Mom and Apple Pie
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daWell, that was the very model of a modern traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey was glazed with a really nice pomegranate and sage sauce, and my cousin brought bourbon sweet potatoes. We went through ten pounds of mashed potatoes, two heads of broccoli, half the cranberry mold, and 1.5 of three pies.
Conversation was lively. Grandma had some great zingers. She's pretty sharp for 98 years old. They think she can come home from rehab in three weeks, when she's a bit stronger than she was when she had the fall. I was impressed when she first came in the door, and seemed so energetic, even if she's not walking. Physio's done good things for her.
My cousin's gotten a black chow, who is really sweet, even if his face has a distinctly scary ursine appearance.
It's pouring down rain, and I'm happy to have a warm place to sleep tonight.
Yes, I wish I were going home tomorrow.
Conversation was lively. Grandma had some great zingers. She's pretty sharp for 98 years old. They think she can come home from rehab in three weeks, when she's a bit stronger than she was when she had the fall. I was impressed when she first came in the door, and seemed so energetic, even if she's not walking. Physio's done good things for her.
My cousin's gotten a black chow, who is really sweet, even if his face has a distinctly scary ursine appearance.
It's pouring down rain, and I'm happy to have a warm place to sleep tonight.
Yes, I wish I were going home tomorrow.
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Date: Saturday, 25 November 2006 07:14 pm (UTC)And yummy family appetizers at 2pm, including a buttery, scrumptious smoked salmon and a baked crab dip. After turkey and sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes and stuffing and garlic/pepper kale, and assorted other items and cranberry chutney, the desserts included chocolate bourbon pie, an amazing apricot cake from Ann's younger daughter Maria, a non-wheat chocolate buttercream birthday cake for Ann's mom, pumpkin pie, apple pie and mince pie. Ann's daughters have now taught us the meaning of having an armadillo in your stomach after that meal!
The most fun, I think, was watching Ann's nephew Francisco, age 5, dancing to live guitar music as well as funk for everyone for at least an hour and a half! Too cute!
We had a full carload going out to the Boston area, my son, our resident young man, Michael, Maria, and us. Yesterday we took a quick ride on the T into Boston, as Michael had never been there before (or ridden on a subway).
Got back home today at noon, as Ian has term papers to work on before he heads back to school tomorrow.
Hope you get home soon.