{"id":2324,"date":"2013-12-01T08:54:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T15:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2013-12-02T07:01:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T14:01:55","slug":"post-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appleattic.net\/blog\/post-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving is over and the Christmas season has begun. We had a good Thanksgiving but not a traditional one; no turkey. Instead we had a nice roast cooked in the crock pot, French-cut green beans, potatoes and gravy, jellied cranberry, and pies. All together we had an excellent Thanksgiving Day meal with leftovers for us to enjoy for a few more meals.<\/p>\n

Pam makes terrific pies. This time she made a pumpkin and a rhubarb custard pie. Both turned out very well and are almost gone as I type this. Doubt if they will last the rest of today! The rhubarb custard pie is a treat as rhubarb is not very common out here. (It is high desert, after all.) Pam bought some at the grocery store this summer and cadged a bit from a neighbor who tries to grow it. Together there was enough for a good pie. There’s enough rhubarb left for one more pie at Christmas, after that Pam will resort to traditional fillings like pumpkin, apple, and cherry.<\/p>\n

We are not much for Black Friday sales but the Honda needed a new set of tires, so, on Friday I went over to Big-O (a tire chain found mostly in the west) and had a new set of tires put on the Honda. Traffic was moderate (I didn’t go to a mall) and I didn’t see much in the way of Black Friday shoppers. At our age I guess there is nothing we want so badly that we’ll camp out, get up at 5:00 AM, or generally participate in Black Friday sales. We were NOT going to shop on Thanksgiving Day.<\/p>\n

Today (Saturday) is our annual outdoor Christmas decorating day. With the cats and dogs in the house we don’t put up many inside decorations – the tree generally stays in one of the bathrooms where we can shut the door on the animals – so we put up some outside stuff instead. What we have is bits and pieces from previous residences; we’ll never win a decoration contest, but we still enjoy coming home to the outdoor holiday lights.<\/p>\n

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Pam decorating outdoor tree<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to the outdoor tree we put up a garland, rope lights, other outdoor lights, and ribbons and bows. I will be making a trip to Sanderling (to check on the RV) in a week or two, at which time I’ll \u00a0bring back some fresh evergreen boughs for wreaths and for \u00a0fragrance. Add a few “chochkies” inside the house and our \u00a0decorating will be complete.<\/p>\n

By the way, the chairs in the photo are sitting around the fire pit. I kept a fire going and played Christmas music in the garage while putting up the decorations. Even though the day was grey and on the cool side a comfy fire helped move the job along.<\/p>\n

Wow, we’ve already received one Christmas card. Our cards will be more like “Happy New Year” cards this year. Pam has the week of Christmas off – CMC closes – and I will take some time off as well. We will probably finish our cards during that break. So\u2026if you don’t get a card from us before Christmas, don’t get your knickers in a twist — your card will probably arrive around New Year’s. Our electronic card is done and posted; you can view it by clicking on Christmas Cottage<\/b><\/a>. The card is interactive so take a look and follow the instructions. Another link to the card is posted on our home page, http:\/\/www.appleattic.net,<\/b><\/a> both as a tab at the top-right corner of the page or as a link in the middle of the page.<\/p>\n

Time to stop talking-nothing more to say!<\/p>\n

That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!<\/p>\n

Pam’s Two Cents Worth:<\/p>\n

Am I wearing \u00a0a snowsuit in the picture? No, just three layers for warmth. Putting up outside decor in temps hovering at freezing is not a necessary part of the holiday spirit for me. \u00a0Next weekend is predicted to be even colder \u00a0– in the teens – at least it isn’t snowing [yet].<\/p>\n

Happy Trails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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