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Nov. 26th, 2021 07:26 amThanksgiving was good. I got up around the usual (non-work) time, did some kitchen cleaning, and made a pecan pie. It looked really good (I tried to make some effort on the aesthetics) and smelled fabulous. The wife prepped brussels sprouts; we already had a cranberry-apple chutney and hard sauce made the day before. Instead of going to my dad's, Wendy and Josh invited us to their place (along with Dani) so we didn't have to do anything else.
I snuggled with Miss Bea under the covers and read. Wendy asked to push back an hour for various reasons, which was not a problem. Eventually we gathered up our stuff and drove to pick up my dad. When we got there we had a mild concern because he wasn't answering his phone (or the knock at his door). I started to worry that we were duplicating a Christmas a few years back where he drove to our place as we drove to his. But it turned out that he had just been upstairs doing a jigsaw puzzle.
Easy 20-minute drive up the road to W&J's, and we socialized for a while before Dani arrived. Eventually we had way too much food: pumpkin soup (Dani), turkey and stuffing (that approximated my family's One True Recipe, so it made me happy), our sprouts with house-cured bacon, four (!) different kinds of cranberry sauce - one of which was served directly from the can with ridges for the one person who wanted it, but the other three were homemade; mashed potatoes, and sauteed kale. Then our pie and a lovely pumpkin cheesecake from Dani for dessert.
We introduced my dad to Cards Against Humanity. He didn't quite know what to make of it but eventually got into it and won a couple rounds. We left around 9 PM, because driving him home and then us was a 90-minute trip and I am working today.
I am thankful for family, friends, and food to share with them.
I snuggled with Miss Bea under the covers and read. Wendy asked to push back an hour for various reasons, which was not a problem. Eventually we gathered up our stuff and drove to pick up my dad. When we got there we had a mild concern because he wasn't answering his phone (or the knock at his door). I started to worry that we were duplicating a Christmas a few years back where he drove to our place as we drove to his. But it turned out that he had just been upstairs doing a jigsaw puzzle.
Easy 20-minute drive up the road to W&J's, and we socialized for a while before Dani arrived. Eventually we had way too much food: pumpkin soup (Dani), turkey and stuffing (that approximated my family's One True Recipe, so it made me happy), our sprouts with house-cured bacon, four (!) different kinds of cranberry sauce - one of which was served directly from the can with ridges for the one person who wanted it, but the other three were homemade; mashed potatoes, and sauteed kale. Then our pie and a lovely pumpkin cheesecake from Dani for dessert.
We introduced my dad to Cards Against Humanity. He didn't quite know what to make of it but eventually got into it and won a couple rounds. We left around 9 PM, because driving him home and then us was a 90-minute trip and I am working today.
I am thankful for family, friends, and food to share with them.
