..."Brackish and Incandescent"...: Happy Thanksgiving & Deck the Halls!

01 December 2009

Happy Thanksgiving & Deck the Halls!

We hope your holidays were full and exciting. Ours certainly were as we negotiated 27 pounds of turkey once again in our over sized Easy-Bake Toaster oven. You see the shots of our Thanksgiving table above. With great admiration I thank the Daddy of our home who extended our table that previously sat 18 to one that sat 24 with the help of another piece of plywood.

Last summer while home on furlough I hit Big Lots and found Thanksgiving napkins and a garland made up of Autumn leaves for about $2 each. Then upon returning here this Fall, I found some bedsheets in plaid that were "fall-ish" in color. The result?! A pretty table and lots of guests who ate lots of American food!

The shot above is of my "kitchen remodel" this year. Also done by the handy Mr. Daddy...we found a store here that's sort of like Home Depot...where he found the red shelves and then he bought a piece of wood placed it atop two "some assembly required" standing shelving units and viola...a 2nd counter top! This advantage cannot be heralded enough! We enjoyed lots of desserts as you may well see there too...

Above: Game time, in Chinese...love to hear those kids speaking with confidence...how do you say "UNO" in Chinese? Just "Uno"...

Above: This dear fellow is a family friend who travelled to the US with his son and stayed in my parent's home! He was so thrilled to celebrate Thanksgiving with us and he said that I was a "good hostess and excellent cook, just like (your) mother!" (The previous accolade was added solely for my mother!)

Above: The foreign guy is 1/2 of the new couple who joined our team this year. Potato took him on and I think beat him at a rousing game of Scrabble...the other beautiful girl in the photo is one of the Wu children...and Potato is sitting on our colleague Karen's lap