We had an employee potluck today. Cassy made her famous "Tot Casserole" which basically consists of hamburger, cream of mushroom soup, green beans, cheese, sour cream and potato tots. She cooked it in a crock pot and then browned the potato tots. It was really good and we were sort of looking forward to it all week. Francisco brought cherry pie and cake! Jackie brought a veggie tray and a really good bean dip that was served with chips. We brought the grill and started cooking a large pork tenderloin around 10am.
The sun has started to set around 3pm, but does not disappear until 4pm. We purchased a timer for our lights (to help wake us up in the morning). The sun does not fully rise until around 10am. December 21st is the winter solstice, AKA "the shortest day of the year." On this day, we will have somewhere around three hours of daylight. December 22nd we will gain daylight again! To say the least it is very interesting how your psyche can shift and evolve to your external environment. We have been enjoying the change but have increased our vitamin D dosage :)
Right now, we are busy watching old Star Trek episodes and cooking for the big T-Day. We are making Gigi's Cranberry Salad, Kay's Pistachio Pudding Pie, and Monkey Bread. We are house-sitting on Hillside for Tom and Elizabeth. They have a great house that overlooks Anchorage and the snow is pretty amazing from this view.
We head to Palmer tomorrow to have Thanksgiving Dinner with Cassy and Tyler's family. It's a very peaceful and thankful evening. We'll put the pie to bed for the evening and we wish you all a happy Thanksgiving!
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