Happy Turkey Day to One and All!
Last night Jared called from Okinawa (they are back at camp Hansen after venturing to the Phillipines and China) and we got to talk for awhile =). It was already Thanksgiving there and he had just eaten a late breakfast and was ready for a nap. It was great to hear his voice!
Paula is here for the holiday visiting from Seattle. We picked her up from LAX on Tuesday and she doesn't have to fly home until next Tuesday. We had a nice relaxing day today. Sleeping in, pumpkin waffles and bacon (even Einar ate bacon!), Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on TV, picnic lunch at San Gorgonio park, nap for all three of us, cook the turkey, enjoy turkey-day food, relax some more. The turkey turned out well and I also made some sweet corn bread dressing, yams with marshmallows and a salad.
It was a nice treat to dress for summer and eat our meatloaf sandwiches in the sun. Although there isn't any real sense of seasons around here, I am enjoying the sunshine and not loosing mittens or having to wear rainboots all over the place. Dripping jackets aren't missed either.
Now it's time for some pumpkin pie and Thursday night tv with Paula. We might even hop in the hot tub too since it's all clean and warmed up again.
p.s. it's less than a month now till Jared comes home from his deployment!
