Not so tonight. I can stay up as late as I want to. I don't even have to get up tomorrow and do a bunch of cooking. That'll feel a bit weird, but I think it'll be nice just to sit and watch the parade without having to run back and forth to the kitchen -- or watch it on my Kindle while I'm cooking, which is what I usually end up doing.
I'm still going to have a Thanksgiving dinner, though, because there is plenty of turkey left. Also, I saved myself a serving of sweet potatoes and one of jello salad. Then, because the kids took all of the broccoli, I got the leftover squash casserole out of the freezer. And I have a box of Stove Top in the cabinet that I'll make. Finally, I'll top it off with pumpkin pie, which I also saved and froze.
I'm going to watch Charlie Brown, Mayflower, the parade, then the football games, and it'll be a right nice day, even though it'll just be me.
Probably just as well. Maybe if I take it easy for a few days, I can finally kick this cold that's been kicking my butt. Maybe I'll even get started on my Christmas cards, since my stamps finally arrived -- most of them, at least.
I'd ordered Christmas stamps from USPS, not knowing I'd be going to the actual post office just a few days later. You know, it took less time to get my custom printed ornaments from CHINA than it did to get those stamps from Missouri. That's our wonderful postal service for you. Anyway, one of the books of stamps I'd ordered wasn't in the package, so I called that customer service number on the invoice and heard, "All of our customer service representatives are busy. Please stay on the line and one will be with you shortly. Approximate wait time: 79 minutes."
Forget that! I hung up and emailed them, and got a response almost immediately. They've shipped me a replacement book, which will hopefully get here quicker than the first order did.
While we're on the subject, I already received my first card, from my brother and sister in law.
And finally, since we're going to be expecting a frost here in the next few days, when I got home, I cut the last of my lemon balm and sweet mint and hung them up to dry. Then I cut the last of the cayennes and Jalapenos, and tomorrow I'll try to cut the lemon verbena and Greek Oregano. That's going to be about it for this season, I think.
In the spring, I'll have to wait to see if anything comes back before I decide what to grow next year. I know I want to try to grow my own Stevia, but I doubt I'll fool with the jalapeno or tabasco peppers again. I might grow the banana peppers again, because they add just the right amount of crunch to my chicken salad.
Well, that's about it. If I don't get around to posting tomorrow, you all have a very happy Thanksgiving.
Laters
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