Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!!

We had a busy weekend! Thanksgiving was okay. I went to a special spin class in the morning. It was a 1 1/2 hour endurance spin and it was great! I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up, but it was good. The first 40 minutes were the worst, then I got into a groove and sailed through the last 50 minutes. I felt so good afterwards! when I got home I made SOS for lunch. SOS is creamed chipped beef on toast. I was delicious!! I like to make a special breaksfast or lunch on holidays. Man and I spent the rest of the day cleaning out the garage and talking on the phone to family. We are pretty disappointed in our families because no one called us!! Man didn't call his family because he was pissed that no one called him. His sister did text him though. My Dad, my Mom, and my sister were all not home. I did get to talk to my Grandma and my Aunt, who filled me in on all the gossip. In fact, I had no idea were everyone was for Thanksgiving. It is a bit disheartening that your own family is not interested in wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. Oh well, I tried...

In between mostly unsuccessful phone calls I tried to make a carmel sauce for my apple pie. I got one shot at it because I had just enough sugar for one batch. It was a complete flop! Who knew carmel sauce was so difficult to make?? You had to stir it until the water and sugar turned light brown. Light brown never happened... It went from clear to crystallized sugar. I added more water to try to dissolve the sugar again and it still wouldn't turn light brown. I just dumped it out!

We had Thanksgiving Dinner at the in-laws, it was okay. They didn't eat until almost 6:30 pm and there were no mashed potatoes! That should be a sin, mashed potatoes are a Thanksgiving staple!! Overall, the food was okay. I definitely didn't over eat! Yea! My pies were delicious too. There were only 5 of us for dinner. The 5th person was a friend of the in-laws. When she drinks too much wine she starts to make no sense! I miss the big family gathering with card games and football.

On Black Friday I went to the gym in the am and Man and I hit the stores in the afternoon. We had lunch at The Cheesecake factory and it was great. They have a salad that I love. It has mixed greens, roasted asparagus, beets, pecans, and goat cheese. I eat it without dressing and it rocks. I think it is called the French Country Salad. We also shared chips and fresh guacamole and of course there was cheesecake... Man had key lime cheesecake and I had the holiday special cheesecake-peppermint and white chocolate- it was amazing!! Parking at the restaurant was a hassle! It took Man 20 minutes to get a spot, needless to say he was in a rotten mood when he came into the restaurant. I managed to cheer him up though! After lunch we did some shopping. It really wasn't too bad at all, maybe because we waited until after lunch to start. We spent the rest of Friday evening at home.

Saturday I when to the gym and then finished shopping that I couldn't do while Man was with me. I did some work outside with the dogs. We went and got our Christmas tree!!! We get a real tree every year from the Bonita Springs Rotary Club. Prices were down this year, only $55 for a 6 foot Douglas fur. Then we went to Bella Maria for dinner and it was very good. It is a family owned and operated Chilean restaurant. The food is amazing, but service can be slow. They also have a lot if misspellings in their menu, it's funny.

Sunday I skipped the gym!!! I rarely do that! Don't tell anyone! Man and I walked the dogs and read the paper. I cleaned out our closet and rearranged our computer room. We had sold our treadmill that was in that room, so I wanted to change it around a bit. We have a lot more room in there now. We cleaned the boat, which we are selling too, we never use it! I did some laundry, reading, and made pasta with vodka sauce for dinner. Overall, it was a nice weekend with Man.

Last night we booked a cruise for May! We are going on the Oasis of the Sea, the new Royal Caribbean ship. We are going with friends from the east coast. It will be a lot of fun! Man and I may renew our vows since our 10th anniversary is in March. Who knows what will do....