Our Start to Thanksgiving Weekend
W e started our Thanksgiving weekend yesterday with some food prep, Florida and Dayton NCAA Tournament basketball games ( never, never, never lunkhead football in this house), and a nice Thanksgiving Eve dinner. Yesterday, I started my morning making some sweet mint tea and homemade blackberry syrup. Then I got started on making homemade cranberry sauce. I made very small batches this year since we will again be home alone due to the lingering and once again flaring pandemic. Sheila and I both had this virus before testing was even available last year (not that I have any faith in our lame testing and almost non-existent standard guidelines for testing) and it was an absolutely miserable experience so we are avoiding all chances of getting this virus again. I am actually still struggling with debilitating inflammation and swelling so I have no desire to prolong this any longer than necessary. So, we'll be home alone again for this holiday. We do, however, have our Alexa S