Sometimes I can be quite spacey. The week before Thanksgiving, dh and I went to visit a friend of mine from long ago when I was in the navy. We hadn't seen each other since March 1986! The visit went great! There are some people that were just meant to be friends. After not seeing her for 23 years, it was just like I had seen her the week before, I mean there wasn't a sense of unease or anything. I brought my camera with me but as I mentioned earlier, I'm spacey at times and the camera stayed packed away. I brought her and her husband slippers I crocheted and usually I take pictures of all my crochet projects but these slipped by; did I mention that I can be spacey? lol....
Thanksgiving was great. Unfortunately my dil had to work and wasn't able to have the meal with us. I had son take a plate to her so at least she was able to have some of the food. Both of my sons, the ggd and dh's mom shared a pretty good meal (if I may say so myself :) ) with dh and me. I didn't stress about fixing the food this year. I started baking pies and making side dishes earlier in the week and popped them into the freezer until Thanksgiving morning. We had our meal a bit later in the day, 5 p.m., and that helped out a lot too. Also, I trimmed a few extra dishes off the menu. For years, I had tried to replicate the Thanksgiving meals of my childhood even though those meals were put together by numerous ladies in the family and not just one person (me).
I'm still crocheting. My focus is on the traditional slippers I make for most family members and friends every Christmas. Instead of taking a picture of each pair, I'm going to wait until they're all finished and then take a picture of the entire batch of 'em. I'm also making a mat out of scrap yarn for the dogs to lay on the floor with to keep warm.
I hope that all of you had a great Thanksgiving. Best wishes to all. Hugs....
