Turkey Day

Hi,
Mother Nature is having a bit of a hissy fit here, it's snowing. Yuck. It looks like Canadian weather, wet, slushy, miserable.... I didn't like it in Toronto and I like it even less in Yardley. Is it April yet?

We are headed up to Marshall's cousin Cori's house for the family Thanksgiving event (food fest). Our contribution is a challah that I baked last night, an easy donation to the meal. The drive will probably be nasty but I am a passenger, not driver, so I knit the whole way. I'm working on a very large mans' sweater. It was my donation to a local hospital fund raiser for breast cancer.I offered to knit a designer sweater for whom ever bid the highest at a silent auction event. I thought I'd get a woman who'd like a hand knit sweater, but a man, a very large man, won the sweater. It's a little more knitting than I thought I'd have to do but no problem. He chose an Irish Aryn knit pattern, in grey and it's coming out lovely. I'm sure he'll be pleased with it. He eluded that if I did a good job on his sweater he might commission me to knit one for his wife (I plan to ask how big she is before giving him a price). I take it every where I go so that I can get it to him A.S.A.P. Knitting night & day it is still going to take me over 2 months to finish this job. Knitting for Andre the Giant takes a lot of time.

So today the US gives thanks, the turkeys at the White House get pardoned (I had no idea there were guilty turkeys amongst us?) and everyones' cholesterol goes up a dozen points. Therefore they are all thankful for heart medications and bi-pass surgery available to one and all with medical insurance. I'm sure the founding fathers would be shocked to see what Thanksgiving has turned into.... to say nothing of the Black Friday Shopping Extravaganza starting at midnight tonight.

Pass the cranberry sauce please.
xox
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