Ahh Traditions, Traditions, Traditions.....

Hello, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know that I did. I got to spend it with my wonderful husband, in which I was thankful to spend Thanksgiving Day with this year; and my wonderful daughter. We went to the Delta to spend the holiday with Ray's parents considering that we haven't been able to in the past two years. We had a great time, filled up on Fried Turkey and all of the fixings to go with it!!! This is going to be a long post. I truly believe they need to make these holidays more that one day!!!

Well most of you all know that in the Delta, life is just at a little slower pace than here in the metro, well except on BLACK FRIDAY!!!! Now for those who are Black Friday virgins, going on this certain day for the first time can be a bit scary!! Since we were in Cleveland, I decided that I would get up and just go to Walmart and see if they had a couple of things that I spotted in the sales paper. Well Ray thought that it was best that he go with me so I wouldn't be by myself and his father decided to go as well. We get to Walmart about 10 after 5 this morning and it looked like angry lions ravishing a piece of meat. I told Ray we probably will not find what we want but we can give it a shot. We proceeded to make our way to the toy department and finally got to the back 20 mins later, yes I said 20 minutes. As we looked we decided that it wasn't worth it to fight the crowd and we would just wait until we got back to finish Christmas. I do have to say that we found my niece's gift at a steal, so I took my little deal to the cash register and checked out. Ray said I would never have to worry about him ever going on "BLACK FRIDAY" again. I just laughed. He also told me that I was crazy, but I look forward to next year once again to get the "BEST DEAL".


Once we got back home, I went to the two Walmarts here just hoping I might find the item that I was looking for early this morning. Nope, I was wrong and ended up walking out with CD-R's. I also went to my parents to spend some time with them. Well, my parents still continue the tradition that has been in place for I know 27 years, the decorating of the Christmas Tree. My mom bought a new tree this year and my dad wanted to go ahead an un pack it. I just think he was chomping at the bits just to see what kind of tree my mom had got. Anywho, we got the tree up and decorated.
It was really fun, because my parents have saved every and I mean every homemade ornament that my sister and I have made. We also had a tradition that we would buy and one ornament for that year!! It was amazing to see 27 years worth of ornaments on our tree. So much history and who knew!!!! With the way the economy is waying down on everything, it is wonderful to sit back and reminisce on how Christmas used to be without all of the hustle and bustle. Here are some pics of the tree decorating.