Thanksgiving Weekend 2010

Thanksgiving was very lovely.  Thanksgiving Day I was actually alone as Maria and Johnny were driving up and the Valko children were at their Dad's in Susanville where Grandma and Grandpa Valko were visiting.  But I enjoyed finishing up details for tomorrow's Thanksgiving Dinner and setting the table and watching the parade, football, music, and one of my favorite DVD's 'Holiday'.  With all the fluffy snow on the ground and the sun shining brightly, it was a beautiful day.  I enjoyed calls from Linda and the Hardy family.

Maria and Johnny arrived in the late evening and it was fun talking with them.  Mike and Matt came up later and settled in.  The next morning Matt and Johnny worked on my garage door, the snowplowing, and Mike drove down for Mitch and Melissa.  Matt and Mike also did the neighbors's driveway so Amerigas could put in a new propane tank for me. 

We ate around 1 and Johnny cut the turkey, Maria made the sweet potatoes, creamed corn, and mashed the potatoes.  Mike had baked his cheesecake the night before and made his favorite green bean dish.  Melissa brought her special pecan pie.  It was all delicious.  I had made rolls, and the stuffing, the cranberry salad, waldorf salad, baked the turkey and made lots of gravy.  The cream corn and cranberry salad were the first gone--need more of those next year and we all loved the cheesecake and pecan pie.  Great meal with everyone's help.

That evening we watched "Immortal Beloved", the story of Beethoven (great movie and glorious music).    We also played a fun guessing who game.  Then Mitch entertained us with his guitar, harmonica, and voice, and Melissa added her accents on the organ.  It was very fun.

Saturday morning Mitch and Matt loaded the wood and put all cut wood in the shed, and we went to lunch in Susanville at the Pizza Factory and met Dixie and Mike Valko there.  The drive down was gorgeous as it was snowing again and staying on the trees.  Johnny picked up needs to fix the broken garage door and fixed it beautifully when we went home.  He also put down the cherry wood strip from the hall to the bathroom and that looks great.  He further checked out my broken dishwasher and decided I may as well buy a new one as try and fix it.  It was 23 years old!  All in all it was a very productive weekend for me with the help of Johhny and the boys.

Matt, Melissa and Mitch stayed at their Dad's and Sunday morning Mike, Maria and Johnny left for San Diego and Bandido and I slept until 1 PM!!!  Great weekend, love my family and enjoyed getting acquainted with Johnny.