Thanksgiving @ Mary Lou's

We were invited to go to our great friend and ex-neighbor Mary Lou's for Thanksgiving. Her lake house is by one of the lesser known but beautiful lakes of Madison.

We picked up Siew Inn along the way. She is another person in Mary Lou's " unrelated family ". She is quite a strong lady in her age. The "fun" fact of her life is that somehow her name was put in the database as a motel inn, so at times she can get 400 phone calls at night for reservation and ask about free breakfast.

One of Mary Lou's sons, Joe, was the chef for a nice big tasty turkey. His kids Sammy and Sophie were great kids to play with. Rachel made green bean casserole and I picked out a couple bottles of wine.

I think once you experience a group of very positive people, the love and the energy of supportive-ness, there is less and less tolerance for toxic people and their behaviors. I am very proud of Mary Lou for the choice she made and her brave decision to let go and rebuild her life on her term. I know I have to find that strength in myself as well. She is my role model even if she does not know. I am very blessed and thankful for all the good positive people around me and I am grateful for their support. More than they know, I bet, but I guess it is my fault of not telling them enough.

I had three plates of dinner, btw. Shugar would be proud of Sophie, she was half way done with her pumpkin pie with her hands before anyone realized she had no fork and need someone to cut the pie to little pieces.

We played a game of Trouble after dinner with the kids. All I know is that I was last and I think Rachel won. I know the kids love her a lot.

I really need to thank Mary Lou again and everyone there for a great Thanksgiving. I also need to thank Shugar for her invite to include us in her family gathering that we could not do, both Rachel and I think that is a very sweet gesture but coming from Shugar, the sweetness is no surprise. ;) ha ha ha