25th November 2021
It’s Thanksgiving, a totally pointless holiday that lost its relevance once people understood it’s true meaning. But Americans celebrate it anyway, tagging it on to their greetings. “Happy Thanksgiving “ they say, “ And to you” is the only response I can think of.
It has now become a launchpad for high powered retail therapy, if the shelves are not already empty, or stuck in containers at the docks. People love spending money, even if they haven’t got any, the plastic cards certainly get flexed tomorrow.
We went up to Kelli’s mum for Thanksgiving dinner, there were only four of us, the kids had other arrangements and Matt’s wife was on her way to the Netherlands.
The day was a little flat, there was no controversy or arguments, I was hoping to stir things up by mentioning being thankful that Americans had seen sense and got rid of the bloated orange abomination from the White House, but I didn’t get the chance. I guess the family balance had to be maintained.
We finally sold the blue dresser this evening.
A guy offered us twenty five bucks less than we advertised, that’s typical, bloody bandit. But we accepted it as it was a piece we got for free with no additional material other than my repairs and sanding.
Towards the end of the evening the snow came down, we have to look forward to more of it over the next few days.
Another Lifetime to go 