American Thanksgiving and Other Things

ROBBIE:  American Thanksgiving is a lot like Canadian Thanksgiving. Mom gets up early and turkey is stuffed and put into the oven to roast...After a few hours Me and Lacey get to eat the cooked giblets.

LACEY: I love giblets but I have a tough time getting MY share, Robbie hogs them up!

ROBBIE: Lots of other things get cooked too but we are not so keen on potatoes, sprouts and stuff so we don't bother hanging around the kitchen.
Later in the day  Mom and DOD eat all the stuff that they cooked and do a lot of moaning and groaning after they eat..so I think they are forced to eat the veggies and stuff that we don't like.

LACEY:  They always get up the morning after and swear they are going on a diet. This worries me a lot as I am not sure what a diet is but Mom keeps telling me she is going to put me on one and it involves food or the lack of it!

ROBBIE:  Their diet lasts until noon and then we all get back to normal around here. We only get small amounts of left-overs as Mom says it upsets OUR stomachs...HAH! They want them for themselves.

LACEY:  Another strange thing about American/Canadian Thanksgiving is how clothes shrink right after the dinner! DOD lets out his belt and Mom says her pants are tight. With my loose skin I never have to worry about outgrowing it ...only my harness seems affected by food!

ROBBIE: I was a bit worried about Black Friday as we have not seen one before but I don't think they have such a thing in Tubac....the day stayed sunny and warm and all we had was a red desert sunset, nothing black.

Anyway, all-in-all we liked American Thanksgiving and Me and Lacey are very thankful to have shared it with friends here in Arizona.

30 Days of Sunshine

ROBBIE: It is over one month now since we left home. In all that time I have not seen ONE day of rain....not even one raindrop. Mom and DOD put a fountain by our front door so it sounds just like Saturna with the water dribbling down.

LACEY: I have to wear sunscreen on my nose because it has gone all dry and funny looking. I also have to have moisturizer at night just like Mom. I hope it is more effective on ME!

ROBBIE: So I wake up and hear water running but when it gets light the sky is blue again. And it it too hot for us to go for long walks in the afternoons ........but there is another fountain in the park and Me and Lacey pretend it is raining there too.

LACEY: Our new neighbours have green grass in their yard....I rolled on it and it felt good. But when I ate a chunk it was not REAL!  Can you imagine how silly I felt? I had to spit it out and the owner looked a bit worried about the hole in her lawn. I will be more careful with grass in future as Robbie says this grass does not grow as quickly as real grass.

ROBBIE: I hope this cheers all my Island friends up knowing it is not always easy being in eternal sunshine.