Happy Tropical Thanksgiving

We celebrated with friends, and it was special...all that delicious American food. In the past 8 years we've missed most Thanksgivings. It isn't celebrated here, of course, and things like turkey and cranberries are imported and very expensive. Just not native fare here in tropical Southeast Asia. So yesterday was special. Some families must have brought pecans from home, because we had pecan pie, too. Boy, it's been years since I've had pecan pie! (So of course I had to have 2 helpings.) No cranberries. We did have some yummy ham, though.
So that was a little bit of wonderful.
Hope you had a bit of wonderful, too.

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Anonymous said…
Mom, came down from Alaska and we all got together at my Dads house in Rough & Ready. They got hit by a wild fire several years ago and were the only house left standing once it was all over. Now they have these beautiful unobstructed sunsets over the foothills. We got to watch this as we started dinner. I'm getting pretty good at carving the turkey now, the first year looked like I used a lawnmower, but now it actually looks like I might know what I'm doing. I thought of you and your family more than once today....happy Thanksgiving.

R
23/11/07 1:29 PM
Oceanicthai said…
I remember your mom & dad, I met them separately-your dad seemed like such a nice guy...wow, he was probably in his 40's, is that right? Your mom was really mad at us, she thought we were ditching her, do you remember? Are you going to get some time alone with your sweetheart? I hope so, it makes all the difference. How are your parents doing? Are they happy?
23/11/07 9:16 PM
Anonymous said…
I vaguely remember something like that, cant remember the exact circumstances though -=8-)...

Mom just finished getting her nursing degree and has been traveling all over the US as an oncall nurse. She seems to be enjoying that quite a bit. Dad works as a tech for National Semiconductor at one of thier satelite design centers they keep in Grass Valley. Time alone has not been easy to come by lately, perhaps I will talk Mom into watching the young Mr. Johnston for a while tomorrow night so we can go get our sushi fix for the month....yep that sounds good (not quite ready for bugs yet). Talked to Darin Owen yesterday, we are still in contact, and I will probably get to see Johnny this Christmas too. He rotates between Hawaii and his parents every year because Damen & Lana are stationed there at one of the Army bases. Last time I checked they had 4 kids, seems like they have a new one everytime I see them again. Sam is playing dad in Colorado, Steve Johnson & his wife moved back to GV and have a new baby, Rocky is married and living in Hawaii as well with his new wife (after a horrible accident), Bill just decided to leave and start trucking school and Russel has been living in SanDiego for several years now. The group is still pretty close, and we try to get together at least once a year for one occasion or another. Well, it's 2:06 and I just finished some coding for a local youth center, time to rest!

Talk to you soon,

R
24/11/07 5:03 PM
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