Happy Thanksgiving!

So, it's a day late...whatever! I can still wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Thanksgiving was nice. It's a Japanese Holiday as well so a lot of people had the entire day off. Cool. So Chris and I got up around 10:00 and ate something small. I tried to make pancakes...but it didn't work and I don't really want to talk about it. It depresses me. At 1:45, I started cooking. I made two boxes of Stove Top. Stove Top is easy so it only took about 15 minutes to make both boxes.

At 2:05 we headed off to the Friendship House to have a Thanksgiving PotLuck dinner. Rusty was the ring leader and I must say, he did a wonderful job at it. Lots of people came. There was grilled chicken (no turkey to be had in Izumo!), mashed potatoes, white gravy, tuna gratin, salad, asparagus, spaghetti (made by real half-Italians), Shepard's pie, something brown (maybe squash or yams, stuffing (mine!), and a bunch of other stuff. It was very yummy.

It's all cool to get some many people in one place bringing food that they cooked. Very yummy. Ewan, a Scotsman, brought home made shortbread. Oh my goodness. Is was one of the best things I have eaten in my life. They also had whipped cream that you could put on the shortbread and it was so yummy. Everyone got a good chance to hang out and chat. It was a really fun time.

It's not a normal Thanksgiving, but that's just how you have to celebrate here. Beggars can't be choosers! Plus, it's really fun to share Thanksgiving with non-Americans. :-)