Thankful for Tuesdays
We all had a great Thanksgiving.
Kit & Julie, Amanada, Bryce, Kirk, and Ariel came up from Orangevale. Julie brought a couple of pies; carmel apple (Gammy loved) and pumpkin; and Kit brought a dozen roses (MoM loved). They enjoy any excuse to dress up, and Tuesday T-Day was no exception, so I had a houseful of handsomeness.
Kris made it. Yay! She brought me a beautiful wedding photo album. It looks like a coffee-table book, and the photos aren't mounted, they are printed on the pages. This is great because I was unsuccessful at downloading the wedding photos from Snapfish. I plan to give that another try so I can put them on a stick and then onto my digital picture frame, but the book is forever, so I'm thrilled to have it.
Dr D & Wife came too. I don't think they realized how quickly and completely Kit's family could fill a room....they seemed a bit overwhelmed by that. They didn't visit much, ate apart from us, and left early. Wife wasn't feeling well, though, so that was probably part of the reason. It was a good out, anyway.
Food was good. Alice helped with the cooking. The turkey was a little dry, but that was my bad. I didn't know you should cut the cooking time about in half when you use a roasting bag. It was in the oven an hour too long before I checked out that bit of info. The ham was about perfect. I smothered it in a maple glaze this year. The yams were slightly underdone but very tasty. My wild-rice, mango and cranberry salad wasn't very popular, but the cabbage, broccoli and raisin salad did well. Mashed potatoes and gravy - devoured.
Main thing is, we had a great time. Deven called and talked to everyone. Kris said it was miraculous service wasn't interrupted that whole time. Deven and I have spoken on the phone twice now, and the conversations are short, with intermittent dead air, as if we're not sure what to say to each other. Odd for a mother and soldier son, I suppose, but a) I am not a phone-person. Not good on the phone. Never have been. And b) I think Deven's aware I'm a bit of a namby-pamby about what's going on over there where it relates to him and his safety. I heard his voice and it was normal; most excellent.
Happy Thanksgiving, all!
Kit & Julie, Amanada, Bryce, Kirk, and Ariel came up from Orangevale. Julie brought a couple of pies; carmel apple (Gammy loved) and pumpkin; and Kit brought a dozen roses (MoM loved). They enjoy any excuse to dress up, and Tuesday T-Day was no exception, so I had a houseful of handsomeness.
Kris made it. Yay! She brought me a beautiful wedding photo album. It looks like a coffee-table book, and the photos aren't mounted, they are printed on the pages. This is great because I was unsuccessful at downloading the wedding photos from Snapfish. I plan to give that another try so I can put them on a stick and then onto my digital picture frame, but the book is forever, so I'm thrilled to have it.
Dr D & Wife came too. I don't think they realized how quickly and completely Kit's family could fill a room....they seemed a bit overwhelmed by that. They didn't visit much, ate apart from us, and left early. Wife wasn't feeling well, though, so that was probably part of the reason. It was a good out, anyway.
Food was good. Alice helped with the cooking. The turkey was a little dry, but that was my bad. I didn't know you should cut the cooking time about in half when you use a roasting bag. It was in the oven an hour too long before I checked out that bit of info. The ham was about perfect. I smothered it in a maple glaze this year. The yams were slightly underdone but very tasty. My wild-rice, mango and cranberry salad wasn't very popular, but the cabbage, broccoli and raisin salad did well. Mashed potatoes and gravy - devoured.
Main thing is, we had a great time. Deven called and talked to everyone. Kris said it was miraculous service wasn't interrupted that whole time. Deven and I have spoken on the phone twice now, and the conversations are short, with intermittent dead air, as if we're not sure what to say to each other. Odd for a mother and soldier son, I suppose, but a) I am not a phone-person. Not good on the phone. Never have been. And b) I think Deven's aware I'm a bit of a namby-pamby about what's going on over there where it relates to him and his safety. I heard his voice and it was normal; most excellent.
Happy Thanksgiving, all!