In the morning we went to a local butcher shop, recommended by Sister Knies, to ask for a whole turkey. The customer service was great, but it turns out that turkey is much more expensive here than at home, so my wife wanted time to think it over. We'll probably go back tomorrow and place the order. She then found some sweet potatoes at the open market, and Sister Knies found her some (expensive) cranberries at an international market, so the Thanksgiving dinner is coming together. Cranberries are not well known here; the word is translated in Italian as "red American blueberries".
My wife drove to the Institute, so she is getting a bit more comfortable with driving around. I spent most of the afternoon preparing my lessons, while she heated up some frozen cinnamon rolls from Ikea for my Seminary kids (only three today) and worked on the two big tuna casseroles for the Institute dinner tonight. Lots of stuff went wrong with the latter -- she had made it before very successfully, but somehow every thing went sideways today, so the dinner was a bit late after the lesson. Fortunately, the kids had a great time hanging around visiting, and then they ate everything up once it was done.
