23 November

Over here it's 23 November, not Thanksgiving. Today at work a client brought us a pecan toffee tarte. They wanted to bring us a pumpkin pie, but you can't find those in England. You can though find cans of pumpkin, but they cost 3 quid--that's about $6 for a can of pumpkin! I still bought the pumpkin and made pumpkin pie.


We had a nice Thanksgiving at 31 Bronwen Court. Jed showed off his master turkey skills and made a delicious bird. JB and TB came over and made mashed potatoes and green beans. My sister and I were talking about past Thanksgivings and we realised that we don't really have any traditions! Mom, I don't mean this in a negative way. My family just always does something different for Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving that I remember was 6th grade (what kind of a memory do I have?) and we went to Dahlonega, GA to the Smith House for supper. At the Smith House you eat family style at big tables. Ironically, the son in the family at our table was in my sixth grade class at Westminster! We had a couple of Thanksgivings with neighbors, one in Florida with my Grandma, and last year we went to an inn in South Georgia also with my Grandma.

After dinner Jed and I watched Match Point, the Woody Allen movie that came out earlier this year. It's such a depressing movie. I'm really not sure why I pushed for it other than the fact that it is based in my current city. I've seen it twice and I always wish that the main character would get some help rather that going to such extremes.

I'm off to watch an archived show of the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour.