Yum!

The smell of fresh pumpkin pie!! :) My favorite part of Thanksgiving is dessert. I made a pie crust for the pudding pie we will put together tomorrow once the turkey is out of the fridge. It's tempting to plug in the little fridge Amanda had in her dorm room at college. ;) Eddie's late nights are exhausting! When he closes he has to stay until midnight. We have got to get that boy driving! He's happy with the amount of hours he's gotten lately. He's going to buy himself an ipod. I told him he should. He's bought us so much groceries the past few months. I told him he earned a treat like that. :) It's not the biggest one, I know he'd get that if he could, but he will be happy with the one he gets. Missing my Mom so much lately. I wish I could talk to her on the phone. She would not know who I was though. I had a memory today about Thanksgiving and my Mom. Charlie, my old dog, loved my Dad so much because he fed him table food. He'd get so excited when Dad would come home. On Thanksgiving day, we had set the pies in the sunporch to keep them cool. I could never convince my Mom to put them in the fridge. Anyway, they were in the sunporch up on a small table. Dad came home and Charlie flew into the sunporch and up on the table and his feet (paws) went into the pies! The pies had covers on them, but I was sure my Mom would be so upset! I told her what happened and she took them in the kitchen and smushed the pumpkin flat again and said no one will know. :) Today my Dad went and picked out a casket for Mom. She is close to needing round the clock care. Actually she already does. They have her on a waiting list for a nice nursing home in their hometown. Dad has had to use his money to buy things that are needed before the state takes their money away. His attorney told him that a casket was an acceptable thing to buy so he did that and made funeral arrangements for Mom. He said we can decide whatever to do with him when the time comes. It all seems so final and so sad. I miss my Mom. Zachary was dancing with me in the living room earlier this week. None of my kids had done that in years. I was shocked when he did that. My Mom always did that with us. Always. Sorry to be so sad. It's probably the holidays. *sigh*