Thanksgiving 2024

Thursday, November 28,  2024

Made a Bloody Mary...

...and turned on the parade at 8:30.

Sylvester burrowed into a pile of pillows making a little fort for himself.

He came out eventually and made himself comforatable on whichever of our laps was available.

Dale supervised the making of the feast but I helped quite a bit. 

Mom came over around 2 pm and we ate at 3:00. All in all it turned out great. 

Dale seems to think I do a great job carving the turkey. I feel like I'm hacking away with an ax to the carcass but I guess I do okay since there's barely any meat on it when I'm finished. There's gotta be a youTube video out there that shows the most efficient and perfect way to cut it up. Maybe I'll look for that sometime. 

Mom brought over a pumpkin pie that some friends from church had made. She said they usually make about 100 pies every year to sell to people for Thanksgiving. It was delicious and one of the better pumpkin pies I've ever had. That's sayin' something cuz I LOVE pumpkin pie. 

She also brought over some port wine. Dale didn't think he'd ever had any before. I poured some for us after the pie. Mom and Dale didn't like it. They said the alcohol level was too hight (turned out it was 20%) and they just didn't like the taste. I thought it was fine but what do I know. 

First Day of Thanksgiving Break 2024: Second Cigar of the Day

 Wednesday, November 27. 2024

We headed to South Lyndale Liquors after Dale got home from the gym. Now we're all stocked up with booze for tomorrow. 

Lit up a Hoyo de Monterey Excalibur upon return home. Very enjoyable. 

Temperature up slightly from this morning although it got windier and more raw. Retreated to the garage rather than sitting out back. 

Clockwise from top left:

1. DJ Play Me a Christmas Song, by Cher

2. Underneath the Tree, by Kelly Clarkson

3. Oh, Santa, by Mariah Carey

4. Rosie Christmas, by Donna Summer

First Day of Thanksgiving Break 2024: Coffee, Cigars, and Christmas Music

 Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Morning cigar.  

Dale took off for the gym around 9:00 am.

I lit up shortly after.

Broke my rule and started listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving. Usually I wait until the Friday after so I'm only a couple days early. 

Chilly out but not raw and not windy. 

Had some coffee to keep me warm. 

Thanksgiving Weekend 2023 - Cocktails, Christmas Music, and Cigars

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Church this morning with Dale. Brunch at The Howe afterwards. I had an Old Fashioned.

Cigar and another Old Fashioned in the garage while listening to Christmas music. 

Thanksgiving Weekend 2023 - Coming Home

Saturday, November 25, 2023

Steph got Mom and me to the airport this afternoon. Pretty skies for takeoff. 

We were seated over the wing and an engine and had a great view of the nearly full moon. 

We got in around 7 pm. So good to see Dale who met us at baggage clain. Can't believe we're a month away from Christmas. 

Thanksgiving Weekend 2023 - Black Friday

Friday, November 24, 2023

Pete took us all out to lunch at a very nice restaurant named Cooper Hawk. The food was delicious. I had the shrimp and scallop risotto and it was divine. 

They also made me up a very well done Canadian Old Fashioned. 

After lunch we dropped Xander off at basketball practice and then headed home. Steph, Abby, and Emma put up Christmas tchotchkes although Mom helped out with decorating the tree. 

I found the crackling fire channel on tv and sat and got comfortable on the couch. Abby played some Christmas music on her phone. It wasn't connected to a speaker so it sounded like it was coming from an old transistor radio. 

Steph put a Santa hat on Thora Peaches which looked very cute. 

Mom took a picture of me with the manger scene she and Dad made oh so many years ago. 

Abby made a power point of her Xmas wish list. I got a kick out of that. Most of the things were found on Amazon and she made note of when she found an item on sale. 

Pete made cheese fondue for dinner along with some chicken breasts (internet photo). 

Abby had a friend over and they played games with Xander and Emma for most of the the evening while Mom, Pete, and I had some Bailey's Irish Creme and watched Password on tv. It was a laid back and enjoyable day. 

Oh, and by the way I got Whammed today while scrolling through Instagram. I believe last year I made it to just before Christmas. 

Technically I don't think the Whamaggedon thing starts until December 1 but I'll still consider myself out.