I'm sitting in my office chair with a bag of rice (the kind in a jersey bag you heat to put on aching muscles) between me and the chair back to soothe my aching ribs and back after a full day of fence work. But I finished! There is still a 9 foot expanse of old fence in place, but I'll replace it next month. For now, the new corner takes in the section that was left out when the neighbor built his new fence on the property line. My dogs won't get out and nothing will get in. I took down the first segment of the old fence just to get started, and already realized I need to go out with pliers to pull out staples holding my Invisible Fence wire on the base of the old fence. (See my Facebook or Instagram accounts, I posted a few photos this evening.) Tempting as it is to start hauling this to the curb now, I'll wait till December.

Lots of work tomorrow, six of us getting together. We don't eat till dinner time, so I'll brine the bird in the morning and be ready to bake it in mid-afternoon. There are lots of vegetables this year. Some roasted, others (like sweet potatoes) fixed with spice and marshmallows. Mashed potatoes. The usual.