Thanksgiving 2013's Last Hurrah

There's good news and bad news. I'll let you each decide for yourselves which is which, although there will be a quiz at the end of this post.

You may recognize the "gobblet" from last week.  They survived and hand-wash and -dry just fine.  If you missed all the exciting details about the $4 centerpiece, they can be found here and here.

FIRST:

Anyone who's still paying attention is in for quite a treat: I took a bunch of photos of our Thanksgiving table! WOW!  And they all consist of pretty much the same content (see above), only at different angles.  It's like I never picked up anything about ruthless editing from a professional.  YES!

The napkins are some I gave to Eric several years ago and the napkin rings were an ancestor's and engraved 1898 and 1899.

So the neat thing for me is that I blended a bunch of different patterns and pieces to make it pretty or at least interesting, but not formal or stuffy.

The flatware is a mix of sterling and plate and it felt really nice to actually use it instead of just keeping it in the cases.

And it was sentimental as well, since we used pieces from family, friends and things we (meaning I) picked up or made ourselves (meaning myself).

We, meaning Eric, made some traditional foods in not-necessarily traditional recipes.  I mis-remembered most of the pie-making so that took me much longer than I expected. I had planned on a sweet potato dish and a green salad.  Meh, there's always another year.  The pie was apple,  instead of pumpkin, with apples from our tree.

SECOND:

I imagine posts here will be pretty sparse over the next few weeks, because most of what will be going on here is me making presents for people who may or may not read this little blog, so I can't really post about those.  But after the holidays wind down, I may post them, just because usually I get pretty excited about the presents I make AND this year since we're staying home I won't get to see the response of most of the recipients so I'll need a vicarious response via all y'all. (ahem)

~~ QUIZ ~~

1. The good news was:

A. FIRST

B. SECOND

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

2. The bad news was:

A. FIRST

B. SECOND

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above