Thanksgiving!!

Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving!!

We had a nice low key Thanksgiving here in Elkton.

Ben's parents were headed to Kansas to our cousins there but since we did that last year we were not ready for that 7+ hour trek again yet.

Ben wanted the opportunity to hunt, so he hunted and I cooked!

Mom and Dad went to Alabama and Mississippi from Tuesday through Saturday, so they were not around so me being the next prodominat cook in the family, I spear headed Thanksgiving.

We had it at Aunt Sharon's house and had all the traditional goodies. 

For Brunch I made Cream Brulee French Toast Casserole and Smoked Sausage and it was very yummy!

It was a mild day, I didn't actually take many pictures but we spent some time out on the deck with Aunt Sharon showing Mallory how to twirl a baton.  She wasn't too bad for a 2.5 year old!

Everything was yummy and after dinner I got everything packed up and met up with Tiffany and Katherine and we hit the early openings of Black Friday Shopping!

We devised a plan and execuited, lol.  It was actually pretty fun.  We hit up target at 8:30 pm, got in line for the store to open at 9, we all went our seperate ways, got what we wanted and then met up in line.  We were in and out in 30 minutes!

Next we killed time at Kmart waiting on Kohls and Dicks Sporting Goods to open.  That was awful!  We were just going to buy some odds and ends just to pass the time but after standing in line for like an hour we just left.  The line hardly moved.

I dropped Tiffany and Katherine off at Kohls and they got in line a littel after 11 and I headed across the street to Dick's.

Sitting on the cold concrete I actually ordred Ben's Christmas present from Dick's while sitting there.  I realized there was free shipping, the online sale had already started and I wouldn't have to pay TN taxes, score!

So I then booked back to Kohl's where I had a coupon that I'd forgotten to give Tiffany to use on what she was going to pick up for me for Mallory.  Worked out great, they were done shopping an in line, they found the doll house I wanted for M and I got to use my coupon for even more of a sale : )

After that we were pooped.  Stopped at Chick-Fil-A for some middle of the night snack and headed back to Elkton.  I was home just before 2, crawled in bed and Mallory let me sleep until 8 am!!

I did not leave the house on Friday until I went to Hot Yoga at 5:15!  Then afterwards I picked up Dairy Dip and we watched The Christmas Story 2 on Pay Per View, and you know, I actually thought it was pretty good.  Ben said it was OK but he's the one that is such a fan of the origional.  I'd watch it again in rotation with the other one.

I haven't done any running this past week.  After our 10.5 miles the other day my groin muscle has been bothering me, so I've just been letting it rest in preparation for our half marathon on December 1st, I'm sooooo excited!!!  I'm ready for it and I'm sure my groin will bug me late in the race but at this point I don't think it will bug me to the point that I can't finish.

Saturday we headed to Bowling Green with Ben to get him some new work boots.  That was about it other than getting me a new seat for my bike.  The one that came with it was seriously uncomfortable for me, my whole butt would fall asleep, this one is much cushier.

Sunday I did go for a 2 mile run just to test it out.  My groin didn't bother me while running but it did bother me a bit on Monday.  Who knows.  Then I did 2 miles on the bike just to test out my new seat and it is sooooo much better!!

Sunday night we headed to mom and dad's to eat dinner for Dad's birthday.  Just more food.  It was all good but I'm ready for normal food.  I did make a pretty killer Turkey Pot Pie with our Turkey leftovers and the rest of the ham is going in ham and beans tomorrow : )

Wish me luck in my half, I'm sure the next blog post will be totally devoted to all the details of my half marathon!!!