The dog let me sleep 39 minutes “late” until 7:30 this morning, then was kind enough to wait ten minutes for me to put on my boots, two coats, hat, and gloves, get her leash (keys are missing again so I left the door unlocked). Then I fed her and the fish, and determined to let Jim to sleep in because he has to work tomorrow.
I spent the morning catching up online and with laundry, dishes, dishwasher then served Jim breakfast in bed. Our neighbor called with the time of the Shuttle flyover, which we went out to see precisely at 6:10 p.m. It was a gorgeous day, starting off cold as usual and going up to a balmy 54 degrees! We dressed in Western garb (Jim in a Stetson shirt, me in a snap shirt with different colors and embellishments) in order to call his family back home. Since Jim met my family at Mom’s in 2001 shortly after we met, in 2002 I got introduced to his large family in Texas and we’ve been there every year but this one since.
Jim’s mother was lamenting her old PC and a few weeks ago finally succumbed and bought a refurbished MacBook. After initial installations it should require very few problems for her and much less long-distance tech support from her sons. We had a trial videoconference last night with parents, brother and family, then she took the MacBook to Nanny’s for Thanksgiving dinner. After the meal we engaged in a 2+hour videoconference with Nanny and many of the 50-60 people in attendance, even got to see all the new babies online and a quick shot of the little girls’ tea party in progress.
Jim wanted to go out to lunch because we’re both kind of down that we couldn’t see either of our families this Thanksgiving. The only restaurant that was open had only a full Thanksgiving meal available. I picked at it, Jim had a full meal and we came home. Moments after getting offline with Jim’s family my brother called. He and my Dad are halfway across the country and went to feast at lunchtime.
Now I’m about 20 minutes from dinner, very beautiful NY strip steak, loaded baked potatoes and fresh green beans. I’ll save the Brussels sprouts for the weekend. Jim has to work tomorrow and we may see a movie over the weekend or try the chic bowling alley that opened yesterday, either for lunch or to see how horrific we are at bowling!
Hope you had a wonderful day with family and friends. Hopefully we’ll be able to join the festivities next year. Cheers! Dee
Cooking with Dee 
p.s. as far as the Shuttle goes, we thought we saw it but it might have been a plane. Clear skies, warm day, standing outside with the dog looking up at the stars. Aside from missing our families, it was a good day. Dee