Our Beautiful November Weekend!

We have had such a lovely weekend!

We stayed home Friday, Saturday and Sunday leaving only once earlier tonight to run out and pick up milk and drop a stack of Christmas cards at the post office just up the street.

A friend gave us a turkey before Thanksgiving so I put that in to cook Friday night before we went to bed. When I got up, I checked it and the oven was off! I thought I had really messed up but when I opened the oven - it was still warm! I took the lid off the roaster and it had been turned!

I use Deanna's never fail 'recipe' from Creekside Cottage

where she turns the bird breast side DOWN to bake.

Now it was breast side UP and there was a big hunk out of the top!

It was perfectly done and delicious so I knew Louis Dean must have been up early, ate some and went back to bed.

I went on to have my coffee and quiet time and when he got up later that Saturday morning, I teased him saying someone came in during the night and flipped the turkey, ate a hunk out of it and put it back.

He said, "I did NOT do that!!!"

I had no idea he wouldn't remember - but perhaps I should have.

I finally told him that I must have done it and was sleep walking!

***Note to Self***

Don't tease him about that kind of thing again!

I did a little housework, a little cooking - making dressing to go with the turkey, and some Christmas decorating! 

 

I settled down to address Christmas cards and watched Daniel Craig (my very most favorite 007) in Casino Royale......

I'm going to rewatch all his Bond movies in sequence.

So what was Louis Dean doing all Saturday afternoon???

'Peeling' pecans in his music room.

I bought a 5 pound bag of Georgia pecans and I picked up 3 pounds from Brenda's tree the day before Thanksgiving.

He shelled ALL 8 pounds!

And it took him over 4 hours!

He has the patience of Job!

We meant to go to church in person today but Louis Dean was sleeping so well that I didn't want to wake him up so we watched Fellowship Church online.

Nice and cozy in the den with a good fire burning.

It's cold here in Texas - not COLD cold but cold for Texas kind of cold.

As in the 40's.

This was Louis Dean's face when he joined me to watch church - Tabitha was sitting in his chair and didn't show any inclination to give up her seat.

She got the idea he wanted to sit down and moved up to the top of the sofa.

Just a guy and his cats!

I finished the cards from A-C and will now start on the D's.

This was a wonderful movie to watch.

Hope y'all are enjoying the whole 'preparing for Christmas' season.

I'm loving every single aspect of preparation and hope to have the house all dressed up by this time next week.