A quiet, cozy Thanksgiving
As I write this, it suddenly feels like we are deep into winter. Here we are again in the cold and dark of winter. But actually most of November was pretty mild. It wasn't until Thanksgiving weekend when it was like, okay we're really doing this now. Thanksgiving, like November, was pretty quiet this year, which is honestly kind of how I like it. We celebrated with the Millers a week early (since my brothers-in-law were heading down to VA for the holiday) with all the fixings. So on Thanksgiving proper, Levent and I had couchgiving, which is what we used to do in Kansas. (Simply meaning that our plans were do to nothing, eat some good food on the couch and watch TV). It was great and very relaxing. Levent had Friday off, which was lovely. (I took the day off too. I don't get it as a holiday, which, honestly, is a crime). We used our joint day off to go see a movie at where we have a membership. So basically this means we get to see movies for free. I also spent part of the...
