Monday, Nov. 24

It rained through the night, but was sunny and relatively mild this morning, though very windy. I really must remember to put a knit hat and gloves in my swim bag, because it is nippy walking through that "wind tunnel" to the gym.



The water at the pool this morning was cool, too. Today was the only day for water aerobics this week, since the college will be out for Thanksgiving holiday the rest of the week. Maybe the maintenance guys turned the boiler off early to save money. Br-r-r.



After I got home, Mother came over and put color in my hair, in anticipation of hair cut appointments tomorrow morning. By the time I was ready for the day, and had searched for an appropriate Thanksgiving E-card to send Granddaughter who is in Army basic training, it was nearly noon.



We had a lunch of leftover turkey noodle soup and sandwiches made from leftover fried chicken, followed by bowls of fresh mixed fruits, served with whipped topping, sprinkled with bittersweet dark chocolate chips and chopped almonds.



After lunch, Hubbie and I ran errands (a daily thing around here). We stopped first at a hardware store to pick up a container of Muriatic acid for the upstairs potty. Our plumber put us onto this chemical, saying he generally doesn't tell his customers about it, because he doesn't want to lose business by suggesting easy solutions to their problems, but since we are good customers, he let us in on this secret. We'll save our "thank you," however, until we see if the suggestion works. Our plumber is a pretty nice, honest guy, who wouldn't lead us astray, so unless something is badly wrong with the potty, this chemical will probably work.



From there, we went to the WDCS for (we hope) the last of the items we'll need for Thanksgiving...this time, jars of sweet and dill pickles, and more potatoes, celery, and carrots. I also picked up two cans of sugar-free cherry filling for making two pies...one to take with us next Sunday, when we'll go to Daughter's house for T'Day dinner. Daughter put her dinner off until then, because it's the only day Grandson and wife will be available.



I'll make another cherry pie as our contribution to the Master Gardener Christmas potluck and party, coming up in a couple of weeks.

We spent the rest of the day cleaning and organizing for Thanksgiving.

Note: a couple of pretty good movies we've seen this month: "Charlotte Gray," rated PG-13 and starring Cate Blanchet. This WWII movie is about a woman who becomes an undercover courier, and parachutes into France to look for her lover, a pilot who has been shot down behind enemy lines.

Another movie we liked is "The Hoax," rated "R" and starring Richard Gere. This movie is about the author, Clifford Irving, who wrote a fake biography about the famous recluse, billionaire Howard Hughes. We are amazed that this writer was able to pull off such a gutsy and intricate hoax against the giant publishing house, McGraw Hill.