Friday, November 27, 2009

Thanksgiving

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year.  It's always a little weird being away from home and not having everything feel quite right on the holidays, but yesterday's celebration hit the spot.

I went with my friend, Alicia, to her parents' friends' house for dinner.  They were the sweetest couple I've ever met.  From the minute I saw them I knew that I liked them.  And, boy, was the food good.  It was actually pretty similar to what I'd usually have at home.  There were all the usuals, then a few extras thrown in for pizazz. There were little cornucopias made from ice cream cones with mixed nuts and M&Ms spilling out.  So cute!  The husband has made punch of Cranberry Grape juice with "just a squirt of Squirt."  Delicious!  And the fruit salad was probably my favorite: lemon pudding with fruit and marshmallows all topped with raspberries.  A-ma-zing.  I need to get the recipe.

After dinner we started a puzzle on a card table in front of the TV.  Disney Channel was having a movie marathon and we ended up watching it the rest of the day.  We caught the last half of The Parent Trap which I haven't seen in so long, and I'd forgotten how good it is.  Then came Happy Feet which I'd never seen before, and it was pretty good, but definitely not what I'd expected.  I definitely got a kick out of the Elvis-impersonating penguin, "Memphis," Robin Williams' Spanish accent, the Guru penguin "Lovelace" with plastic six-pack rings around his neck, and the life-like animation of humans.  The next movie was Chicken Little which I also haven't seen.  It seemed a little short, and it wasn't the greatest movie ever, but entertaining enough.  Next up was Meet the Robinsons, one of my top favorite Disney/Pixar movies, along with Cars which came after.  Sometime during Cars we finished the puzzle.  Narnia, Prince Caspian was up next, but the couple didn't like magical "wizardy" movies, so we changed it to the last half of Miracle of 34th Street, a good movie to get me into the Christmas spirit.

Speaking of Christmas, Thanksgiving is now over, so let the Christmas festivities begin!  (Beginning with this cute blog background!)

Happy Christmas!

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