This morning when I took my dogs out all the fields in front of my house were frosty; my thoughts were that yes, I guess Thanksgiving really is next week and Christmas will be right behind that. It was pretty cold too, about 40 degrees in the sun. I guess my basil is done for good now.
This weekend, Sunday, is the Greenwood Community Center's first Snow Goose Global Thanksgiving celebration. It starts at 1pm with a potluck and will end at sundown with a special ceremony where we send out peace and harmony to the whole world. It should be a very special day and I hope you are able to make it to Elk for this occasion.
Real estate continues to be quiet and probably will stay that way throughout the holiday season. At our last staff meeting my broker showed us a graph of housing sales trends collected over a number of years by Century 21. Traditionally the holidays are very quiet and then we see a spike in January, then it gets quiet again with another spike at the beginning of the summer months. So if you are thinking of listing your property, January might be a good time to catch those buyers!
Our Realtor's Association dinner was this past Monday night and it turned out very nice. The food, provided by the Little River Inn (we held the event at their Abalone Room), was delicious. Everyone enjoyed the raffle prizes and we had lots of bids on the silent and live auctions. I think we made less than last year, but given that there have been very few escrows this year, I am very pleased with what we did make (the final numbers aren't in yet) and I think our chosen charities, Project Sanctuary and the Mendocino Coast Children's Fund, will be pleased as well.
My brother is going to BBQ our turkey this year. I am almost not sure what to do with all of that oven space - my coworker says "Pies!" I have found a yummy sounding stuffing using Panettone on the Food Network site - I'll let you know what I think of it. I wanted something using dried fruit and this sounds like it fits the bill.
I hope you all have a wonderful and filling Thanksgiving. I'm going to take the week off from writing next week, so look for another post here the week after Thanksgiving - I'll let you know then how good the stuffing turned out!