great Thanksgiving

It was a great Thanksgiving... everyone brought their  "assigned" food stuffs and the turkey came out of the oven a beautiful brown and was super tasty.

I did hear my daughters mention to each other that they missed their brother ( as did Bob and I ).

There was so much eating and talking that we all forgot to take pictures! Leftovers were divided up and clean up went well. Chex Mix went home with people too...now there's just enough left for us to nibble on. I can see another batch being made.

The house was so empty and quiet afterwards!!

Today Bob and I put things back where they belonged... Bob did some laundry.. I worked on a bear and I think Bob worked on a Christmas project...

Tomorrow we are headed out to our older daughter's. Her dog has figured out how to open the door to the basement ( while she is at work) and gets into things. Bob is going to figure out a way to stop that!! This is the dog that has been banned from the boarding kennel because she figured out how to open the door there too and went wandering!!

Looks like it will be cold.. maybe wet and a little snow... nothing like the 6 feet of lake affect snow predicted for Watertown, NY !

Fridge clean up

When I put the turkey in the fridge to thaw I suggested to Bob that I should put something underneath. Bob poo-poo'd the idea, Well I was right.... the turkey leaked liquid into the cheese and veggie drawers. So guess what?! We had to take everything out and clean!! Now the turkey is in a huge stainless bowl finishing its thawing and the fridge is clean!!

I have been emptying the freezer.. getting ready for Christmas cookie baking. I will store them in the empty freezer... I also store butter there... whenever it goes on sale! It was cheaper this week at Aldi ! 

We decided to "treat" ourselves to Subway sandwiches for dinner tonight... we haven't had one of those in a lo-o-ong time.... but the smell of them must have reminded Jack ( the gray striped cat) of Robb's love for them! Bob and I both gave him some of the meat  - ham and roast beef - which he snarfed down rapidly! Funny what people and cats remember!! Tigger was elsewhere sleeping and missed out!

Another holiday tradition

 I found the recipe for these when we first arrived in Missouri and were looking for something new in the library's cookbooks! Added to it all was the fact that the sherry in the recipe was my Mother-in-law's favorite. A reminder of  home ( central - Fingers Lakes-  NYS).

Moving to Missouri, just before Christmas, was  "culture shock"!  I told the kids that we were together as a family and everything would be ok !  The move was not a choice... it was work...

 

 

 

Basket class

Bob, our younger daughter and I took a basket class while we were in Albuquerque last week ... from one of the pueblo members. Carolyn finished hers but Bob and I didn't. The teacher gave us supplies to finish at home.

Bob didn't want to finish his.. but I did. I finished it last night. It's small ... but I am happy. All of us enjoyed the class!!

The other person in our class... his wife was attending the convention... was from Minnesota but had been from Kansas City. Small world.

Our grand daughter called me this morning.. she is now a Notary Public.. She passed the test earlier but today she needed to be sworn in. Her boss at the DMV will get her the seal and book. Now she will be able  to notarize people getting licenses etc. instead of having to pass them onto another DMV employee.

Rain..and more rain

Weather reports say it will rain off and on all day... maybe up to two inches. Temperature currently is 63 degrees ...warm for November.

Bob and I have adopted two seniors through Phoenix Family... both women this year... and have received the wants/needs etc info plus a biography.  Now we have to go shopping!! Glad the lists include sizes and favorite colors!

Phoenix Family has many people... many families...many seniors that can be adopted for the Holidays !

My grand daughter and I were talking about recipes on the phone... she had found a bottle of Bacardi rum in the back cupboard.... probably leftover from a BYOB. I have a rumball recipe which  she will try. We also decided to have a cookie making event after Thanksgiving  just like when she was really young!!Now she cooks more adventurously than I do... I've invited my daughter/her Mother too! 

Had my annual (?) Medicare Wellness exam this afternoon... Went well. Everything is fine though my doctor does want a lab done and Xrays of my hands. Too many lumps..arthritis of some sort. Xrays tomorrow.

We stopped at Office Depot and Hobby Lobby on the way home and it was pouring !!

First batch of Chex Mix

 I had a friend who gave me her recipe for home made Chex mix... I say had because her son and his family moved her down to Florida when dementia "hit". I miss her but the last time I saw her she didn't even know who I was... She loved my bears... was a great crocheter and crafts person!

But everyone in my family loves her Chex Mix and  we remember her when I buy all the ingredients and pull out the huge baking pans!

Today was the "DAY" ! I know another batch will made closer to Christmas!! Just to entice everyone, Bob took pictures all along!!

BTW... this is the start of our holiday season!!

Two pictures from Albuquerque ...feeding the rescue horses

Rita's Chex Mix.. one more not in the picture.

Now that the Chex Mix is cooled I have put into seal able plastic containers ....Bob has been munching!!

 

 

Albuquerque

 We are back home... it was an interesting time.We stayed in a resort that was on part of a 100,00 acre pueblo ! One of the trails took our younger daughter down to the Rio Grande River! The resort has a horse rescue facility and we walked to it and fed the horses with food available at the trading post.

At this time of the year everything was dry and brown... warm and very windy days and very cold and windy nights.... but Bob got a sunburn sitting outside reading on a sunny afternoon!!

Our older daughter missed her convention by being sick the whole time we were in Albuquerque. Luckily she bought the video and will be able to watch it! 

We drove into Albuquerque ( the resort was about 30 miles north) and went to the Pueblo Museum. It was fantastic and we learned alot.

Glad to get home ...pictures to follow

Albuquerque ... here we come

 These past few days have been awful...

But we are getting ready to head out to Albuquerque on Sunday. Our elder daughter is attending a development convention and Bob, Carolyn and I are going along just for fun!!

None of us has been to New Mexico before and it looks very interesting. Things may be colder than Kansas City so we are figuring out how to take winter coats along.

We will be back late Thursday...so no posts till after that!

rain ? VOTE!!

 Woke up to more rain this morning. I thought "oh no!" ... standing in line to vote in the rain?? But by 10.35 the sun was out and so off we drove. Wondering what was ahead at our voting site.

Bob dropped me off at the door and went to park. There wasn't a line at all. It was busy inside.. probably not quite enough places to sit down with one's ballot but do-able!!

We were home in 20 minutes including a stop at the library to drop of a book!!

What a relief... especially after seeing the four hour long lines at the early "no excuse" voting site.. all week long!

Feet up... another cup of coffee soon?

Lots of rain..

 Woke this morning to heavy rain. Bad enough that we had changed the clocks last night and thrown my sleep schedule off but rain!!?

We do need rain but I had planned to head out to Aldi 's... can't do with out milk and bread!! I decided to go anyway and it looked like lots  of people had the same idea! The parking lot was full... the carts were wet... the aisles were full of shoppers ! But people were friendly and happy and I got everything on my list.

It wasn't raining quite so hard when I left Aldi's  and I knew Bob could bring things into the house..more rain tonight  according to the weather person...

End of Halloween

Last night  ( Halloween) ended on a downer. Tigger the orange cat, got very confused with all the door bell ringing and trick or treaters. Not just confused but aggressive ... attacking my legs. Luckily I was wearing heavy jeans. But to top things... around midnight on my way to bed. He bit me ... quite nastily on the top of my foot. It bled a lot and Bob had to become my doctor. He washed off my foot with soap and water... and wiped up the rug... then drying my foot off he applied lots of iodine and bandages.

Keeping an eye on things.. if there's a problem tomorrow I'll call Urgent Care

later...foot still swollen and red... more iodine and new band aids Tigger back to calm this evening.