Today my husband cooked us up a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, potatoes, and stuffing. Since it was such a small gathering, there was no point in getting all of our new dishes or flatware out, but I very deliberately washed four blue goblets, four crystal water glasses, and four Calamityware dinner plates the night before, so that we’d be able to use them. When I set the table, I gave myself the sea monster plate. Livia got the zombie poodles, Marshall got the black hole, and my hubbie got the pirates. Everyone seemed pleased with their catastrophe. I hadn’t purchased new table linens yet, so I used what I had on hand. They weren’t the colors I would have chosen, but at least they made the table look festive.
Livia loves to dress up, and by dressing up, she reminded the rest of us that we ought to make an effort to look decent. We weren’t well-dressed enough for a party, mind you, but at least we weren’t in our pajamas. After dinner, we had pumpkin pie for dessert, and then we played a few rounds of Kakerlakenpoker. It was a pretty good day. We took a few pictures for the photo album. It will be in stark contrast to last year, when I took pictures of my husband’s family in all sorts of combinations, and with so much success that I had more pictures than I could use. But we did what was right. We stayed home, and we stayed safe.