Yum, yum in my Tum

I have no appetite control when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner. My friend (with whom we spent the day) made an absurd amount of pies and cookies and… brownies. I love brownies. She knows I love brownies. Why would she make brownies?

Anyway, I’ve lost a total of 27 lbs so far. That’s a lot of weight for someone who stands a total of 5 ft 1 inch. I love it. I have a before/after picture, but I’m not going to post it here. Just know that my before picture currently gives me nightmares. I can’t even imagine I was that big. Thankfully my second chin has gone the way of the wind and my face no longer jiggles. Yes, I meant jiggles, because quite frankly I was getting fat. And I don’t need to be fat.

The kids had a blast. My friend has a 6 year-old boy and Mags was chasing him around like she was his shadow. He was really nice to play with her all day. By the end of the day she was calling him “husband” and had declared them married. We asked why we weren’t invited to the wedding and she said they got married in the bathroom. LOL!! I’m pretty sure the little guy didn’t even know he was married. My daughter just decided that they needed to be married and then it was time to sit on the blanket while his older brother pulled them around the dining room. It was hilarious.

My friend’s husband built a fire for us in the dining room (no, it wasn’t the table- they have a wood burner) and we all sat around it chatting. It was a fun time for the grown ups for sure. My friend and I have been friends for 21 years and we’re amazingly similar in manner and humor. So her and I didn’t really even have to say a whole lot to have the other person cracking up. Our husbands would just shake their heads at us. She’s been married to her husband longer than I’ve been to mine, so hers told mine “You see? You see what I deal with?” Grump hasn’t been out there very much¹ and isn’t quite sure how to react to our idiocy. My friend² told him he needs to take the stick out of his butt and start laughing. By the time we left he was indeed having a good time. He declared that their house would be our permanent Thanksgiving stop from now on. I had to agree with him on that.

Today I’m catching up on some work and housecleaning. No Black Friday shopping for me. I can’t stand the crowds (buy online, people, and save yourself the headaches). My friend got up and went though. She called because she was upset at some crazy people and I just laughed at her. That’s what she gets for not listening to me. Right?

So all told, we had a magnificent Thanksgiving. The best we had in years. I’m glad we made the choice to forego family. It was a good decision– for everyone.

1. We’ve been working on some issues and one of my conditions was that he spend more time with my friends. [↩]
2. who really needs a nickname, I realize [↩]