Thanksgiving Break: A Brief Photo Essay

I spent many hours this break writing thank you notes, but now they're finally all done! Well, except for the ones to Scott's family members, but since I delegated those to him, I'm just going to buy stamps for them, too, and hope for the best.

Our house looked very festive for Thanksgiving. Mary and Kat came over to share the evening and the feast with us, which was wonderful. Scott roasted a delicious turkey, made stuffing, roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower, and generally did just about all the cooking. Between Mary and Kat, we had the requisite pecan and pumpkin pies, so it was quite a traditional success.

Today I sewed curtains for our kitchen on Jemima, as I've christened her. Somehow she managed to last through three curtains without having been oiled or tuned up since who-knows-when. She's probably about forty or fifty years old, one of those rock-solid Singer sewing machines that never quits. Thanks to Scott for picking her up at the ReStore.

 

Otherwise, we've spent the afternoon very quietly. One of the complex board games Scott loves has deeply absorbed all his attention. The paper wreath on the wall is the product of a hard afternoon's work on Mary's part; my product of that same afternoon was a paper bird mobile that's hanging above my head in the living room right now.

Monday, last two weeks of class, here we come!