I called home and my father had no intention of telling me anything. Apparently he tested positive for some sort of a blockage when he had his stress test and is going in for further testing next week, including some sort of nuclear something.

He managed to turn the conversation around and make it my fault, because I've already had all these tests (including some sort of isotope scan) and he didn't remember. Hardly, Father. That was years ago, up to 20. You? Just this week.

The Good Wife wiretap revelation stunned me! I had planned to come in here and talk about it right after the episode but I was too flabbergasted.

I never know what Kalinda is thinking. I suspect she just wants to keep the firm totally uninvolved, for what reasons I'm not sure. Blake came in with the new partner from DC, right? He's not really Will's guy, I thought.

All the stuff with the kids is a lot more interesting than they've ever been before.

Dad~ma, ita.

Parents are weird, and sometimes worrying. I hope your dad is okay and that he tells you so.

What Perkins said, there.

Stuffing is done. Mashed potatoes up next while my individual turkey thing is baking. And I bought individual key lime pie slices to substitute for my mother's lemon icebox pie. I could nuke the green bean casserole, but I'm thinking I already have a lot. Maybe I'll save it for leftovers. Aw, my mini solo Thanksgiving is going pretty well, actually. Yay for pre-made stuff, in a pinch.

Thanks, guys. I thought I'd yelled at him enough after the armed robbery, but apparently I wasn't inclusive enough about what constitured an event. Oy, parents.

Just got my invite to my cousin's wedding. The FTM groom is being given away by his mother, his mother's girlfriend, and his surrogate mother at the Hasidic ceremony. I have no idea what the bride's family thinks of all this. They don't know he's trans.

The bride's family requests modest clothing. The groom's family has requested the opposite. Now I'm wondering about the dress I've bought. Because the wedding party will be covered past their knees and elbows and everything. I...not. Oy. Whose wedding am I going to?

In a parental note, my dad is apparently down in Australia for the next couple of weeks. And he as been there a couple of weeks. I never know where my dad is.

Boy, that wedding sounds like an etiquette minefield.

ita, I hope your dad comes through it all okay and that the penny drops about what's important to communicate.

I have tried to Google Metro rail schedules for today but it's looking like enough of a hassle that I may attempt to just bike to Chez PixDesigns. RT that would be about 10.5 mi. Will be interesting to see if I'm up to a 5 mi gentle but steady uphill.

Sending vibes for good test results and good health to your father, ita.

Maybe a shawl for optional semi-modesty for the ceremony? Ambiguous dresscodes are nobody's friends.

Pommes pommes savoyard sounds delicious, BTW, I looked at the recipe when you linked to it the other day.

Well, it smells great. It's Deb G.'s recipe. She made it for JZ and I am making it on her request. Deb gave us a mandoline to do all the slicing and that was fun and fast and time saving. It's basically a fancy potatoes gratin, but with a layer of tart and sweet apples.

I've created my onion tart filling which is cooking in the oven. I'll spoon that into the Pepperidge Farm puff pastries, top it with chives and do a quick finish in the oven.

The bird is browning up nicely. I've been basting it with butter, then turkey stock I made the other day and white wine and now it's all drizzling together in the bottom of the pan with the veggies and I can baste it with pan juices.

I belatedly realized that my super rich Thanksgiving spread was going to need one quick course of green and something slightly acidic. So it'll be a spinach salad in balsamic vinegarette with cherry tomatoes between the onion tart and the main meal.

Kids are not obliged to eat anything in particular but they may not walk away from the table complaining they were hungry or had nothing.

They better like something!

I did one super simple stuffing - just bread, butter and stock and a little seasoning. Then a fancier one with apples and water chestnuts and sauteed mushrooms for the grownups.

I got a steak for Emmett but he said he'd go for the turkey. So. I hope that works out.