7 QT Random Things Edition (Vol 3)

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Happy Friday!  Look!  I'm actually on time joining up with Jen and others over at Conversion Diary!  I can't believe we're less than a week away from Thanksgiving!  I also cannot believe that Texas is actually having worse weather than we are here in Maine! Go figure.  So...praying for traveling mercies for all of those going by plane, train, and automobile to spend time with friends and/or family.  

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We tried something new today and loved it!  Based on strong recommendations from my sweet sister and one of her sons, Tom & I tried a Vietnamese restaurant for lunch today and it was wonderful!  First we had Vietnamese coffee:

It takes about 4 1/2 minutes for the coffee to drip through and then you remove the cup and stir the sweetened cream in the coffee.  So, so good.

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Next, we had Pho soup.  Oh my goodness, there was so much to this!  All I'm going to tell you though, is it was delicious.  Our waiter was so kind and patiently explained how to eat this. (Oh, what, were you thinking hey, it's just a bowl of soup so grab your spoon and tuck in?  Not even close...) Let me just say, it involved a spoon, fork, and chop sticks. 

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Let's talk about light, shall we?  I realize this is nothing compared to what our friends in Alaska encounter...however...it's getting dark at 4:00 here!  I don't remember experiencing such early sunsets before.  And one of my friends here has told me that on the winter solstice, it will actually be dark by 3:30!  We are coping with this by going all lightastic here at Chez Wallace.  We have put up little white lights around the windows in our living room, white lights around the front porch, and snowflake lights in our little coffee nook room.  These are being turned on around 3:30.  Along with all of the lamps in our living room.  Because this girl has gotta have some light.  

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I have been making lists for next week, because in addition to being a girl who likes light, I am also a girl who likes the illusion of organization!  And that requires multiple lists.  A list for cleaning.  Several lists for shopping. A list of menus for the week.  A list for the actual day of Thanksgiving.  When to do what.  Oh how I love a good list.  

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I'm so excited about Advent! Another blog I really like mentioned doing the St. Andrew Christmas Novena which begins on November 30th.  Tom & I prayed this novena several years ago and it was wonderful.  One of our best Advents ever.  I think we're going to pray this Novena again this year.
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Anyone else watching Paradise on PBS?  Oh my gosh, it's good!  I just love Masterpiece Theatre.  And cannot wait for Downton Abbey in January.  And Call the Midwife.  And Upstairs Downstairs.  Oh, I am a girl who loves the English programs.  So, anyway, Paradise.  When we watched the last episode?  We were like No!  You can't be over! You can't stop there!!!  What does it all mean?!  Sigh.  Addiction.  Boy, those writers know how to hook me.  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/programs/paradise/
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Hope to see you back here for Advent!

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