In the afternoon, we drove to Becky's and picked up pecans from her trees. It was lovely. She chatted with us and brought us cold drinks. We took them to be cracked. There is a place with a machine that cracks them. You still have to pick out the meats--I don't know if there is a machine that does that commercially. I kind of doubt it. It cost $2.10 to crack ours and now we have to "pick" them. We went to Kroger to get some things we needed for pastitsio--including eggs! 4 chickens and we're lucky if we get one egg every other day...they're still upset, I guess. I hope it will get better. You can imagine that it was pretty wild at Kroger after 4 on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We were trying to make the pastitsio before potluck, but gave up on that plan. Now I have a good start on pastitsio for tonight. We love it, but it does take a good bit of work. Amelia made cauliflower-eggplant curry instead. It was delicious and mostly disappeared.
The Kenney Ridge potluck was on Tuesday this week and there was a cake for Paul's birthday. My Dad came with us for a little while; he had a change in schedule and didn't have to be at rehearsal until later. We had a good time with Amelia and my friend Adah.
When we were ready to leave, it was almost 9 o'clock! And it was pouring and thundering and lightning. Did I have a jacket? A hat? An umbrella? No...we were soaking wet by the time we got home. Fortunately, it was still pretty warm and we got right into our pajamas. A little work on my knitting with some quiz shows and good company and it was time for bed.
I might have slept past 6:30, except the phone rang. The woman at the other end:"Oh, I'm so sorry, baby." A lot better than a hang-up, but still.
Beautiful clear sky, with the colors of the trees and ground starting to be seen, and brightness where the sun will be soon.
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