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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading