Well, we had a super great Thanksgiving here in the West. Andy and I woke up early to prepare food. He got a tip that the turkey would be super moist if it were wrapped in bacon (see photo) which turned out to be a fantastic idea. Of course it's hard to go wrong wrapping anything in bacon but it really was even better than expected. I made Mouse's stuffing, mom's dill rolls, my broccoli cheese casserole, and a new desert recipe for a caramel, apple, cream cheese, pudding and cool whip layered desert. Were were hoping that the majority of the recipes would turn out and were surprised when EVERYTHING was delicious. We noted the humor in the fact that we spent four hours in cooking and preparation and ten minutes or so in eating. The table was beautiful thanks to a fabulous centerpiece which was a great surprise from Andy's mom (see photo).
Saturday at sunset there was a Christmas parade downtown which had fifty floats, all with lights and ending of course with Santa. After the parade Santa lit the Christmas Village at the end of the parade route, which is two square blocks of miniature buildings and other lighted decorations (see photo through dirty car window). Following the lighting there was a fantastic fireworks display which was fun to see at a time other than the fourth of July. The temperature was in the low teens so after all the fun we were ready to head out for a nice dinner at Bombay Cuisine, which we both enjoyed but agreed I got a little too bold when the waiter asked me how spicy I wanted my curry and I responded 5 (on a scale of 1-10).
Last week we were supposed to have a snowstorm, which instead arrived last night. We (read Andy) have shoveled twice since yesterday evening. It took me an hour and a half to drive to Salt Lake City this morning and Andy forty minutes to Brigham City. This was about double our normal times. I am hoping the snow stays on the mountain from now on and Andy is hoping it continues to dump on us.
Today is Andy's birthday so I think we will try a Thai place he has been saying he wants to go to. I put out gifts yesterday and he was more disciplined than I would have been about snooping! I am no good at waiting but he did a good job.
I sold my first trailer last Wednesday and I was pretty excited about getting my first one after just eight days. It should deliver early next week and then I can truly count it as a "done deal".
We have our first company coming this weekend, Andy's brother and his girlfriend from California. We are super excited, and planning for a Utah Jazz game and dinner on Friday.
I keep meaning to take some good pictures of the mountains outside the house all covered with snow, but I keep forgetting so I will do that soon.
The dogs all seem to be adjusting well. They spend a lot of time by the fireplace keeping warm and lazy, which is just as they like it. The smallest beast, three pound Lillian, cannot tolerate the weather right now for more than a minute or two, but oddly she runs outside every time the door opens to eat as much snow as possible before dashing back inside. It is very cute and funny. She will actually stand up and beg for a snowball and that trick hasn't gotten old for me yet.
Next week an expansion pack will be released for the World of Warcraft video game, so I have been warned that I will see Andy emerging only VERY rarely from the Man-Cave. We'll see :)
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