Thanksgiving and giving thanks

So, I guess I'll start with last weekend, when Alison and I took a lovely train ride (starting waaay too early Saturday morning) up north to Courtenay, and from there got picked up and taken to her friend Melody's house. It was in a nice area, and that evening we took a walk to the ocean, and enjoyed some lovely baked goods (getting in shape for the Thanksgiving feast). Sunday morning I got to see Alison's old church, which had a nice feel to it, and a lovely, warm congregation. After church we helped prepare for the meal, intermittently petting the cats, and therefore intermittently washing our hands...
The supper guests were semi-numerous, and so there was a nice hum of conversation through dinner, and the meal was delicious!!! I won't go through it because I don't want to drool on the keyboard, but I will mention that the pumpkin cheesecake with homemade caramel sauce was absolutely scintillating ... However scrumptious the fare, I could only manage one plate and one piece of the cheesecake; my stomach's just not what is used to be (good thing?).
Last night's Leaf game was awesome! Alison and I went out to a sports bar to watch it (I'm pretty sure it was Alison's first time watching a whole hockey game ... well maybe not, but it won't be the last from the way she was eyeing some of the players ;)) and I was probably the only one who actually cared about the outcome. Anyhow, it was an exciting finish, and many congratulations to Sundin for getting his 500th career goal. Wow, what a way to finish!!
We tried out Arbutus Christian Fellowship this morning, and it was pretty good; definitely a nice location, enthusiastic and sizeable congregation, and good music. However, we still have one more church (at least) to check out before we decide.
Due to my cold I'm losing my voice, so I better leave it off there so it doesn't disappear completely...
But oh yeah, Luongo better rock it up in net tomorrow night, because we know Rolly's going to put on a good show!!