Hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving! I certainly did. Although I was disappointed not to see my family on that day, the Handitards did it up in style. Thursday morning Ray and Michael ran the Atlanta Half Marathon, and both did really well. I ran to the finish and back home again for a total of about 7 miles. Not as good as 13 miles, but I still felt less guilty about all the food I ate and wine I drank during the remainder of the day. We had enough food for 8 people. We got the Whole Foods turkey dinner for two and then augmented it with some extra casseroles. The only drawback is that there wasn’t really enough turkey, so I selflessly did not have any so that the boys could have more. I like turkey but I really love casseroles and rolls, so I just ate my fill in other things. Then we had three kinds of pie with ice cream for dessert. Yummy!

Friday night we decided to play games instead of going out, so first we all sat down and ate the leftovers from Thanksgiving. We basically ate a second Thanksgiving dinner and there was still food left over! That’s a lot of food. Then we played Trivial Pursuit which Dice won, of course, since he is the trivia master and lord of all things trivia. Saturday morning Ray and I ran 8 miles around the neighborhood instead of Stone Mountain, and then in the evening Dice and I went to the Brick Store for dinner, which was delicious as usual. Sunday afternoon we went to the recycling center, grocery shopping, and then spent a delightful afternoon at cheese dip where I ate more food than I thought I could fit in my stomach. And the rest of the weekend I pretty much sat on the couch and watched TV. A very nice weekend!

And now it’s Monday, bleh. My number one and only goal this week is to counter-balance the weekend’s over-eating. I am finding it harder and harder to stick to a healthy diet with the holiday season, but the knowledge that more over-eating indulgences are coming will hopefully keep me in check during the week, at least.

It rained on Thursday as a Thanksgiving miracle. Then it rained again yesterday and today. Drought be gone!