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Thanksgiving

Nathan and I spent Thanksgiving Day at his mom's house to have dinner with his mom, grandma (let out especially from her living center for the day), and his brother Landon. I had a panic attack in my sleep the night before so I nearly took a nap on their couch after dinner. I'm not sure what triggered the panic attach, but I made a pie to take over and I think I was overly concerned that they would like that and the spinach artichoke chip dip I made. Turns out there was sooooo much food his mom prepared we didn't need the dip, but it was nice having a second pie handy that I could eat! His mom had made sure to pick up a pie that I could eat and had checked all the food boxes for allergen listings too. I am so honored by how careful she is not to poison me with eggs, even when I'm willing to forgo eating an item she'll try to get one that is safe for me. I love her. 

 It was nice seeing Nathan's grandma out and about since she's been stuck in the living center since COVID started and wasn't even allowed out for our wedding. She's so adorable but you can tell she is actually really happy at the living center. After spending the day out at each of her kid's houses she was very ready to go back to her room to nap on her own bed. 

 We also watched some TV and movies including the Croods since the 2nd movie had just come out in theater. We also helped his mom find a BBC show called Upstart Crow that is a hilarious comedy about William Shakespeare that she actually introduced to us when she found it on PBS. But PBS hadn't started her at the beginning so we showed her how to start it over on BritBox. All this time I was also struggling not to fall asleep. Which is what happens when you have a panic attack the night before. Landon couldn't stay long because he had to go into work in the afternoon, so Nathan and I and his mom were left with all the pies! There was way too much food for all of us. In fact, Kathy loaded us up with most of the left overs since she couldn't eat them all by herself. I did make a homemade mincemeat pie that I made especially for Kathy to try because she hadn't had any in years and was really excited to make one. So I got her 2 recipes and made one of them for her to try. Although I keep telling her I swear by the bottled stuff from Nonesuch. They're seriously the best and sooooo much easier.

Black Friday

On Black Friday Nathan and I spent the day doing some shopping. We had some things I needed to find for the kitchen so we spent most our time up by Sugarhouse going to Bed Bath and Beyond and a fun stop at FYE to buy some movies and music. To end the night we actually got to go see a movie! Going to the movie theaters feels rare these days - although that's almost normal for me because I rarely went until Nathan would ask to go see something. We watched Croods 2 and thought it was hilarious. 

Second Breakfast... (ahem. I mean Thanksgiving Dinner)

Our second Thanksgiving meal was at my mom's house on Saturday. I was assigned the yams, so I made those Rausch style (or really Walker style) and brought what was left of my spinach artichoke dip and a new bag of chips to dip. Mom also made her signature sweetheart turkey, mashed potatoes, a box of stuffing, and homemade gravy. We didn't go allll out with only five of us there, myself, Nathan, Christian, mom and dad, but we still had plenty of food. Dad made sure we had the good vegan egg-nog and we drank it from fancy glasses from Vienna.We only had few couple pies, my leftover mincemeat, a chocolate cream cheese pie that Christian made, and mom made a plum mincemeat, and a pumpkin pie. We still had plenty of food to have had 2 more people there. But that's how you do Thanksgiving dinners! 


Overall, we were nice and laid back and I got to bring my dog Freddie along to my parents house and my parent's dog Sparks was SO excited to see him! She didn't care that I had come, or Nathan, she was just happy to see her old friend. It was pretty adorable to watch. My dog likes being at my parent's house a lot more than he likes being at his new home with me and Nathan. So it's a good thing when I need the parent's to babysit him that he's extra happy to go there and see me leave. I think it's partly because Christian is good at spoiling him and giving snuggles. And he misses the house after living there for 6 years before I got married.

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