Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has come and gone. They came they cooked they ate they cleaned up and they departed to their own abodes. John and I finished putting the house together in no time.

We had turkey, brined according to Alton Brown's recipe, sweet potatoes, squash soup, string beans with arugula, sausage dressing, cranberry sauce and three pies, pumpkin, pecan and apple. We drank much wine. David and Andrew supplied the wine and there was a special bottle gifted to us by Marianna. As if this was not enough feasting we had a Mexican Fiesta on Friday evening.

The grandchildren, except for Rachel who is nine and three -quarters, are all young adults. Eloise (you may remember la principessa) is off to Ghana for interterm. There she will go to school, help in an orphanage, and go on safari. I begged Susan to send me instead but it was no longer my turn to travel.

So ends my first entry.

Grandma Julie

Getting started...

While it rains outside, and with the day's errands completed, I have asked John to set-up my blog, and it is John who is writing this first entry. Please rest assured, fans, that all future entries will be the work of the eponymous Julie.