Thanksgiving

 

Thursday

It wasn't a great night, but no RLS. I got up at 8. I took supplements and read online. I wasn't feeling great. I got dressed for the turkey trot. But then I decided I shouldn't go. I put on a recurring one minute timer while I sipped vitamin C water and watched craft videos that Faye sent. Chris went to the event and was back in half an hour. He said only a handful of people came.

He had Michele with him. But then they both left. He took a set of glasses to the Popkens who were having company. I guess he dropped her off at home. He cleared his stuff from the diningroom table, so then I cleared mine. He made up some pecan pies and put them in the oven. I fed the starter, but it seemed to be too late. I threw regular yeast and the other ingredients in the bread machine. I used whey as the liquid.

I watered the plants. I listened to a podcast. The bread wasn't rising. I figured out that the whey had too much vinegar in it. I meant to use the sweet one. The starter wasn't rising either, so I mixed some of the starter with yeast and let it bubble. Then I threw that in the bread machine and let it mix again.

I read e-mail. I walked to the post office to get the mail. Michele and John drove up as I left. Of course they did. When I got back, Chris was finishing up the broccoli and we sat down to Thanksgiving dinner.

We conversed as we ate Cornish hen, broccoli, stuffing, and mushrooms. Later I checked on the bread and noted it had finally risen. John's rejoinder was 'it is risen indeed'. I made it into rolls and put them in a warm oven to rise.

Chris, John and Michele watched Legend. I listened to podcasts and read articles to clear my e-mail. After the movie, John collected all the glass bottles that we have been saving for him in a very full garbage bag. Then they went home.

I made tea and we watched one episode of Criminal Minds. Then I worked on my blog and went to bed.