Our day started with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV

 

 

Our breakfast menu was a delicious omelette called My Big Fat Greek Omelette with spinach and feta cheese, courtesy allrecipes.com, along with hash browns, coffee and orange juice. 

 

 

 

The weather is beautiful today, so we took Maggie, Gypsy and the neighbors dog Madison on walk in the forest. 

 

Next, some football while Thanksgiving dinner cooks.

 

"DETROIT (AP) — Houston hopes to take a step toward wrapping up the NFL's first playoff berth of the season with a win against the Lions in the annual Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit. The 9-1 Texans would then need a number of teams to lose or tie before the weekend is done in order to clinch a second straight post-season berth."  (Houston won 34-31.)

 

 

This year Ron and I decided to eat in, with Safeway doing the catering. 

 

The side dishes come in a box, with the turkey separate.  Since no vegetables were included, I made a 7-layer salad.

 

 

 

The table, the plate, the dessert. Pumpkin pie came with the dinner; we added a sugar-free apple pie for me, as well as ice cream for dessert.  We're full to bursting, as Thanksgiving deserves!

 

 

 

Ron and I are thankful this year for our bounty and good fortune.

 

 

 

We wish all of our friends and family a very Happy Thanksgiving!! 

 

 

 

 

Don't you stay at home of evenings?
Don't you love a cushioned seat
In a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

 

As of this day, I've not worked for 3 months.

 

Alice's Top Ten Observations About Retirement (So Far)

 

1.  All those routine household chores still need to be done.

2.  If I choose to indulge in every eating fantasy because now that I'm retired I somehow "deserve" to, my pants are still too tight.

3. WILLY-NILLY RULES!

4.  Now instead of saying "No, sorry, I can't do that, I have to go to work",  I get to say YES! I'd love to!

5.   Watching favorite TV shows the night they're broadcast feels like an indulgence (Dancing With The Stars is the best!).

6.  "Shop 'til you drop" is now a first-hand experience.

7.  Yep, health insurance is VERY EXPENSIVE.

8.  Yep, Medicare Part A-Z, Medigap, and Medicare Prescription Plans are VERY CONFUSING.

9.  Honey has his own do-list.

10.  Believe it.  THERE'S STILL NOT ENOUGH TIME!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Flagstaff in Fall

November Night

 

Listen. .

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,

The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break from the trees

 

     And fall.

By Adelaide Crapsey 1878–1914

 

 

 

You may recall a similar photo taken in August for my first post.  This is the fall version. 

 

Flagstaff in fall is quintessential.  The days are in the 60's, sunny with brilliant blue skies.  The nights dip into the 20's and 30's, nipping the green and turning it into the colors of fall. 

 

The yellow changing aspen are the most accessible;

 



 

 

 

 

The leaves of aspen,

 

 

 

maple, 

 

 

 

and oak each add their hue.

 

 

 

Ron went hiking in Pumphouse Wash, a major tributary to Oak Creek, and found these stunning reds and oranges. 

 

 

 

 

 

 We're grateful to live in this gorgeous four-season part of Arizona