We are off to Boston tomorrow morning to spend Thanksgiving with my son and his soon to be fiancee.  Both Eric & Polly have to work the day before Thanksgiving and the day after.

Eric, because he is a Sous Chef and black friday is a big restaurant day too.  Polly, because she is “the new girl” and so, at the bottom of the holiday totem pole.

We are going to take Polly out to dinner Wednesday night at the restaurant where Eric works.  That should be fun.  He can come out and visit with us and make a big fuss over us.  

On Thanksgiving, none of us wanted them to cook a big dinner on their one day off so we are going to have Thanksgiving dinner at The Top Of The Hub.  It is a big deal restaurant in Boston.

Eric called his former head chef & mentor, Chef Bill who called a friend of his and we got a coveted 7pm reservation for 4.  

Eric & Polly are making a brunch Thursday morning (11ish, I love it).  I am bringing Perrier -Jouet champagne for Mimosas

This should be a terrific holiday.  

Thanksgiving is my favorite, it contains food, no gifts and is about being thankful and that I am.  It has been a ok year and I expect better next year.

Much Better…and the year after that maybe Grandchildren  (please).

This must be a big deal for me since I am leaving my brand new and spectacular Tempurpedic Electric Bed to do this.

Did I mention my bed not only has regular massage, it has something called “rolling massage”?    Sort of a nice wave like movement up & down the bed.

NewNeedlepoint.com had it’s first holiday sale today, that was fun.  I helped a woman find a book for a very experienced, very knowledgeable stitcher.   I suggested a few including my Margaret Boyles Bargello books but she chose  Di Van Nierkirk’s  A Perfect World in Ribbon Embroidery & Stumpwork.    A spectacular book made even more valuable by the fact it has been discontinued.  I have 2 copies left, they might be the last 2 copies anywhere.

They keep doing that, discontinuing books that sell well for me.

The Anna Crutchley Tassel Making books are gone and I can’t get anymore copies.  it was a good book and a fine seller.

I can only get Charted Monograms for Needlepoint & Cross-Stitch by Rita Weiss on the 2nd hand market now (and sadly, thinner “pamphlet type books” do not generally do well  2nd hand).  They are hard to find and I do not have any right now.

And this book,  The Complete Illustrated Stitch Encyclopedia.  This is an excellent stitch book.  When I learned they had discontinued it, I , right away, bought every copy I could find.  I have 5 new and 2 VG used copies of it .

I have ordered replacements for most of the Bargello & needlepoint books my Australian customer bought from me.  When I will get them listed is THE question.  I am slowly falling even further behind and I was already way, way behind.

I am pitiful.  

I just finished reading this years Man Booker Prize book The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes.  A VG (haha, I am amusing myself) book.  Real.  I followed it up with Georgette Heyer’s  The Convenient Marriage.  It is not one of my very favorites but I thought it was due for a re-read in my amazing bed.  All good.

So, I wish everyone a lovely Thanksgiving.  Good food, company, feelings & comfort with no weight gain.  I will leave you with my picture of Jack The Cat mesmerized by the fireplace.