Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We checked in around the Dickson/Boyle nation, and it sounded like everyone managed to get to their destinations despite weather and illness really trying to undermine get-togethers.
We decided to overlook Mary's lingering cold and the Weather Channel's dire forecasts to depart early Wednesday morning (really early) for the drive first to New York to pick up Annie and then on down to Washington. Driving rain meant slow going, but we kept imagining what it would have been like a few degrees colder. I am sure we would have turned back, But we arrived, with the weather turning south of New York, for an easier drive the rest of the way.
We are starting a new tradition of some kind of Asian food on the night before Thanksgiving, so we had take out at Margaret and Andrew's place. We were staying at Mary's friend Gerry's house, where we also had a spectacular turkey dinner with four pies (two pumpkin made by Annie and Margaret.) We certainly missed Joe this year, but he called to say he was at work, but leaving to go have Thanksgiving dinner with his boss in London.
Friday, Annie returned to New York, and we went to a movie "Nebraska" with Gerry, Andrew and Margaret. Kind of depressing, but Andrew had the best review: it should be rated PG-55. Kind of an old folks getting older movie. But the son takes care of the Dad. (Are you listening out there, sons?) We weren't the only ones who went to a movie as we saw on Facebook that Janet and Johanna had gone to the new Hunger Games movie. Probably a better choice than Nebraska.
The photo is from the previous weekend when Peter and Janet trekked up for the weekend, and Peter and I kept on trekking all the way to Dartmouth to go crown the Ivy League football champions, Princeton, in what should have been a rout. Unfortunately, I proved to be a jinx, and the Tigers lost, but they still kept a share of the Ivy title. Did I mention it was cold? And that the field was pretty much all white with heavy, wet snow by the time Princeton decided to mount a comeback? Mary and Janet had a warmer, "Lenox" ladies day, going out to lunch and shopping in quaint old Lenox.
David and Paula had a quiet Thanksgiving, but also one filled with white stuff as they did not escape the storm. We understand Matthew, Tina and Oliver were heading out to Cleveland for the day and that Jeffrey and Melodie had Thanksgiving nearby DC.
The Dundee Dicksons were all together with Lur's family, and Claire making the trip home for the holiday.
John and Marilyn had a houseful as well of daughters and their families. He also sent us this link to a brief TV news item on the robotic arm which Brian, Kara's husband, has been working on. Pretty incredible: http://www1.whdh.com/video/player/top-video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9582968
Did anyone notice that there was no mention of shopping on Thanksgiving? Or the day after? Until now.
I was surprised to go to church on Sunday and see that it was already the first Sunday of Advent. You know what that means!
With that, we'll close with a thankful appreciation for all our families.
Love from over here.
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