Had a good trip to Rhode Island for Thanksgiving, got to take Weds. off and drive there in the morning. Got there early afternoon, which was nice--traveling in daylight. Jenica arrived that night and we were complete. Mark & I walked the dogs in the park on Thanksgiving morning, then we had our usual ceremonial breakfast of fresh bagels and lox. Yum. Dinner was at 3:30, supposed to be at 4 but the bird was done early. Good food--mashed potatoes, lima beans (2 kinds), boiled onions, stuffing, squash, gravy, turkey. Did I leave anything out? I made 2 pumpkin pies, using fresh pumpkin puree from Lin and Martha Stewart's really good recipe. We hadn't finished the second one when I left on Sunday.
We spent a lot of time visiting in the living room--Jenica and I were knitting, Liza and Mark were reading. I went through TV withdrawal. We watched To Kill a Mockingbird, which I bought for Liza because she'd never seen it. All stayed awake for it, which was pretty amazing.
We went on a long beach tour to see hurricane damage. We had lobsters and clams. We slept well. The weather was OK, not too cold. The dogs had a good time, especially because there's a pen there and when they come in from the pen they gets BISCUITS. They traveled well, didn't chew anything in the car either day.
I came home on Sunday, leaving early because there was rumored to be heavy traffic (10% of Americans traveled more than 50 miles--or some combination of those figures). The traffic was fine, though, and I made good time, getting home by 3. Snow on the ground and a cold house (44) when I got home, but I could at least warm the house. Can't do anything about the snow. It's been snowing every day since then, but we only have a couple of inches on the ground. It's supposed to get colder this week, down to 8 with a wind chill of zero. If you believe in wind chill. I've been having great luck with my firewood, keeping the fire going day and night. It's great.
I got up at 2 this morning, couldn't sleep so figured I might as well get up. What did I do with this "found" time? NOTHING. The dogs ran off to Dead Deer Alley and I finally dozed for an hour or so before getting ready for work. I hate to do housework in the dark, which is why I did NOTHING.
I am happy to see you back home and enjoying life. The cookbooks that somehow tie our families together also have allowed me to communicate more freely and I am so happy to see your blogs. I too walk in our local park several times a week and enjoy nature. We don't have dogs here because of allergies. More family stuff may come to light. All in all I am glad to get to know you.
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