Relaxing Thanksgiving Weekend

We spent a wonderful, long weekend in Madison over the Thanksgiving holiday.  We had lots of time, for once, to take a couple of really long walks around town - including a 6-7 mile trek one day along with another nice, long walk to a local diner (we firmly believe you should always be hiking toward food).  We figured we needed to get some long walks in before winter really closes in and our desire to be out walking plummets due to our dislike of have our faces freeze.  We also had time to do some organizing around the place as we continue to try to determine where everything should ultimately land up and to see if there are any other furniture or decorating needs.  And when we weren't being so active, we nestled in and caught up on a backlog of newspapers and watched some football games on TV.

Kathy and John hosted Thanksgiving dinner again this year and, as usual, the food was delicious and everyone needed stretchy pants afterwards.  Friday night we moved the leftover turkey dinner to our condo to host our first official dinner party.  We do finally have plates, silverware, and glasses along with an actual table with chairs, so it is almost civilized.  Of course, we don't really have any cookware as yet, so Kathy needed to bring everything over.  Not a bad way to host a party, make someone else bring all the food - you just supply something to eat it with and on.

For the rest of the weekend, we attended the last football game - which didn't end well for the Badgers - and a show at the Overture Center.  We saw "School of Rock" which was very enjoyable and the kids performing in it were just amazing.  They had about ten, 8 to 10 year old kids who did a great job singing, dancing, and remembering all their lines.  Sure wish I had that kind of poise and guts when I was that age - or as Jo rebutted to that comment, sure wish I had that kind of poise now.

All too soon it was time to head home and start preparing for the upcoming holiday season.