We left at 6:30am on Wednesday morning to go to my son’s home in the Adirondacks. It was a 5 hour drive. We took Eloise with us in her cage in the back of the SUV. She had all of her shots and was spade at the rescue. If we had to board her, the new vet would have insisted on a full exam before they took her for boarding. She would have been boarded for 5 days. I decided to wait to get the new vet until she is due for her boosters in May. My son was agreeable that she was welcome.
I can tell you that it wasn’t easy. We had to take so many things for her with us. Our SUV was packed between her things and ours. I also had some food for Thanksgiving to take to my son: cranberry sauce, pickles, olives, party mix, and an apple and pumpkin pie. Plus I brought my son’s Christmas gift and a case of pumpkin for his dog, Hotch. Eloise finally settled down and slept after 2 and 1/2 hours of meowing in the car.
After we got settled in at my son’s, we went to https://harusaratoga.com/ for an early dinner. We love their Japanese Hibachi. Hubby and I had not eaten all day. So we all enjoyed appetizers, entrees, salad and soup. Not an inexpensive restaurant though but it is so good that it is worth every penny. The bill with tip was $ 152.
On Thanksgiving we woke up to heavy snow. By the time it stopped late afternoon, we had 8-10 inches. It was so beautiful especially on all the pine trees. We stayed home and I helped my son cook a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. He cooked a 22 lb. Butterball turkey that he got for $1.04 a lb. He is a good deal shopper too. He has many turkeys in his freezer. We ate and then watched some movies.
On Friday, we chilled in the morning and then visited two friends. The guy is my son’s business partner. They recently purchased a new to them home and they and my son renovated it. We were happy to get a tour of it and it is beautiful. They did a great job especially the brand new kitchen.
We enjoyed a couple of drinks and the best homemade popcorn that I have ever eaten. They surprised us with an early Christmas gift. It was a Yankee Candle called All Is Bright. It smells heavenly. They traveled to Massachusetts to get it for us. They also gave Hubby a bag of Fire Department Company coffee because it was decaf which is what Hubby drinks. It was so nice of both of them.
We got home and ate turkey leftovers. My son had so many leftovers that he froze some for us to take home in the Yeti cooler that I won from his fire department’s raffle a few months ago. After a 5+ hour trip home, it was still as frozen as when we left. Our plan was to eat some when we got home on Saturday for dinner. But they were not going to thaw in time. Rather than order food delivered, I rummaged through our freezer and took out coconut shrimp to cook in the air fryer mode in my countertop oven. We will have the turkey for dinner tonight.
The best part of this trip was seeing and spending time with my son. We were shocked at how much weight he has lost. He is so slim and looks great. He is busy between a full time job and his business. It is hard for him to get the time to come out to visit. But he is coming soon for a visit to us combined with a business trip.
Also we were a little concerned about how his dog and Eloise would get along. There was no worry. They were best friends. They played and Eloise had a game of let’s grab his tail on the way by and see if he will chase me. They were so good together. Rubbing noses was popular. My son will bring him out this month and I am sure that Eloise will be glad to see him.
The only money we spent on this trip was the Haru dinner bill, tolls on the Thruway which are discounted because they take them out of our checking account, 2 tanks of gasoline, some lifesavers, a bottle of gin, and 2 bottles of raspberry seltzer, 1 Chocolate Shake for Hubby, 1 Chick Fil A English muffin sandwich which was the worst thing I have ever eaten because they really burnt the bun. The entire bun was charred. Once you are back on the road and open the sandwich to eat it, it is too late to return it. I will be contacting them about it.
The worse part of our trip home was the ice on our car. It was almost impossible to get it off. My son got our windshield scraped. We left and realized just down the road that our windshield was cracked from a chunk of ice hitting it. The crack traveled and got bigger as we drove home. I was happy to get home with it intact. Hubby will call our insurance company tomorrow to see where we can get it fixed. I am hoping they can come to the house to do it.
Today I will be taking it easy because my sciatica and arthritis are really painful. Anything that I can do sitting down I will. But walking is a real problem.
I hope you all had a great holiday and I will post again tomorrow.
