Good Morning My Friends,
How are you? How was your weekend? How was your Thanksgiving? I am well and both Thanksgiving and the weekend were lovely.
One Thursday, Fletch and I headed over to Bonnie & Zhongren's in the late afternoon. Mailing was cooking and everything was so delicious! We had roast turkey (from the farm) and gravy, mashed potatoes with caramelized onions, stuffing and roasted broccolini (one of Iris' favorite veggies). Zhongren had baked some naan, Anna made an apple pie and I made a praline pumpkin pie along with both cranberry orange relish and cranberry orange chutney. I don't think anyone was hungry after that meal!
The weekend included two yoga classes as well as a trip to the laundromat...my washer has yet to be repaired. The repair person who was scheduled to show on Wednesday ended up being a no-call/no-show. I tried calling the business on Friday, but of course they were closed for the holiday. Oh well, in the grand scheme of things it's not all that important. Yes it is annoying and frustrating. But I try not to hold on to those negative thoughts. I'm lucky to have a laundromat close by (that was not crowded). I'm hoping for an appointment tomorrow since I will be watching Iris today.
Sunday ended up being full of beautiful surprises! I made some multi-grain pancakes for breakfast with blueberries. While cooking I looked out and saw a bluebird. Such a brilliant blue! He (definitely a male) had come to our picnic table where we have a large saucer filled with water (and a heater to keep it from freezing). Then, during breakfast, I looked out and noticed it was snowing. So pretty. It didn't stick really (except on the pumpkin which is still on the picnic table) but it was just so nice to see it coming down. Then I noticed that our snapdragons are still blooming. What a surprise!
We also have a petunia that refuses to stop blooming in our kitchen window box.
Continuing with the cooking theme, last night I made Shrimp in Thai Coconut Curry Sauce that was wonderful. We had it over basmati rice.
I only used 1 TBS of fish sauce (that stuff is STRONG!!) and next time I would add more of the red curry paste. Very yummy though.
Most likely there will be no TNT post from me tomorrow. To date, I have not put in a single stitch since I last posted an update on my sampler. I doubt I will have time or the energy to stitch tonight.
Also, we watched a great movie last night: Train Dreams. Available on Netflix and we highly recommend.
Welcome to December!!
