{"id":31216,"date":"2024-10-09T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=31216"},"modified":"2024-10-09T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:03:00","slug":"the-view-from-here-happy-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2024\/10\/the-view-from-here-happy-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here – Happy Thanksgiving!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I will be taking the next few days off – not just to get ready for Thanksgiving – but to celebrate my birthday! and bring our daughter home from college for a few days.\u00a0 Let me tell you, when your kids leave home, it never gets easier.\u00a0 We are still adjusting to the emptiness.<\/p>\n

I want to wish you a very happy Thanksgiving.\u00a0 I hope you take time to spend time for yourself and enjoy time with friends and family.\u00a0 I’ll be cooking a turkey, and making my mom’s famous stuffing (I will never be able to make it as good).\u00a0 We’ll have mashed potatoes (can we just take a minute to ask WHY potatoes are so expensive??? ugggg) sweet potatoes with marshmallows (because it’s really good!) Brussels sprouts if I can still find them, and carrots or corn or both.\u00a0 Most likely some Pillsbury cresent rolls because I’ll probably forget to get fresh rolls or they will be sold out by the time I get to the store again. (smile)\u00a0 We will have a pickle tray – with pickles and olives, cheese and beets.\u00a0 And I plan on making pumpkin pie.\u00a0 By making it, I buy a pre-made shell, and open a can of pie filling.\u00a0 And yes it will be covered with whipped cream because that’s how you eat it. (smile).<\/p>\n

But before all those celebrations – it’s my birthday tomorrow.\u00a0 I don’t mind sharing I will be 53.\u00a0 I normally get really excited leading up to my birthday but for some reason I haven’t this year.\u00a0 Maybe it’s all the life changes, and the fun side effects that come with getting older.\u00a0 Women will understand.<\/p>\n

What do you do on your birthday?\u00a0 Do you like to celebrate?\u00a0 Do you make a big deal out of your birthday?<\/p>\n

The last few years I have taken the day to myself.\u00a0 I like to grab my FREE birthday coffee from Starbucks, go for a walk through Canatara, maybe sit by the water.\u00a0 \u00a0Lots of reflecting on the year gone by and thoughts for what I hope the year ahead will be.<\/p>\n

Birthdays are pretty special because they belong to you.\u00a0 Holidays, like Thanksgiving, (which I almost always share with my birthday by the way lol) are for everyone.\u00a0 We all share it.\u00a0 Birthdays are just for you.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to a relaxing day and hopefully some cake.<\/p>\n

I go into this weekend feeling super thankful for so much.\u00a0 Thank you for sharing your days with me and for reading these blogs.\u00a0 I hope you have a wonderful weekend however that looks to you.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

Carrie.<\/p>\n

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cbuchanan@blackburnmedia.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

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