Florida Thanksgiving

We Thanksgave over at Chris (Suzanne's son) and Jen's this year, about 10 minutes away. Since we now live in Florida, we deep-fried the turkeys. It was amazingly successful in that no houses caught fire and zero trips to the ER were required.

By the next evening, everyone in the neighborhood had their Christmas decorations up, except us. And I mean a LOT of decorations. Our neighbor next door set up huge inflatable snowmen wobbling around head-bobbing, wire-framed reindeer, motorized angels with flapping wings, and 2 or 3 dozen illuminated elves in the front yard, and icicle chaser-lights outlining the house, front and back. They must really love Baby Jesus!

So, today we are joining in the true spirit of Christmas. I'd like to find some illuminated ice-skating penguins we could float in the pool, with little red and white scarves but, amazingly, I've never seen them.

We're so happy to hear that Lee and Dottie have decided to build a beautiful new home in Wimington, NC. They are looking at saying goodbye to the ratrace sometime around July 2006.