Thanksgiving 2012

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I was offline most of the day yesterday.  I was busy preparing our first ever Thanksgiving at home.  Thanksgiving dinner was good and enjoyed by the family.  My first ever roasted turkey was a great success that hubby requested that we should buy another one and have a roast turkey in few weeks.  The turkey was super delicious it  was moist and tender, it actually fall off the bone.

I choose not to overcook the turkey breast that's why the breast doesn't look well roasted.   Overcooking the turkey breast makes it dry.  There were just 4 of us eating (Andrea ate her share later that night) so there were plenty of leftover.

I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

There's always a reason to be thankful. Happy Thanksgiving dear friends!

Trying for a healthier Thanksgiving

Guest post written by Margaret Beacon

I've been on somewhat of a health kick lately and feel like I'm in so much better shape. Plus, lots of people have been complimenting me and telling me that it looks like I've lost weight! Besides feeling like I have more energy, that's a really great side effect. So I'm going to try and find some healthier ways to fix some of the Thanksgiving classic dishes.

I've been reading a lot about what's better for you to eat online with our clear wireless internet and have been finding out all kinds of information. I found out that both pumpkin pie and lemon meringue pie is a lot healthier and has less calories than pecan pie and cheery pie! I would have never guessed all of that.

But another thing that I found that I think would be really good and a whole lot healthier is making olive oil mashed potatoes instead of regular old ones. I actually made them for dinner the other night and they were really good! So they're definitely a go for Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving

To all my friends, family and visitors of this blog, May you all have a wonderful thanksgiving. Let us not forget that this is the day to give thanks to all the blessings that we received. I hope that we will have a time to pause and evaluate our lives and see how blessed we are...

Have fun and be safe everyone!

Springpad and "Springsgiving" Contest

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Springpad. All opinions are 100% mine.

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Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is a harvest festival. It is a time to give thanks to the harvest and gratitude in general. Today, Thanksgiving is usually held as a gathering of family.

As this day is a day of giving thanks, I am expressing my gratefulness for all the blessings that I have. I am thankful for having a wonderful husband. Life is not easy but life with Dave has been very wonderful. I am thankful for Dave's family who is now my family, for accepting me and treating me like a daughter. I am blessed to have Mom Lori not just as a mother but as a bestfriend too. I am thankful for having Dan. Both Mom and Dan has always been there for us. I am also thankful that I have Dad Bill and Jan. They are both so wonderful to us. I am thankful for Terri and family and John. I may not have seen Mischa all the time, but she is also a blessings to us. I am thankful for all the friends that I have here, they make me feel and they always makes me remind of my roots and where I came from.

I will forever be thankful to my tatay and nanang and the rest of the family. Despite the distance between us, our bond still remains strong. I will always treasure the moments that we shared, the memories that we live by, the teachings, the shaping up our lives during our younger years. I even treasure the hardships that we experienced because it makes me more appreciative of what I have now.

And of course, the most wonderful blessings of my life... my precious little girl, who day by day brings joy and completeness to my life.

Above all, I thank the Almighty Father, for blessing me with two wonderful families. My american and biological family.

Happy thanksgiving everyone.