Day after Thanksgiving
We were dancing and dancing and dancing and dancing after our meal, and into the night and into the next day………Then we added some gymnastics: And then took it outside for some bayou gymnastics:
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Year: 2007
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Thanksgiving on steroids
Two deep fried turkeys, one brined and roasted turkey, three roasted chickens, shrimp and andouille stuffed mirliton, dressing with sausage and pecans, sweet potato souffle, Turkish dirty rice, sweet potatoes, chopped salad, gravy, eggplant, butternut squash soup, pecan pie, pumpkin cake, apple pie, crudite with poppy seed dressing, pumpkin cheesecake, brussel sprouts, green beans with caramelized mushrooms and shallots, wine, and more…..We set the table up on the bayou and ate outside – although winter was…
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Here’s to making your own traditions
Thanksgiving morning got up and walked the dogs and ran a five mile race in City Park along with about 500 other people. What a great way to start the day – running with friends – and getting ready for the day of feasting. My timing was decent too considering I was trying to catch my breath most of the run and my piriformis on my left side got so tight I had to stop…
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Getting excited about the day
The weather report says rain tomorrow – so what? I made enough stuffed mirliton to feed an army – a real army. And the pecan pie just came out of the oven. It’ll all be good – I just know it – and there will be lots of happy people eating lots of delicious food and drinking yummy champagne and wine. Not to mention the pumpkin cheesecake calling out to everyone in the fridge.
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You are not your mother
I’ve been going to my mom’s apartment every day to take care of her since she broke her ribs earlier this week. She doesn’t know how she did it but because she has osteoporosis, she could sneeze and break them. She lives in the slums of Metairie and I’m always shocked to go to her apartment. It reminds me of that song that Diana Ross used to sing about a mother who died in the…
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When your cup runneth over
I was thinking about the prayer that would lead off our Thanksgiving meal tomorrow and I thought what was appropriate to lead off with is this enormous bounty that we all have and how we are given so much so that we can give back at equal measure. Again, as if reading my mind, my daily affirmation today: November 21, 2007 I give from the wellspring of my good! I give generously and gratefully!
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Does someone have a link to my brain?
A routine of Arlene resistance and Loca motion has begun in earnest. Each morning, I’m dragging the almost dead weight of Arlene who refuses to do her morning walk – but I make her. And I’m keeping Loca from dragging us down the street. Since I’ve been crabby lately due to illness and work overload not to mention upcoming social engagements that are taking place at my house very soon, their routine has not been…
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Tis the season
Tis the season for pecans to rain down on your head – there are a lot of towering pecan trees on this side of the bayou and the nuts fall like little bombs and sometimes scare the shit out of me when it is dark outside. And of course, Loca goes after the smashed ones like they are crack. Speaking of which, the best Loca is a sleeping Loca – it’s the only Loca you…
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Holiday splendor
You have to think of these holidays in terms of abundance – which was starting to feel to me like too much, but whose to argue with excess? My new name is Poca, as in Pocahontas – there are now 25 guests showing up for Thanksgiving dinner and thank god someone is providing the headdresses – I will be Poca, and Daphne will be Pokey, and the rest are anywhere between pilgrims and single feather…
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Sixth sense
You know what six sense is? It is when you are responding to an email, talking on the phone, and also getting pinged on IM by another colleague, when you feel this sense under your skin that something is amiss – you sense Loca is not tearing apart a plush toy near your desk and you’re not quite sure where she is but you hear some monotonous continuous sound. So you peak downstairs and see…