plans

Its time for those Thanksgiving plans to be firming up, isn't it. Who's hosting the feast? Who's making the turkey. Maybe even more important, who's making the stuffing/dressing?

In our continuing bid to reach out to family, and not just retire to our own little world, we are going to Alamogordo to visit some cousins for Thanksgiving. Wednesday, we'll be smoking our turkey, and doing most of our part of the cooking, and then taking it all with us when we go.

It didn't seem like a difficult choice of plan, really, once it got thought of. Bob and Louise have spent many a holiday dinner with us at our parent's house. It almost doesn't seem like the holiday is complete without them. Still, they are older now, and it isn't as easy as it used to be for them to hop in the car and head on over. They were very pleased for us to suggest hopping in the car ourselves, however. The nicest thing is that while I'm sure the dinner will be yummy, and we'll all stuff ourselves too full, the dinner really isn't the important thing. We could have sandwiches, or cereal, and be happy to visit for a while.

When you're lucky, THAT'S what a holiday is about...