Thanksgiving

I had a very nice Thanksgiving at my sister and brother in law's house. It was just my brothers Joe and Bob, my sisters, Kathleen and Maggie (The Host), my brother-in-law(The co-host), and my niece Mandy (Kendal's Aunt). My brother Tim was working. My sister Patty, her husband Dan, their son Patrick, and ? (Patrick and his previous girlfriend broke up.) are in Puerto Rico on a belated 30th Birthday (Patrick) present trip. (They used to live in Puerto Rico.) Normally, Dan and Patty reside in Lancaster, MA (Central MA), and Patrick lives in Los Angeles. My brother Dan died in June 2006, just two days before Kendal was born. Speaking of Kendal, her parents Marnie and her husband, Mike were at their home in Howell, MI. My nephew Dan, his wife Laura, and their daughter Amy Marie were celebrating somewhere else. They live in Chardon, OH. My niece Amy may be the ? in the Puerto Rico tale. She lives in Boston.

We had the traditional items at the dinner table. It was all delicious. During the course of the evening, we picked names for the Christmas gift exchange. I am in the process of revealing assignments, so don't worry if you haven't received your assignments yet.

Have fun shopping!

Kendal's Future Sibling! (Part 2)

Kendal is expected to have a sister in April. With three girls, I guess we will be going in reverse as I started off with two nephews before I gained three nieces. This scoop came from my sister, but I chose to wait until it reached Kendal's blog. I hope that the two cats and the dog will cooperate. I can't imagine what will happen if a new baby would join my house. I have three cats who climb on anyone and anything but me. I guess avoiding me is not all that bad as cats as obstructions are not on my list of amusements. See the early entries for some of my hobbies.

Tune in later for more observations.