"I'm coming home."

My mom and her boyfriend/companion are rolling in this afternoon, and are here for the week. This is the warmup for her 2 week visit at Christmas. I'm sure she will come right back in January. Maybe we should be condo or house shopping this week.:shock:

We will be spending Thanksgiving Friday at the Ronald McDonald house in Macon, Georgia this year with siblings and family. My neice had har baby son four months early, he is now 10days old and weighes almost 2 lbs!! he is very alert and turns his head when he hears mom or dad's voice!:clap_1: We had planned to stay home this year but have decided to make the trip..funny how this miracle changes your perspective on things. Happy Thanksgiving sowal!

I'm taking the red eye home tonight to B'ham. It's the first time I've been home for Thanksgiving since I moved to NY about 4 years ago.

I've booked a massage and facial for noon tomorrow to sleep off the flight. Can't wait.

We have Phead's football game on Friday, which I'm pumped about seeing that I've never seen him play- and he's over the moon that they're in the playoffs for the first time he's been in high school.

So Kfunn will be a la chez Drex and Gussifunn in da ham.

My girls will both be home, one flies in tonight and the other Wednesday afternoon. :clap_1:

It will be a difficult holiday as my mother-in-law, who was an angel to my girls, passed away in July. I am hosting the family breakfast instead of her. Maybe it won't be too sad.

Kimmi that's awesome that you'll be able to see him play. Go phead.

My son is coming home from Memphis. Bethie and I are very excited to have some lazy time with him. I'm looking forward to having them under the same roof for a while. Can't wait!

My house is "home" for the holidays. Everyone should start piling in on Wednesday. I can hardley wait

My girls will both be home, one flies in tonight and the other Wednesday afternoon. :clap_1:

It will be a difficult holiday as my mother-in-law, who was an angel to my girls, passed away in July. I am hosting the family breakfast instead of her. Maybe it won't be too sad.

I know how sad that will be for you and your girls. We are having our first holiday without Daddy. We are trying to change traditions a bit too so we don't feel so lost without him. Good luck.

i'm working both holidays, but my tech i work with both nights always brings us in a huge feast that her mom sends us from their get-together....

my mom usually has christmas either the week before or the week after for us, depending on my sis.

i get to be home new years eve - yay ! we will be watching bad movies with our friend shawn, and listening to the police scanner to see who gets into what trouble....

My son will be home from Vegas for both Holidays. We bought his ticket so he could be with his family for the Holidays. He has cousins and an aunt in Vegas but it is not the same. we didn't want him to spend his first Christmas in his own place out there so he will be home with us. He will be in Thursday morning on the red eye. Can't wait

we will travel to my family in Bham, and sit at the thanksgiving table with spidey's nana, papa, 6 aunts, 5 uncles, 5 cousins, and several other close friends and relatives.... spidey is excited about being a "pilgrim"... and will be wearing his pilgrim hat he made in school. great thread ethel mermy.

We will be spending Thanksgiving Friday at the Ronald McDonald house in Macon, Georgia this year with siblings and family. My neice had har baby son four months early, he is now 10days old and weighes almost 2 lbs!! he is very alert and turns his head when he hears mom or dad's voice!:clap_1: We had planned to stay home this year but have decided to make the trip..funny how this miracle changes your perspective on things. Happy Thanksgiving sowal!

Congratulations to your family Franny. I thinks it's wonderful you are going to be in Macon with your family. You are so right about those little miracles putting things into prespective. We'll keep your family in your thoughts and prayers. Happy Thanksgiving and have a safe trip.

We will be going to my mother's house (1 1/2 hrs away) for Thanksgiving lunch. My sisters and their families will also be there. We will eat entirely too much but who cares, that's what one does on Thanksgiving.

I know when I was in college I couldn't wait to go home for the Holiday's. Mostly because I could catch up on my sleep, and watch football with my daddy. Mermy, I am hoping Alex arrived safely home. I am going to probably have the smallest Thanksgiving ever in my 45 years. My sister has decided to cook at her house for her honey. So, it will be just the 3 of us at my house. I am going to cook like there is 15 or so though. So I can have leftovers for awhile!!! ;-) I hope all of you have safe trips that are traveling, and safe travels for all of your loved one's.

We have family rolling in tonight or possibly early a.m. FuBarFunn, Jason, and our big 1 year old Cammifunn.

Tomorrow night, Nana and PaPa fly down from N.C. (remember the "Holy Crap" thread from last year? They drove their car into our house in Seacrest. :rofl For those that don't remember, they were fine. The car and the house required some help.

On Turkey Day our son, that tried to pass himself off at as Just Jason at the soiree, arrives.

So we are pretty excited about having everyone together in SoWal for Thanksgiving this year. :clap_1:

My son is coming in from Auburn. My mother has had some major health issues this year but will travel from Columbus for family dinner. Sister in Michigan and brother in Penn won't make it until Christmas as they have been down to stay with Mom more times than I can remember. The good news is she is better!

Franny - hope all goes well with the baby. My nephew was born there in April with Downs' and has overcome many obstacles but has some significant health issues.


Kimmifunn - WAR DAMN EAGLE!!! GO TIGERS!! :clap_1: :clap_1:
Have a safe trip to B'ham.

To everyone else ... Hope you have a safe and joyous Thanksgiving. We have a lot to be thankful for.

We will be spending Thanksgiving Friday at the Ronald McDonald house in Macon, Georgia this year with siblings and family. My neice had har baby son four months early, he is now 10days old and weighes almost 2 lbs!! he is very alert and turns his head when he hears mom or dad's voice!:clap_1: We had planned to stay home this year but have decided to make the trip..funny how this miracle changes your perspective on things. Happy Thanksgiving sowal!

enjoy your family and that new baby boy Aunt Franny!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Great thread for sure, Merm. We'll be driving 12 hours beginning around 7:00 am on Wednesday to get to Western Massachusetts Wednesday night to spend Thanksgiving with my sisters, nieces and nephew, and my cousin-in-law Pina. For those of you who lost loved ones, I send you my sympathy and sweet memories for the holidays. We lost my Mom 4 years ago and my cousin Tony (Pina's husband) this past May. It's still sad for sure but we also hold onto the traditions with even more devotion. I think that's why we have holidays and why the traditions last centuries -- They help to hold families together pretty much no-matter-what.

We have most of the same traditions that we used to have but now we do Thanksgiving at one of my sister's homes. We'll have a sit down meal with antipasto (including some great chicken liver on toast, prosciutto, etc.), followed by lasagna made by Pina, followed by turkey and all the stuff that goes with it, followed maybe by a walk, followed by fruit/nuts/cheese/dessert (semolina pie), followed by after dinner drinks and the traditional singing of the Italian and American Christmas carols with Adam Sandler's Hanukkah songs thrown (a newer tradition). Uncle Buck will most likely attack the kids with a water pistol and they'll get him back big time somehow.

Then we'll watch Survivor at 8:00 to see if my brother-in-law lasts through another week or if he's voted off.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

I'm cooking....as usual. My uncle's coming from Louisiana. The ex is coming over. All the kids and their significant others will be here. We eat late so mr. dd's girls can eat lunch with their mother early in the day. It will be a four day feast, with games, Christmas Vacation watching, decorating, shopping and more feasting.

This will be our 5th Thanksgiving at the beach. Mr BB, his daughter and I needed to start our own traditions. We do Christmas all over Alabama. I will drive down either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Mr. BB will work part of the day and he and his daughter will fly into Destin.

We get up early, watch the Macy's parade and put up the Christmas tree. Mr BB's daughter had never watched the parade before... , I grew up watching every Thanksgiving. His daughter and I started making ornaments for it our first year. We used nothing but starfish, huge shells of all kinds, and put glitter (what else) and pearls on them. We have collected many beachy ornaments over the years from our travels.

We do lunch at our house (yes! I cook) turkey, dressing, casseroles, broccolli salad, pea salad, deviled eggs (brought by a friend) along with her red velvet cake! Mr. BB took half of it back to the clinic last year, to share with everyone else and it somehow never left his office! He ate over half of a red velvet cake in just a couple of days.:shock: Then we do dinner with friends down the street (remember Maunsel that put his aunts painting up at Cureleans) ....then....go to Grandma Dorothy's every Thanksgiving night for coffee and dessert:shock: Not sure where we will put all that food!

Painting ornaments on Friday, tree lighting at Rosemary Beach that night. Then...the Seaside Parade on Sunday...yes! we are all in it:clap_1: talked Beachmom and her crew into it too :clap_1: Got lot's of throws today in the mail, yep, I think it is mardi gras or something. "Throw me somethin mister!"
Saturday night not sure yet, Cureleans has lot's of entertainment that night. Bobby J's girls are playing as are many others. Not sure what night we will work in DeFuniak Springs lights

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving is full of friends and family. You know...that warm wonderful feeling you get this time of year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

My little sister and her family will be coming here, my mother and husband, Grandpa and possibly my sister and law and her husband.
(and if the sister in law comes, I will make her clean up everything if she can still walk after I poison her )

Then after an early dinner, all the cadets come over who will be participating in the hunt on Black Friday to strategize.

We will be spending Thanksgiving Friday at the Ronald McDonald house in Macon, Georgia this year with siblings and family. My neice had har baby son four months early, he is now 10days old and weighes almost 2 lbs!! he is very alert and turns his head when he hears mom or dad's voice!:clap_1: We had planned to stay home this year but have decided to make the trip..funny how this miracle changes your perspective on things. Happy Thanksgiving sowal!

I heart you Franny!

I'll be headed to St Pete with my son Brad. Kaiboo was supposed to come, but she lost a dear friend in a car accident this past Saturday and she will attend his funeral Wed. she has opted to not make the 8 hour trip following a funeral....my heart hurts for her.

I heart you Franny!

I'll be headed to St Pete with my son Brad. Kaiboo was supposed to come, but she lost a dear friend in a car accident this past Saturday and she will attend his funeral Wed. she has opted to not make the 8 hour trip following a funeral....my heart hurts for her.

Oh, I'm so sorry for Kaiboo. Please be safe Alligull and enjoy the time with Brad and your family.

Everyone please be extra cautious when driving. Look out for the other guy.
Happy Thanksgiving to you!!!

Seems there have been many road accidents this year.
A year ago last week my younger son totaled his car, but he was fine.
Thanksgiving was extra special last year.
Ten days ago, a classmate of his was not so lucky. Goodbye Sam
Our older son will be here with us for Thanksgiving. Even though he grew up in Denver, when our kid visits us, he still terms it "Coming home."
We won't have our older son with us for Christmas, so we plan to make the most of Thanksgiving.

This will be our 5th Thanksgiving at the beach. Mr BB, his daughter and I needed to start our own traditions. We do Christmas all over Alabama. I will drive down either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Mr. BB will work part of the day and he and his daughter will fly into Destin.

We get up early, watch the Macy's parade and put up the Christmas tree. Mr BB's daughter had never watched the parade before... , I grew up watching every Thanksgiving. His daughter and I started making ornaments for it our first year. We used nothing but starfish, huge shells of all kinds, and put glitter (what else) and pearls on them. We have collected many beachy ornaments over the years from our travels.

We do lunch at our house (yes! I cook) turkey, dressing, casseroles, broccolli salad, pea salad, deviled eggs (brought by a friend) along with her red velvet cake! Mr. BB took half of it back to the clinic last year, to share with everyone else and it somehow never left his office! hHe ate over alf of a red velvet cake in just a couple of days.:shock: Then we do dinner with friends down the street (remember Maunsel that put his aunts painting up at Cureleans) ....then....go to Grandma Dorothy's every Thanksgiving night for coffee and dessert:shock: Not sure where we will put all that food!

Painting ornaments on Friday, tree lighting at Rosemary Beach that night. Then...the Seaside Parade on Sunday...yes! we are all in it:clap_1: talked Beachmom and her crew into it too :clap_1: Got lot's of throws today in the mail, yep, I think it is mardi gras or something. "Throw me somethin mister!"
Saturday night not sure yet, Cureleans has lot's of entertainment that night. Bobby J's girls are playing as are many others. Not sure what night we will work in DeFuniak Springs lights

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving is full of friends and family. You know...that warm wonderful feeling you get this time of year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

red velvet cake is my absolute fave - mr bb and i should have an eatin' contest !