Family, fun, Thanks, And of course great food.

My only grandson, Mason (shown above) came to spend time with me on Wednesday and I loved every minute of it. He is a sweetheart. Warm, generous and smart. Of course this is speaking from a grandma's point of view. Right now he is going through a rough time as his maternal grandfather is about making his passing to the next world. Mason has been so incredibly close to his grandfather he could hardly take time for anyone else so it was a real treat for me. He whipped right through some changes he thought would make things better on the computer. He is very savvy with electronics. When he was about 8 he would go into his dad's office and get all the computers they had given up on, take them apart and make them work. He said his Dad can program any of the very best computers ever built but he likes to depend on Mason to do all the ordinary things. After my lesson in electronics he took down a curtain rod for me, took my car off to be washed and filled with gas, and any little chores he could see I might need. It was a treat. He had came to play scrabble with me and I told him he didn't need to put himself through that but he insisted he wanted to play so at last there was something I could teach him. We spent a lot of time talking about Terry as he had only known him during his worst times with alcohol. Still he liked him very much so I told him all sorts of stories and I know Terry would be pleased to have Randy's son so interested in him. He loved hearing all about Boulder and the three boys growing up there. I would say this visit was the highlight of my Thanksgiving holiday.

Thursday I went over to Rog and Sandy's house for the typical turkey dinner topped with pumkin pie. There I had fun visiting with friends and came home for a nap. Soon Karin's Dave and Mici came by bringing an entire dinner. I had brought lots of left overs from Sandy's house,so our refrigerator is stuffed as well as our stomacks.

One always reminice a bit about Thanksgivings past. I rarely got to my famiolies get togethers but LeFair's sister Dixie always managed to get the Hall family together, either at her house or ours. I remember feeling very intimidated the first one at our house with twenty peole buty with LeFair's help we amanage and it turned out well. Now-a days my cooking is very limited. I did manage an especially good fruit salad though. This seems to be what grandmas manage best in their declining years. Once you get all the wonderful ingredients gathered up you can hardly go wrong with a fruit salad. It is really quite delightful to have88 degree weather for Thanksgiving.