A Thanksgiving without Turkey...

Today was the first Thanksgiving that I've spent without a turkey, relatives or even a greenbean casserole. Hubby went to Atlanta to visit his Dad but with term paper deadlines looming in the very near future (read: next week), I stayed home (I'm with them in spirit though--I used the "Georgia" font for this post). After dropping Hubby at the airport this morning, I fully intended to spend a long day in front of the computer, typing up a paper but, alas, I got sidetracked.

I'll just eat a muffin, drink some coffee and watch a little of the Macy's parade, I thought. Three hours later, I'm still on the couch, the coffee pot is empty and what do I have to show for it? The back and one side of my Grandma's christmas present; a pink wool cabled cardigan. The pattern is from an old Spinnerin magazine and the yarn is the highland wool from elann.com. Soft and yummy!





Oh yeah, I did make up the title page and the reference page for one of my papers. But the rest of the afternoon, I was watching movies on the Hallmark channel, usually involving women who have sworn off love and find themselves swept away by men that are totally not their type. Quite predictable which made it easy to concentrate on the stitch pattern:



I also thought of a few things I am thankful for:

...a darling husband who is doing much better at getting his socks into the hamper
...old friends that I don't get to see nearly enough of
...a great family (and not just because they are 3,000 miles away...)
...a beautiful baby boy (kitten that is)
...a city nearly devoid of traffic since everyone went to Grandma's last night
...a yarn stash big enough to keep me from getting bored (and clothe half of the world)
...one more month to finish the Christmas presents
...a semester that is almost over
...and too many other little things that I take for granted each day that I really shouldn't

Happy Thanksgiving!

Oh, by the way, my "Thanksgiving feast" consisted of some potstickers from Trader Joe's, a mini-bottle of wine and half a pint of New York Super Fudge Chunk (I swear, the Macy's parade made me crave it!) but I did use the oven mitt that I won at Crazy Aunt Purl's get-together on Saturday to take the potstickers out of the microwave. I won't tell you what word I had to say to get it, but it begins with "vi" and ends in "brator." Yes laurie, I did think of Monkeys today!