What I miss about Thanksgiving

1. Visiting with family
2. Playing with my nieces
3. Grandmas turkey and mash potatoes
4. Pumpkin pie (really anyone's but Grandma's is the best!)
5. Pumpkin bread
6. Pumpkin cookies that my mom makes (Can you tell there's NO pumpkin in this country?)
7. Decorating the house
8. Drinking hot cocoa
9. Puzzles with Grandpa and Mom and Christina
10. Helping in the kitchen
11. No work or school
12. That feeling of being too stuffed to move and not caring
13. Watching Tapanga go from person to person begging for food even though she just ate
14. Secretly talking about Christmas presents you've already bought
15. Planning Black Friday shopping
16. Going Black Friday shopping
17. Everyone together for a tastey tastey holiday

I don't get to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family or any family this year.  I'm going to try to find turkey, which is pretty rare in this country.  But I also have to work until five, probably later that day.  I also can't buy canned pumpkin.  I would have to buy a special type of pumpkin that is already hard to find, take out the guts, and puree it myself.  Needless to say, I am NOT doing that.  I guess Thanksgiving will be just Alex and me with a little bit of turkey (hopefully), mashed potatoes and some corn.  Maybe I'll get some real turkey when I get back for Christmas. Yum!

Also, I have almost finished my Christmas and souvenir shopping lists.  I have three more Christmas presents to get and souvenirs for three more people.  Woohoo!  I hope everyone likes what they get!  I think my mother will be the most excited about her present though. lol.  Now you're wondering what it is! muhaha!