Well, the day after Thanksgiving. I’m still thankful for all sorts of things as well as just being generally full of things like turkey and pie. I started the day with my usual Digestion Day breakfast of a piece of pumpkin pie, and then we all had a relatively quiet day. I spent most of it reading on the couch with Chappy. It was too cold to go out for a walk (it never got out of the 20s today), and really, just relaxing was definitely appealing.

Oh. Not to mention that last week there was a bear on our street. An actual, brown bear. Apparently two boys out playing in their yard, diagonally across the street from us, saw it. The older one grabbed his baby sister and the three kids ran inside to tell their mother. I have no idea what actually happened to the bear–by the time the adults were able to get outside to look, it had disappeared somewhere, but . . . that’s a little worrying. Not because they’re viscious (since they’re usually not), but we live in a little suburban neighborhood. It’s one thing to have a deer wander through every now and again, but a bear? Actually ON the street? Hmm. Walking’s kind of overrated, don’t you think? (The other surprising thing is that, while this was happening, Mom and I were sitting in the living room, by the window, and we didn’t see a thing. Not a clue what was going on. Obviously, our spying skills need some work.)

Mom also watched Martha Stewart’s talk show this morning, because Carly Simon was a guest . . . though she’s been grumbling about MS’s interview style ever since. (”She’d ask a question, and then interrupt her answer, or change the subject!”) One interesting tidbit, though–apparently Sally Taylor, Carly’s daughter, who’s doing this tour (along with brother Ben) is a knitter. She was wearing a lovely dress that she’d knitted herself, in a week, while on tour. Apparently, knitting is the perfect activity during sound checks. Who knew!

At 3:00, though, we went to the movies to see Pride & Prejudice. I mentioned the other day that it’s one of my all-time favorite books. Well, they did a wonderful job with the movie (always a relief). I’m content with the plot points they had to condense, the characters they left out. (Really, did anybody miss Bingley’s other sister and her husband?) The scenery was gorgeous. There was rather more livestock wandering around than I remember ever being mentioned in the book, and I don’t recall quite so many rainstorms, but, well, dramatic effect, right? They did a good job, were true to the book where it mattered, the acting was good . . . glad I went. I think Chappy’s a little miffed with me, though–he’s not going to let me out of the house any more!

Not only that, but I clearly need to go to the movies more often. (Yes, this is twice in the last week, but do you know this is the first time I’ve been to the movies all year??) Look at the great sock-progress I’ve made! As of last Friday, both these socks were only toes. Now, the one on the left (which I worked on through the entire movie today) is ready for its heel, and the one on the right (which was about an inch longer, but needed to be torn back for some errors I made in the dark) is still pretty close to the heel. You wouldn’t think much of that, perhaps, except for the fact that they’ve been stuck at the third row past the toe since July. It took me four months to get them to this point. Four months, and an excuse to sit in one place for several hours without being able to see my hands, and therefore needing something simple and portable to work on.

I’ve also been reading my way through this new addition to my knitting library. There are some really helpful tips in here, along with a bunch of stuff I already knew, but that’s what you get when you buy a reference book, right?

The other reading I’ve been concentrating on the last couple days is volumes 5 and 6 of the Harry Potter series. Having just seen movie #4, and having listened to audio book #2 lately . . . I’ve been dying to re-read book #6–which I’m very proud to say I’ve managed to resist up until now. But with the Goblet of Fire movie fresh in my brain, I read Order of the Phoenix again (gnashing my teeth at Umbridge the whole time), and am just now finishing up the Half-Blood Prince.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got (sniffle) a funeral to attend…

(In the book, you understand, not a real one. Still kind of sad, though!)

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