Parade

Here are some bagpipe players from the 58th Annual Quincy MA Thanksgiving Day parade. The weather was perfect for the parade. It was cold, but not too cold. It was nice and sunny so it was quite easy to see the parade as it was coming up the street. As always, I forgot to bring a chair, so we stood for quite a long time.

Here is a video of the parade from Wicked Local --

More parachuting

Here is one of the elves that landed on Saturday. They parachuted in and then said hi to all the kids. Then, they left on top of one of Quincy's fire engines.

Yesterday there was a big parade in Quincy. Santa was on top of the fire engine again. I'll be posting some pictures from the parade tomorrow.

Here comes Santa Claus

It was the Saturday after Thanksgiving so it was time for Santa to parachute into Quincy MA. Three elves and Santa masterfully landed in Pageant field and greeted the waiting crowd.

new faucets

So, Thanksgiving night our kitchen faucets decided to stop working. DH turned on the cold water and it wouldn't shut off. When we opened up the cabinet under the sink, we discovered that there was water spraying there too. Luckily, we were not hosting the Thanksgiving feast, so it only affected us.

So, now you know what the big project was in our house yesterday. But, it was done, with a minimum of problems. Yay, non-leaking, functional faucets!

Yum!

Deep fried turkey made by my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. One of the tastiest turkeys I have ever had! I had no idea that deep frying a turkey meant it only takes 45 minutes. All the time I have wasted.... I should get a deep fryer and start frying everything :)

Happy Thanksgiving

We were in charge of appetizers this year. My daughter and I made: Ants on a log, dates with peanut butter, pilgrim hats (no buckles, so my daughter called them top hats), sugared cinnamon almonds and a shrimp ring.

If you are interested in how to make some of these items, here is a couple:

• Sugared Cinnamon Almonds are on one of my favorite cooking sites A Year of Slow Cooking
• The pilgrim hats come from Family Fun

Hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving!

And now it is gone....

In May, I showed you a picture of what the Quincy Fair Mall used to look like. They finally demolished the mall. Kind of sad to look at now... There are still no movie theaters in Quincy. At one point it looked like the Wollaston Theater had a chance to start up again, but that fell apart. The Boston Globe has the latest info, but it doesn't look that good.