thanksgiving

woke around 6:30. diana gave me a nice long backrub. it was supposed to have snowed overnight, but there was only the lightest of dustings on the ground. we were a bit disappointed.

we left to walk to central street, but we only made it as far as the park at the end of our block. we decided central street would be too far in the cold, so we looped around and back home, where we hopped into the car and took a slow leisurely drive up greenbay road, turning around in hubbard woods. we stopped and got coffee next door to TL fritz sporting goods in winnetka, where i used to work during highschool, selling sweatpants and ice skates.

as we turned east and drove out towards sheridan road, i saw that fell's clothing store is closing ("going out of business sale"), which is disappointing. growing up, fell's was where i was dragged once every other year or so to get a new pair of khaki dress slacks (in those years when i didn't receive hand-me-downs from billy bach, who was two years older, had the same tall, thin frame, and lived down the block.) fell's also was the supplier of all cub scout and boy scout uniforms and patches. if you earned your stone-throwing badge, you went to fell's to get it.

around ths time i noticed that the light flurries had actully turned into real snow falling. unfortunately this didn't last long, but it was gret for half an hour or so.

we drove south on sheridan, ending up on ridge road, and turning west onto central street evanston. we drove around our neighborhood a bit, since not many people out at all (it being early in the day on thankgiving), looking at houses painted in good colors, or at dogs being walked (lots of golden retrievers out today).

at home, i passed the remnants of the trim up to diana in the attic, where she stacked them. we discussed some plans for the kitchen (paint everything soon, gut and rehab later), and i added the cap to the trim of the one window in the kitchen with casing on it. i cleaned a bit, caulked some of the trim, and cleaned up my tools. a bit more caulking of nail holes, and we'll be ready to paint, hopefully this weekend.