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Thanks to NotionsCapital for posting my Bailouts poem. I love the artwork he added. Thanks Mike! Dee

I just took these a few moments ago.  The sun obliged us with a visit, while it’s still cool enough to require a coat.

First photo is of b-i-l John and son Joseph getting ready to vaccinate and worm the 12 goats.  Next is the hay barn across the street from the house.  The modern farm has all the wood stacked for the wood stove, underneath the satellite dish.  Finally, dog prison, on the floor is a new tie-down so that she can’t escape to the driver’s seat again.

Enjoy your weekend.  Dee

My sister says the Peanuts’ Thanksgiving is wonderful, so I’ll look for it on cable.  In general I’ve appreciated the earlier tv episodes to the newer ones.

I always look forward to Christmas for the Schulz Christmas episode, the Grinch, Rudolph, and White Christmas.

OK, I’m sappy and want to cook traditional and new foods over the Thanksgiving and holiday season.

New challenge for my Texas family: mincemeat tarts? I’ll have to think about that one when from now I’m worried about being safe at my purported polling place.

Mincemeat tarts may be worth trying, but I can’t be disappointed if they’re not a “hit.”  I tried lebkuchen on the family a few years ago and it was too spicy so they returned it.  Like mincemeat, it’s something I grew up with and loved.

Much to do today, so must go!  Cheers, Dee

When we first moved to Texas it took us a few weeks to settle in and find a place to live. Jim’s company paid for a hotel. In the room we had a small frig and microwave.

Breakfast was “free” every morning and every day Jim made himself waffles and also ate a bowl of cereal. I kept tea bags and mugs in the room.

Five years later he cannot eat a waffle. Last October we got a hotel on Hotwire to see some friends and when the hotel was revealed, it was the same waffle hotel we stayed at for a month.

So he’s been through a Crystal Light phase, yogurt, apples, pineapple and any strange fruit he can find. He gets lost in the produce section looking for anything he hasn’t tried before. Luckily we own Uncommon Fruits and Vegetables (on my cookbook list) and I’m able to look things up and try them accordingly.

He doesn’t waffle on anything serious like work or marriage or family and friends. But I won’t be getting a waffle-maker any time soon. Dee

More favorite kitchen items include: linen twine for trussing birds or tying roasts. I keep the bag on top to keep dust out because I plan to have this lovely kitchen twine for many years.

Microplane for everything from Parmesan cheese to grating nutmeg. I don’t even pull out the nutmeg grater anymore.

A box of various-sized cutters. I made James Beard’s radish hors d’oeuvres the other day and used cocktail rye bread which I cut into rounds and buttered, sliced radishes paper-thin, arranged them on top and salted the radishes. Tasty!

Also there’s the other day in TX, a blustery day indeed.

Gorgeous flowers from Jim, four vases worth! What a sweetie. He likes driving to work (used to walk and there was no flower store or grocery en route) and whenever he asks if I need anything from the grocery store out there, I know he’s buying flowers! Shhh, don’t tell him I know. Always the practical husband, he also bought 24 rolls of toilet paper. What a romantic.

No clue. This photo interface is giving me major problems and has for over two hours so I’m giving up on that one for now. That will have to wait until tomorrow.

There will be a major music festival for three days that will shut down our street. In the meantime I heard from my college advisor whose twin brother died yesterday. I wrote him two notes (one email, one US mail) and sent a small contribution to his department.

It’s interesting when you realize that athletes et al are younger than you. The world of possibilities gets smaller and smaller until you hopefully find your niche. Or hopefully you found it out beforehand.

On The Tonight Show this evening was Shawn Johnson, who had Arsenio and Jay Leno on a low balance beam. Unfortunately I only caught the last minute. I really like her spirit. And they were good sports.

Gymnasts, swimmers, skateboarders, I love seeing what I can no longer do. That’s why the Olympics are so important.

Jim bought a dulcinea watermelon that I might even pair with yogurt for smoothies. Still he’ll need full breakfast but I won’t.

From our seats. First is early on in the game, from the cell phone. Second, look up on the upper right #7, Craig Biggio’s number, was retired today. Blurry scoreboard but fun game.

Hope y’all had a great weekend! Note: this is directed you you, personally, as all y’all it TexSpeak for all of you readers. Things one learns… Dee