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October 14, 2008
Early Thanksgiving & Other News
Sunday, Don and I went over to Aunt Nancy's & Uncle John's house for a kind of early Thanksgiving. Don's cousin Myke (above) and his family, who live in Virginia, had come into town to visit and we don't get to see them but once every few years.
Aunt Nancy cooked an incredible turkey, just oozing with juices! It was so delicious and yummy--some of the best turkey I've ever had. But then, Aunt Nancy IS a master chef (at least in my eyes). It had all the trimmings. I have GOT to get Aunt Nancy's recipe for stuffing. YUM! AND I got my slice of pumpkin pie before it was gone. Yay!
Some of the kids (and adults as well) went out to play some football after dinner and there's a good picture of Myke with some hefty grass stains on his shirt from having been tackled. Heh! After that, we adults (and Ian) played a game of Texas Hold 'Em. As usual, Uncle John took me out as the first casualty of the game. Rats! I believe he was the tournament winner--don't know how he manages to do that nearly every time!
After poker, Kelsey brought over her new kitten, Kirk. That's him with Laurel, who you couldn't tear away from him. It was Nate's girlfriend's--she got it from the pound, but couldn't keep it in her dorm. And Judi wants to give it to me and Don. He's very cute and very cuddly. I'm not yet sure if I can handle another cat so soon after Hideous' death, especially one that's black like him. As I was petting him, I had to retreat to the other room for a short moment because the grief came flooding back to me. I suppose if Kelsey ends up not wanting it, we probably would. I think Don was secretly hoping that Judi would just give him to us and we would have taken him home that night.
In other news, I had an interview last week and haven't yet heard whether I got the job or not. Don's talking about a possible blogging job for me that might pay quite a bit with someone he knows from high school. We'll see how that goes. Otherwise, I'm enjoying a little time off from martial arts. I have a minor injury to my left leg and back that's bugging me. It just needs a little rest before I go back to it. It's giving me a lot of time on my hands, but I'm trying to use it to do a little more cooking. Made a killer chicken skillet stew yesterday. Maybe later this week, I'll try pumpkin pie too.
Posted by Amy at October 14, 2008 12:32 PM
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I wanna squish the lovey black kitty!!!!
*pouts* Spooki doesn't love me anymore. Since Halloween is just around the corner, I'm taking advantage of all the black kitty goodies that are out. Today I bought a cute little black kitty windchime. Its very sweet. Hmmmmmmm....*idea!*... and *whistles innocently*
Meat= a sucker for black cats. I'd adopt more black kitties, but my little jealous moon cat (super fat calico) wouldn't put up with it. She barely tolerates whenever I try to give Spooki some love.
Cats. Bliss.
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at October 14, 2008 11:58 PM
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