Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving dawned cool and sunny.  Mom and I spent the morning baking pies - apple, pumpkin, and her favorite, mincemeat.  The turkey went into the oven at noon, and then relaxed for a while before starting the potatoes, sweet potatoes, lentil loaf (Amy is a vegetarian) and vegetables.  My sister Amy and her husband JB were driving over from Grass Valley, CA to join us for dinner and introduce us to their two new daughters.

Star

Star is a Pit mix and is about eighteen monts old.  She has a sweet and gentle spirit, and has no idea how big she is.  I was on the floor petting Little Bit, and Star came running through, banging against my nose.  I thought for a while there I was going to have a black eye!

Little Bit

Little bit is a Chihuahua and is only about a year old.  She is a goody little thing, and loves to play. They have always been together, and Amy and JB adopted them from a shelter where Amy volunteers. They are so bonded that they enjoy playing together, and get a little nervous when the other is not close by.  If you look closely at the afghan behind Little Bit, you can see that she lift her mark.  They are both still puppies!

We had a nice dinner, and even "the girls" got a turkey treat.  They all  spent the night and on Friday, we relaxed, played games, JB fixed our kitchen faucet (woo hoo!) and we ate wonderful Turkey Barley Soup.  Thanks, Elaine for the recipe!  They all left later in the afternoon taking with them left overs of turkey, potatoes, dressing, lentil loaf and pie. (There was plenty for us, too!)

Today, Saturday, Mom and I spent part of the day cleaning, and then headed out into the beautiful



60 degree sunshine.  We cleaned up the yard, raking and bagging the last of the leaves.  That should take care of it until spring when we will do a more thorough job of cleaning out garden beds and deciding what to plant.

I did talk to both boys on Skype.  Aaron went out with friends and had sushi for his Thanksgiving dinner.  Connor went out with friends, too, but they know a chef who created a Thanksgiving meal just for them so they enjoyed the turkey with all the trimmings.  This is the first Thanksgiving for me with both of them out of the country.  Kind of different.

Hope yours was a good one and you enjoyed family and friends in a relaxing and joyful atmosphere.