Thanksmas
Gordon and I decided about a month ago that we wanted to have something special for our friends for the holidays. You spend so much time with family through the months of November and December that you end up neglecting people that are sometimes more important to you than the relatives you only see once a year. So we decided to have a dinner between Thanksgiving & Christmas and call it Thanksmas.
We had it this Saturday and we didn't invite a whole lotta people, because after all, I do have a small place. Even after we only invited a few still only half showed up because of so many things that were going on that weekend, the Long Beach Harbor Boat Parade, company Christmas dinner's, etc. But it was so awesome with the people that did show up. I had four of my friends show up and it completely gave me time to hang out and pay attention to all of them. Usually when you have too many you don't have time to kick back and just talk to all of them at once. It was really cool. My buddy Paul & Sergio showed up that I haven't really hung out with like that in years and my friend Pennie & Pat showed up which I do see more than others. We just kicked back, talked about music and talked about the old times.
I attempted to make a Christmas Goose. I personally thought it turned out real crappy but people still seemed to eat it and cleared their plates. I thought it was rather dry but it was fun to experiment. Along with the goose I had Green Beans with Roasted Fennel & Onion, Roasted Asparagus Tossed in Olive Oil, Kosher Salt & a squeeze of Lemon, Mashed Red Potatoes with Green Onions and a Caprice Salad. My buddy Paul ended up bringing egg rolls and that was a big hit also.
For dessert Gordon and I made Ginger Bread Cookies, Sugar Cookies and I got a great recipe from Paul Dean called Savannah Bow Ties dipped in a chocolate sauce, those were quite a hit. Oh and for appetizers I had Spinach dip served in a bread bowl and a torte I got from Trader Joes that consists of three layers of Cream cheese, Pesto & sun dried tomatoes.
If you want any of these recipes my hubby has posted them up on our food blog or at least they should be posted soon.
All in all we had a great time with some great friends and I really look forward to doing something like this again probably in the summer doing a nice bar-b-q and all.
On another note, I was offered a job this last weekend at a furniture store and was completely caught off guard so I said yes to the job, however there was something inside of me that just did not feel right about the job and felt like the Lord had something else and something better for me so I declined the offer Monday morning.
Right after I declined the offer I got an email from a job interview I had actually missed last week, I decided to go ahead and go that same day. So I headed down to Anaheim and interviewed with probably the two nicest people I have met in a very long time. The interview was almost 2 hours but most of it was talking and laughing and by the time I left I felt like I had known them forever and we were all old friends.
Yesterday I slept in and woke up feeling guilty that I wasn’t up looking for a job, so I forced myself out of bed and started sending out my resume. I received a call from one of the people I interviewed with offering me the job. I was so thrilled so of course I accepted. I was so glad and so happy to get this job, I will be working part time Monday through Friday 8-12:30, which are perfect hours for me! And they offer medical and dental and you can also accrue vacation hours all working part time! What a blessing! The company is family owned and I ended up interviewing with the owners daughter and grandson, they were so down to earth and so fun. They admitted being a chatty group, like I am going to be bothered with that! Common! LOL! I don’t know when I will be starting yet, I will be going in today to get some paper work to take a physical and drug test and I think after that we will discuss when I start. But I was so happy to find out that they are closed for the whole week of Christmas, up to the beginning of January. Gordon’s family’s company does the same thing and I have always thought that was so cool.
I think that this whole situation really amazed Gordon and I. Here I was offered that one job and just felt in my heart and gut that it was not the right thing and once I obeyed by feelings and intuition God completely opened the other door to this other one! I know without a shadow of a doubt that He is watching over us and I feel so blessed each day I think about it.
We had it this Saturday and we didn't invite a whole lotta people, because after all, I do have a small place. Even after we only invited a few still only half showed up because of so many things that were going on that weekend, the Long Beach Harbor Boat Parade, company Christmas dinner's, etc. But it was so awesome with the people that did show up. I had four of my friends show up and it completely gave me time to hang out and pay attention to all of them. Usually when you have too many you don't have time to kick back and just talk to all of them at once. It was really cool. My buddy Paul & Sergio showed up that I haven't really hung out with like that in years and my friend Pennie & Pat showed up which I do see more than others. We just kicked back, talked about music and talked about the old times.
I attempted to make a Christmas Goose. I personally thought it turned out real crappy but people still seemed to eat it and cleared their plates. I thought it was rather dry but it was fun to experiment. Along with the goose I had Green Beans with Roasted Fennel & Onion, Roasted Asparagus Tossed in Olive Oil, Kosher Salt & a squeeze of Lemon, Mashed Red Potatoes with Green Onions and a Caprice Salad. My buddy Paul ended up bringing egg rolls and that was a big hit also.
For dessert Gordon and I made Ginger Bread Cookies, Sugar Cookies and I got a great recipe from Paul Dean called Savannah Bow Ties dipped in a chocolate sauce, those were quite a hit. Oh and for appetizers I had Spinach dip served in a bread bowl and a torte I got from Trader Joes that consists of three layers of Cream cheese, Pesto & sun dried tomatoes.
If you want any of these recipes my hubby has posted them up on our food blog or at least they should be posted soon.
All in all we had a great time with some great friends and I really look forward to doing something like this again probably in the summer doing a nice bar-b-q and all.
On another note, I was offered a job this last weekend at a furniture store and was completely caught off guard so I said yes to the job, however there was something inside of me that just did not feel right about the job and felt like the Lord had something else and something better for me so I declined the offer Monday morning.
Right after I declined the offer I got an email from a job interview I had actually missed last week, I decided to go ahead and go that same day. So I headed down to Anaheim and interviewed with probably the two nicest people I have met in a very long time. The interview was almost 2 hours but most of it was talking and laughing and by the time I left I felt like I had known them forever and we were all old friends.
Yesterday I slept in and woke up feeling guilty that I wasn’t up looking for a job, so I forced myself out of bed and started sending out my resume. I received a call from one of the people I interviewed with offering me the job. I was so thrilled so of course I accepted. I was so glad and so happy to get this job, I will be working part time Monday through Friday 8-12:30, which are perfect hours for me! And they offer medical and dental and you can also accrue vacation hours all working part time! What a blessing! The company is family owned and I ended up interviewing with the owners daughter and grandson, they were so down to earth and so fun. They admitted being a chatty group, like I am going to be bothered with that! Common! LOL! I don’t know when I will be starting yet, I will be going in today to get some paper work to take a physical and drug test and I think after that we will discuss when I start. But I was so happy to find out that they are closed for the whole week of Christmas, up to the beginning of January. Gordon’s family’s company does the same thing and I have always thought that was so cool.
I think that this whole situation really amazed Gordon and I. Here I was offered that one job and just felt in my heart and gut that it was not the right thing and once I obeyed by feelings and intuition God completely opened the other door to this other one! I know without a shadow of a doubt that He is watching over us and I feel so blessed each day I think about it.
I am so glad for you Woody! It is so ammazing to be led by the Holy Spirit!
Shannon
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