Well, THE HOBB has been gone for a month now. I miss her each and every day. THe weirdest things make me think about her or bring a flash of a memory. Then, that sort of sets the tears off. I know that Gramma would NOT want me wandering around crying at the drop of a hat, so I just tell myself to suck it up.
As I knew it would be Thanksgiving was really sad for me. My family, for as long as I can remember, has always had a big Thanksgiving. It was the one time that most of my family members came together and ate dinner and had great fellowship together. Thanksgiving was a time when my mom might actually show up sober and hang out for a while. This Turkey Day, my sister and I decided to just not have Thanksigiving. We went to see No Country for Old Men. It was good. Then we sneaked in to Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. So we spent the whole day at the movies. It was nice. By the time we got home, for me Thanksgiving was over.
In lieu of Thanksgiving, I decided to start my own new tradition. I decided to start having a gathering of friends on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It is called the FALL FRIENDS FREE-FOR-ALL. We all gathered last night. Most of my friends were there. Some were still out of town for the holidays. We had a nice fire going in the fireplace. There was a TON of food! HOLY CRAP! We had everything you can think of: chili, pigs in the blanket, Asian cole slaw, boiled peanuts, hot wings, rum cakes, ice cream, rotel cheese dip, bleu cheese biscuits, pasta salad, artichoke dip. Lord, the list just goes on and on! We had a giant cooler of beer and some wine (which was probably not that great, because I don’t drink wine). It was a ton of fun. A lot of my friends brought their kids. We all drank and ate WAY TOO MUCH. We watched the CLEMSON TIGERS beat USC. Barely. But a win is a win baby! My awesome friends helped me clean up, and we all split up the food.
One party guest stood out as THE NUMBER ONE party guest. MICH! He brought me the JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FUTURESEX/LOVESHOW LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN DVD!! WOOO! That makes him the number one party guest! (and my room is immaculate). He also made the delicious pigs in the blanket.
Gramma would have loved this party . She would have been the belle of the ball! Now, I just have to get through Christmas. That will be much harder. Thanksgiving and Christmas were her favorite holidays.
Incoherent Ramblings 
She would have wanted it that way. You are one strong lady. You have one hell of a group of friends.
Just lovig you and sending you the thoughts of new memories to be made. Ah, I am crying. Damn holidays.
Well, it is the holidays and I’m a giver. It was my pleasure to be number one.