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Thanksgiving Recap: Thanksgiving 2018

In the twelve years I’ve lived in this house there have been some atypical Thanksgiving Days. Some years I’ve been on the road in the motorhome travelling to my folks or returning. One year I wrecked the turkey and had meatloaf. There was the year that I decided to have pumpkin stew and Portuguese cornbread instead of turkey. Last year I had sardines and black beans in an effort to speed healing of a bruised (maybe cracked) rib.

So.

Thanksgiving 2018. My plan was to work Monday and Tuesday and have Wednesday to decompress from work … play with Emmett and Auggie and get things in order for my simple Turkey dinner on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day.

However, I ended up working all day Wednesday to get things in a place where I felt comfortable with a 4 day weekend. So, on Thanksgiving morning … a gray, freezing fog day … I started the woodstove, outings with Emmett, coffee … and procrastinated until I said to myself: “I think I’ll have my turkey dinner tomorrow.

So my Thanksgiving day dinner was a pizza with shredded brussels sprouts, bacon and smoked gruyere. La-di-dah-dah-dah. Wonderful. And I spent the day enjoying the fire, playing with Emmett and Auggie and reading a book.

I DID make a pumpkin pie. But I went off script with a crushed pecan crust vs a regular pie crust. I made a mini-pie to test the crust and YUM! So Friday, my turkey dinner day, I made another little pie!

And I cooked the turkey (turkey breast). And made bone broth from the bones. And that’s as far as it went.

Two days after Thanksgiving: Saturday.

Finally!

But, while I was procrastinating on my Turkey dinner, I spent some time on my blog looking at past Thanksgiving “adventures” … so a bit of reminiscing follows:

2017 Sardines for dinner (Bear’s last Thanksgiving)

2016 A leek gruyere bread pudding was a highlight

2014

2013

2012: The year we had meatloaf because I wrecked the turkey

2010 Pumpkin stew and cornbread vs Turkey (Karl’s last Thanksgiving)

2002 Pre blog days! This year we were renting a house on Flathead Lake. I’d just sold my “in town” house and had not yet bought anything else. The house was furnished … badly. But I am responsible for the somewhat garish table runner. Karl (Karelian Bear Dog 1.5 years old), Bob (Garfield look alike that came with a boyfriend and stayed although the boyfriend didn’t :) ) and Gus (Tuxedo cat and my first ever cat … 4.5 years old)

The walk down memory lane was not sad, it was happy remembering and I laughed at many of the photos I saw along the way.

My dog Zack, was pre digital camera, but I hope to dig out some photo albums and maybe do a “Christmases Past” including him, since this was so much fun.

Hope all had a good holiday. I am very much enjoying this nice break and I have some nice turkey, mashed taters, gravy and cranberry sauce to enjoy for the next few days.

Thanksgiving 2018.

Thanksgiving Day Eve

So, we progress!

XXL wire crate is now used only when I go out and about and can not take Emmett with me. Emmett does “go to crate” with no hesitancy!

Mostly, the house is now WIDE OPEN – YEA! We still have gates for some times when Emmett and/or Auggie have “the crazies”.

Crazies generally happen early morning or late afternoon.

The bedroom. The bedroom with NO “pen”. Currently, Emmett “goes to his bed” after some pre-bed snuggles. He sleeps in his bed or on the floor until about 3:00 a.m. when he wakes. I hear him shake and then pitter-patter and he comes on MY bed and settles.

Speaking of settling… this is a culmination of teaching Emmett and Auggie to settle – HOO RAH!

Light and Mountains!

Auggie.

Auggie and Emmett: Thanksgiving Eve.

First Snow 2018-2019 Fall-Winter

The photos will be a repeat for those who follow me on Instagram AND look at my stories… BUT such a fun time with Emmett that I decided to post some of those photos here.

Several days ago we had our first “real” snow. The forecast was for 2-5 inches and somewhere in that range fell, but since the ground is not frozen and the temperatures were nearing 40 when a lot of the snow fell … much melted as it fell.

BUT.

Some did not and we woke up to maybe a scant inch of snow on the ground…

Emmett had to taste a LOT of snow!

Crazy stuff, this snow :)

Bah Humbug says Auggie!

Mittens are nearly as much fun to steal as socks!!

Later, some time in front of a warm fire.

And late afternoon a beautiful sky.

Early November: entering the dark times

We did Fall back Sunday last.

We are in the “dark times” of less than 10 hours of daylight with another nearly 2 months to go until Winter Solstice.

I confess that I would not like to be any further north, but I do love the increased dark for the amount of time that we have it: cozy nights and mornings with fire and low lights.

All of the seasons and all of the light and dark – I enjoy!

Emmett came home with me just after we did Spring forward. We had a bit of snow when he was tiny. It will be fun to see what he thinks when we have snow again! The forecast is for a “warm winter” – BLECH!! We’ll see.

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