Like most American households we are getting ready for Thanksgiving and the day after Thanksgiving, dubbed by Number Two Son as ‘Next Giving’ (my favorite day of the year). We do not celebrate Black Friday, because…we sort of don’t like to shop, we sort of don’t like crowds and we’re not organized enough to know what we are buying people for Christmas.
We are especially looking forward to Next Giving day, as Number One Son has to work on Thanksgiving, so we will not be together until Next Giving Day. This year’s Next Giving Day event should top all previous year’s as it is the official Close of The Glory Farm Croquet Season.
There has been a fair amount of croquet played here this season. Fair warning to anyone who still wants to up their game count or improve their status, you have just about 48 hours to do so… I would expect there to be a few hardy souls out in the garden playing a bit of croquet tomorrow. They will need to set up the course and as the ground is frozen, they may need the sledge mall to hammer the wickets and stakes in the ground, of course this means they will first need to retrieve the sledge mall from the log of wood I got it stuck into yesterday. However, I am sure we can count on Number Four Son to be rounding up the troops for croquet between football games, turkey and pie.
I seriously doubt any of Team Offspring will be able to catch My Loving Spouse as he is way out in front on the leader board. He could be the best croquet player on the farm, or he was flying under the radar all season, while my children were distracted by their diabolical quest to ‘take out the Mominator’.
There have been some minor rumblings about the current scores…
“I call shenanigans. Pat is sleeping with the scorekeeper. I demand a recount. “
So, what are your Next Giving Day plans?
As far as Thanksgiving is concerned, seriously…
we truly are very thankful…
daily…
for our life here…
It is a sweet time to be at Glory Farm…
Our Older Girl is here for the week, being kept busy playing with the Offspring, studying, being third-degree’d about her serious boyfriend, taking calls and texts from ‘the‘ boyfriend, watching our favorite movie together and squeezing in a pastry lesson from her Dad…
Yep, life is good….
even if the chickens did eat our festive fall display…
Happy Thanks Giving to you all!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Next Giving. I am not shopping either, going to be playing games with the family.
Happy Thanksgiving to all at Glory Farm! Those pastries look delicious! And I didn’t know chickens ate pumpkin!