Snow on Green Mountain
The wait is over!
Two dogs
We took Izzy back from the kennel with Jem last week and had her at home for an afternoon. She and Jem are very different.
Cooking
Beef stroganoff & cole slaw / scrambled eggs, baked beans, and potato pancakes
Chicken pot pie / Coconut macaroons
Chicken salad & steamed broccoli / sausage and wild rice in roasted acorn squash
Mushroom stew / Balsamic chicken, wild rice, and roasted sweet potatoes
Transform! Cabbage to cabbage rolls
Thumprint cookies with cherry cranberry relish / chicken fajitas
Spinach, mushroom, feta pie / butternut squash soup and rolls
Goat cheese and pistachio bites (for Miranda's shower)
Enchanted
I just saw Enchanted and it was fantastic. Very funny, we were laughing out loud. I loved all the references to old movies, and apparently I missed a lot (check the link for a wikipedia list of tons of references). I thought they recycled a lot of animation during the first section. If anyone else sees it, let me know if you agree that they reused Prince's Philip's fat dad adjusting his belly (redone as Nathanial), Alice falling down the hole (when Giselle falls to NY), and sleeping beauty petting the animals (by Giselle in the very beginning). There's probably some others, let me know if you catch them.
Thanksgiving in Maine
We spent the holiday in Augusta, Maine visiting Ben's folks. I got to cook most of the Thanksgiving dinner. I was nervous about it, but everything turned out really good. The weather was misty cold the first day, but sunny the next couple days. Even so, I packed way too light; I was freezing for most of the trip! Traveling was surprisingly smooth, if long (12 hours to get there, 14 hours to get home). DIA had parking, ticketing, and security well organized and even had an old-timey band playing near the security lines.
Jack
We had dinner at Jack in the Box tonight. That's right, in Colorado. Apparently Ben, Brian, and Nate weren't the only ones excited to eat there. It took 2 hours to get our food. Apparently it was worth it to them. I kind of feel like I have a wad of greasy socks in my stomach.