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We were up and moving pretty early, as we have to get serious about planning the holidays! We sat in the office and coordinated with everyone we know about who is doing what to whom, and we have a plan! Mary even placed an order with our favorite chef for Thanksgiving!
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go wrong.
FYI: The saying comes from Robert Burns’s 1785 poem “To a Mouse”. The speaker accidentally destroys a mouse’s nest while plowing and reflects that, however carefully anyone plans, life can disrupt those plans. John Steinbeck later used the phrase as the title of his novella Of Mice and Men.
We worked until 10:30 am, then got ready for our weekly trek to The Elks Lodge in Santa Ana, which is now decorated for Thanksgiving.
The usual suspects gathered together
