Thanksgiving...

...was a hands down success!

Our youngest son Brian with wife Joyce, their extended family and two guests made a table of nine.  Dinner was perfect, Pat outdid herself.  Turkey, Ham and all the trimmings plus what everyone brought.  It was great!  Everyone enjoyed the companionship and meal. The weather cooperated with cold and snow.  Our guests, Tamara and Steel enjoyed the meal and games after dinner.  Steel made a 'Green Tomato' pie.  It was very good.  Sort of  like Apple pie in taste.  We try to invite folks that are going to be alone for the holiday to join us.  This has become a tradition here for us.  It is a great way to start the holiday season.

It appears that we are in for some unpleasant weather this week.  The pattern that added snow and transportation woes to the west coast is coming our way.  We are prepared!  I'll post a picture or two if it is truly remarkable.

Well, the weather did not produce much worth talking about here in Crosby.  A couple of inches of snow is all.

I am posting this today as I really have little to add.  Kinda boring, eh?

 

 

 

It's noon and ...

+14ºF and snowing, really quite pleasant.  It is also the day before Thanksgiving.  Our son Brian has been in Idaho Falls, ID unable to move.  He just called and said the highways have been opened and he hopes to get home for the turkey dinner.  Brian drives a semi truck and hauls all over the northwest and Canada.  He has about 800 miles to cover, much of it icy and unpleasant.

Pat has her new dining room table and is really jazzed to have lots of seating for tomorrows  meal.  It looks like there will be 9 or so.  We have a lady friend who resides at the home and we have had her for thanksgiving dinner for several years.    It feel good to share.

The pickup is sporting a set of new tires now, 4 gallons of new oil and a fuel tank full of winterized diesel.  She seems content now.  I'm broke.

The audiologist is setting me up with two hearing aids.  It seems that my good ear is not so good!  I will be fitted this Pearl Harbor day, Dec 7, 2010.  The second aid is being loaned for a 60 day test.  Two aids will be over $4000.00.  I'll be paying for them for the rest of my life it seems.  I hope one will do the trick though.

The turkey is thawed and ready for prep and cooking.  Pat purchased a boneless turkey and a pre sliced ham.  That will make leftovers a breeze and no carcass to deal with.

Gotta Go;

Bruce

The good news...;

I have apparently regained enough of my hearing (about 30%) to warrant a hearing aid.  Of course it has to be the very expensive one (≈$3000) that will help. Our insurance will cover $300.00!  Maybe next year.  One begins to wonder if the expense of these medical wonders are worth the results at my age.  !?????!

On my way home yesterday afternoon on highway 85,  I had a front tire on the truck loose its air.  I called AAA and they had one hell-of-a time finding someone to help me.  Every business in North Dakota is short of help and the tow outfits are no different I guess.  I spent two hours, some in the dark, waiting for help.  The good part is that I did get help.

The tires on the PU were due for replacement this coming spring.  Looks like I better be doing something sooner, eh?  (eh?, That's Canadian/Norwegian).  Doesn't it always seem that this stuff hits you when you feel the most vulnerable?

Well it's 1130 and the snow has been falling steadily. Not much accumulation so far.  It is a very light snow so far with a light breeze that seems to barely slant the snow north to south.  I'll bet that was a lot more than you wanted.  I have moments that I wish to wax poetic and I suppose you will have to accept it if you wish to read these ramblings. BTW, no snow was forecast for this day.

11/18-0600: This weeks weather that I have included shows that we do indeed have winter arriving.  Guess we will have a cold Thanksgiving.  I don't think I would enjoy warm Thanksgiving again, it needs to be "winter" for the winter holidays.

Pat and I are headed to Minot, ND for a medical appointment for me and she has some shopping while I am occupied with my 4 hr infusion appointment.

 

 

 

 

 

Yup, it's here

Nice forecast, eh?  We do have sunshine though.  It is just hard to get a tan! ☺

The snow we do have will fade slightly because of evaporation due to low humidity.  Just not very fast.

Ahhh, I hear Pat moving about upstairs, I'll go up and see her now.  A small break from my chore here.  I'll be back.

 

I think winter has finally come!...

This was taken this morning at 9 AM and this is the expected high for the day!

We have had a very comfortable fall this year and we thoroughly enjoyed it.  Now we must pay the price.  Pat has declared today a Chili/Cornbread day.  Thats OK by me.  By the way, the photo was taken on our front porch looking Northeast kind of towards Brian's house.  The storm has uncharacteristically come up from the south along the western borders of Nebraska, South Dakota and the Montana and North Dakota border.

We are quite content, Pat is is the sewing room making sewing machine noises and I am in my computer room. Both rooms are in the finished basement.  Canuck is my partner and co-author for these missives and will proof read this.  Including his photo may keep him from being too critical.☺

Pat's brother Larry and his wife, Eileen, have proposed a visit to us this coming year.  We have to negotiate suitable dates.  We are looking forward to a visit with them.

 

 

The snow...

has all but melted away.  Spots of snow exist but are not troublesome.  We have had a week of very pleasant weather.  That is apparently ending Monday.  Rain and rain-snow are predicted for the coming week.  I have really enjoyed the respite from winter so far.

A contractor from Montana has purchased the residence across the street and is preparing to flip it after a renovation.  Lots of people working there this last week.  The same contractor has flipped several home here in the recent past months.  For you folks in the rest of the nation this would seem an irony, we are having a housing shortage and boom while many of you are dealing with foreclosures. He and Pat have had some differences about his requests in Planning and Zoning committee on which she serves.  It advises the city on issues that concern planning and zoning.  He is a bit pushy and brusque and Pat does not push easily.

Pat is at a quilting retreat at Kenosee Provincial Park in Canada.  She will celebrate her birthday there (Nov. 6).   It is about 116 miles north of us according to AAA.  This is a once a year event and she really looks forward to it.  It is a 3 day event so I'll have her home sometime late sunday.