Thanksgiving

I am not sure what it is about the holidays that makes everyone start thinking. You start thinking about the shopping for Christmas, parties, decorations and all sorts. But Thanksgiving is the holiday that  we start thinking about all the things that we are thankful for.  I have realized that this year that I have a lot to be thankful for. I am so grateful for my amazing family. They are always there for me and support me in whatever I do. They mean the world to me. I am also thankful for my wonderful amazing husband. It has almost been a year since Gabe proposed. This time last year, Gabe and I were planning a wedding. Gabe is an amazing man, without him in my life I am not sure what I would do.
This Thanksgiving was a lot different. This time last year my uncle Jim was very ill.  On Thanksgiving we went to my aunt's house. My uncle was so ill that we ate dinner in stages so that there was always someone with him.  Then the day after Thanksgiving he passed away. It was really hard for the family. So this year for Thanksgiving we went  to dinner. Its was  a rough day for my aunt and cousins  it was best that they were not  at home. It was  very different not to have a traditional dinner but it was  great. After dinner we all went up to my cousins house to have pie and to just spend some time together. My girl cousins are so funny. Every year after we eat, they sit down and go through the ads in the paper. They each make their own list of what they are going to get at each store and then they make an itinerary. I have never in my life been black Friday shopping but have always wanted to go. So Gabe and I were just looking through the ads and Gabe noticed this camera on sale at Target.  It was only 100 dollars and he has desperately wanted this nice of a camera forever. I know that he really wanted to try to get it. There was some boots that I wanted and a jump suit that I wanted to get for Brazil. So I said what the heck we will go. Target opened at midnight so by the time that we left my cousins and took my parents home and got on the road. It was like 1135. I told Gabe that we should just go to the Centerville Target.  We parked the car and went to get in line. It was a disaster. They started the line at the non grocery doors and it wrapped around the entire store and we were close to the end of it. The line moved quick once they opened the doors. I told Gabe to head for the Camera and that I would get everything else. Once we hit the doors Gabe went running. I went and got my boots and the went for the Jump suit. People were nuts. They were grabbing stuff, there were young girls doing the army crawl. I could not believe it. No wonder you hear all those stories about people getting killed. Well withing 20 mins Gabe calls and says that he got the camera. I was in shock. There had to be a least 1000 people in front of us and he got it. He was so happy. So he had to stand in line at the electronics dept well  I went and got in the check out line to buy my stuff. The line literally weaved in and out of the grocery isles. There were 23 isles that I had to weave in and out of. I was in line for an hour. So needless to say that we did not leave Target till like 2 in the morning. I was so pooped. We came straight home and went to bed. On a brighter note. Gabe is now a permanent resident. We went to the immigration office on Fri and they accepted him. I cannot tell you how relieved that I am. We no longer have to worry about paper work or money. It is all settled. Now in 3 years Gabe can be a citizen. I am so proud of him. We are truly grateful for what this year has brought. And we cannot wait to see what the coming years have to offer.