Thanksgiving Weekend

Jason was fortunate enough to get Thanksgiving off, so the two of us headed to my parents' home in Madison. Rachel met us there and came with three of her Navy buddies. The food was great and the company even better.

Friday, Rachel, my parents and I went to an attraction called House on the Rock. It began as a person's uniquely architectured home and turned into something between a museum and curiosity collection. It has several mechanical bands, instruments and even an orchestra. Most of the "house" is darkly lit but has all sorts of interesting antiques. I included a picture of a dental office set up from somewhere around 1900. You wouldn't believe how many people I have tell me how they wished they could still spit into the spittoon type device on the side of the chair. This chair had one of the originals - no plumbing. How disgusting is that? You can check out their pictures (which have better lighting) at http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_Attraction_PhotoGallery.htm

That evening we went to one of Curtis' favorite haunts. My mom and dad had their first climbing and belaying experiences - they did quite well. We all enjoyed finding our inner spider and defying gravity. (Rachel opted out on account of her healing foot.)

Jason is currently preparing his residency application to submit or change as needed depending on what we hear from the schools I have applied to. This is kind of a nail biting couple of weeks coming up. On the other hand, we've been waiting for these results for years.