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Nov. 30th, 2015 02:06 pmAnd there was Thanksgiving, and it was good. Seven people, three pies, enough leftover pie to last through the weekend, excellent weather on Friday so I went for a six-mile walk (from Noank to the drawbridge and back), and generally stocked up on R&R for this week. At least I got a reprieve of sorts; tonight's dress rehearsal should be done with me by 8:30ish, instead of 10:00ish. And the salad for lunch today was very well received. I win the first round, anyway; we'll see about tomorrow's and Wednesday's lunches.
Dad says his ambition is coming back in occasional flashes, which is excellent. He's realizing now exactly what having a bad aortic valve did to him, and how much the surgery took out of him. But he says he's actively feeling better, so I hope he keeps on doing that.
I got back to Boston on Saturday night and discovered that this time, the Hairy Beasts ate every single scrap of food I left for them. Usually, when I'm gone they eat about half of what they do when I'm home. Not this time, for some reason (possibly the fact that all of Lily's remaining teeth work). But they seemed not to be starving to death any more than usual. Maybe they're using the extra calories on growing winter hair.
Speaking of starving, yesterday I made clean-out-the-freezer soup. The stock, fava beans, corn and spinach were in the freezer, but the tomatoes, zucchini, orzo and parmesan rind weren't. It was pretty good soup when brand new, so hopefully it'll be better tonight and Wednesday. And whenever else I end up having it, because there's a lot of it and it's not going in the freezer.
Must remember to pay bills tonight. Where did November go? There were two difficult weeks of it and I don't know what happened to the rest.
Dad says his ambition is coming back in occasional flashes, which is excellent. He's realizing now exactly what having a bad aortic valve did to him, and how much the surgery took out of him. But he says he's actively feeling better, so I hope he keeps on doing that.
I got back to Boston on Saturday night and discovered that this time, the Hairy Beasts ate every single scrap of food I left for them. Usually, when I'm gone they eat about half of what they do when I'm home. Not this time, for some reason (possibly the fact that all of Lily's remaining teeth work). But they seemed not to be starving to death any more than usual. Maybe they're using the extra calories on growing winter hair.
Speaking of starving, yesterday I made clean-out-the-freezer soup. The stock, fava beans, corn and spinach were in the freezer, but the tomatoes, zucchini, orzo and parmesan rind weren't. It was pretty good soup when brand new, so hopefully it'll be better tonight and Wednesday. And whenever else I end up having it, because there's a lot of it and it's not going in the freezer.
Must remember to pay bills tonight. Where did November go? There were two difficult weeks of it and I don't know what happened to the rest.
