I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving break. Mine was certainly interesting. Since my father is no longer with us it seemed really silly to cook a huge Thanksgiving meal for just the two of us, so I offered to take my mom to the fanciest Thanksgiving buffet in town: the Bucks Barn buffet. Okay, so it's not really fancy, but it is pretty ding dong tasty and that's what matters. Anyway, through a series of unfortunate events my mom's neighbor (the widower) ended up going to dinner with us. Very strange. Over the past year and a half my mom and I have developed a rapport we didn't have before. Having an outsider with us was awkward. And despite what one friend tried to tell me, it wasn't a date. And even if Allen thought it was, I gave him the ol' hairy eyeball over dessert. You know, just in case he was getting any ideas.

--------------------------------------------------------------------