Today is “Black Friday”, which means that I’m spending it relaxing after hosting Thanksgiving yesterday. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday and I believe yesterday was quite enjoyable for everyone. The wild turkey got deplucked and turned out ok. My turkey breast roast, made out of a bunch of pieces, was good. The roasted sweet potatoes were good. And as always the desserts were finished off without a problem.

I had fun yesterday posting to twitter about all the things I was thankful for. And we ended the evening by introducing my sister’s kids to the beauty of Star Wars. Since we normally have a Christmas viewing of Star Wars, I’m not sure what we’ll do then. We may have to move on to “The Empire Strikes Back”.

Today people will shop, which is a little weird after spending yesterday being thankful for what you have. While I have no desire to “go shopping” ever, I know that I ran out of laundry detergent yesterday. So if I want to wash all the dirty linens, a trip to a store might be needed today.

As I now have three full days over which I don’t need to think about work, I have a couple of personal projects that I’d like to take a crack at. One is the letterpress-printed save the date cards for my brother’s wedding. I’m hoping my plates get delivered today, though they may not. It would be nice to be able to play around with that today. Another is to build a little project with some of the wood I have in my basement and to try out the milk paint I bought as a finish. Lastly, though it’s supposed to rain for most of the day, I’d like to go for a bike ride. It’s supposed to be in the 50s today, which will make for a nice ride.