of black slacks and a new pair of jeans to replace some really old ones.  After the game was over (sadly, the good guys lost), I walked back to meet them by the huge Christmas tree lit up in the square, and then we popped over to TJ's to grab some groceries.  Three for one on that trip.

4.  Before we left TJ's, my daughter got a call from the boyfriend.  His car had stalled and he was waiting for the tow truck to move it to the repair shop.  I'm glad we hadn't left the area so we could give him a ride home to his place.

5.  The best fave of the week (after Thanksgiving Day) was attending a concert of Handel's Messiah.  A somewhat local (twenty-five miles away) private university performed Messiah on Sunday evening.  It was beautiful and professionally performed.  And our grandson Warrior Boy asked if he could come along.  The drive up to the campus is through mostly rural areas and the chapel where the performance was held is lovely (good acoustics, too).  And a friend was singing in the choir.  The whole time was balm for our souls as we hummed along sometimes and remembered singing those same melodies in our college choir.  It really was the best way to launch our whole holiday season.

And this Sunday is the first week of Advent!