New England Thanksgiving

This week was a crazy one. Our holiday festivities started with with visiting Dennis's aunts. They were all gathered in Oxford, MA to visit with his Auntie Jeannie who was down from Presque Isle, ME. We also got to visit with Dennis's dad (Walter) and Dennis's brother (Will) - who had a new car to show off! He is super proud - and I did the honors of taking pics of him in the driver's seat! It is all very exciting!


Wednesday night brought cooking and baking. Dennis got my mom's family's traditional meat stuffing recipe, and he was excited to try it. It smelled like a massacre in our house while he was making it, as it contains beef, pork and turkey.


I baked a pumkpin cheesecake. I don't have any pics, but it came out good - I swear! The fact that there is none left to photograph is a testament to that!

Thursday brought noonish dinner with my family, and naps by the fireplace. Some time in the late afternoon we headed northeast to Marshfield, MA to stay the night with Dennis's parents (and eat some of his dad's delicious cooking). This morning, Dennis and his dad headed out to LaZBoy to find a recliner (Walter is retired now, a LaZBoy is required equipment!), and I headed out to the LYS to check it out. I'm glad I found it, just in case there are any emergencies while visiting (ha!). I also savored the beautiful drive by myself. It was nice to get out and do something that I enjoy and see the local sights. Marshfield, and the surrounding towns, are filled to the brim with small horse farms, restored colonial homes and lovely wooded neighborhoods. On recent trips we haven't ventured anywhere else besides the grocery store, so it was nice to see some of the other scenes. Especially pertinent were the cranberry bogs near the end of their street. It made me immediately reflect on old traditional New England recipes, and the cranberry sauce that Dennis made and canned last year, and we enjoyed this year again.

Now that Walter has his chair picked out, we were given their old chair and ottoman. It is a futon chair (unfolds out into a single bed). I have loved it ever since they got it last year...and it is now my next big project! I am itching to break out my sewing machine and sew a cover that matches our living room! I have about a week and a half of this semester left...and then it will be time to craft!