Black Friday

Thanksgiving family portrit
Jason on Allergic Reaction Botox

Hope everyone had a great Thursday the 26th...To be straight, this year it was hard to celebrate traditional "Thanksgiving" as we gave more thought to how the holiday is commonly celebrated without recognizing the abuse suffered by the Native Americans at the hands of the pilgrims. It was also hard to justify it as "Turkey Day" when we thought about how tortured those birds are before they are slaughtered. Maybe we are just bitter this year because we were so lonely yesterday! It was our first Thanksgiving as vegetarians so we were pining for white meat, gravy and stuffing. We stuffed ourselves as if we were around the family table at an All-You-Can eat Indian buffet...yummm!! Saag with tofu, some unidentifiables, and a dessert with sweet noodles and cardamom. It was delicious and quiet, but we really missed the fam! Granted, access to the remote came pretty easy and there were no childhood resentments realized over dessert, but we thought a lot about all the fun we were missing with all of you, even as we walked the beach in 70 degree weather!

This moring we got up at 5:30 to do our duty as consumers on Black Friday. We got a little GPS for the trip which means less squabbling over when we shoud get gas (Jaycie says, "Now!!! Just going on this trip is adventure enough!" Jason says, "Ah, c'mon! We can make it! Let's go for it!" as the fuel light comes on). Now we just relax a bit and prepare for our departure tomorrow to Joshua Tree National Park via Venice and a visit with a friend. Clear out the driveway, Righard, here we come!