Thanksgiving and beyond...

I took a trip home to Birmingham for the holiday and thought I'd share a few things from my visit.

I got to see my two Grandmothers, both live in the 'ham. Mumsie, on the left, is my dad's mom. She says things like, "Now Tyler, have you eva?" For example, "Have you eva seen such a mess out on the highway?" "Have you eva's" usually refer to bad things.

Ahrie is on the right. She is my mom's mother and is a folk artist. She has her own website, www.mariejeff.com.

PS- this picture was not taken over Thanksgiving. Also, Spencer looks mean.

Let me explain. I saw my cousin's kids over Thanksgiving. They're little kids andI find myself having to resist the temptation to say things like, "I can't believe how much he's grown!" I just can't stoop to that level of adultness. Anyway, one of the kids, Davis, my cousin's five or sixish year old son has long little kid hair, kind of mulletesque. I don't have a picture of him so I google image searched "kids with mullet." I found a picture of a different kind of Mullet, and decided to keep it.

My aunt Gail gave me a gift while I was at home. She thought cork lady and friends could use a new pal. Meet Eastern European magnet woman. She's a bit shy and tends to "stick" to the refrigerator. zinger. I also noticed she comes with her own cat. bonus points.

We decided to have a gumbo party at the Davis household the day after Thanksgiving. I was in charge of making the roux. I'm a good stirrer.

I tried to put Dot in the roux, but she would have non of it.

Instead, she got to wear a festive hat for the party.

Spencer also decided to go with a different look.

Porn stache + mutton chops + soul patch = facial hair trifecta

A few of the gumbo party people. A swell time was had by all.

I even got invited to a debutante ball in Gadsden, AL while I was home. All hail Ms. Katie Paul Wilson, Gadsden's newly eligible elitist. You know, deb. balls are a lot like Integration Celebrations. Chew on that.

And now for something I like to call, a little trip I took to Canada last night to eat dinner...

That's right. We entered America Junior, I mean Canada, around 7:30, Amrica time (with a Bush voice), or Eastern time, whatever you prefer.

Alison Downs was visiting from Alabama, also in Amrica. The food was...(I feel like Homer Simpson when he was a food critic for the Springfield newspaper) delicious.

But, the water in Canada is tounge whipping off bad, which is pretty bad. Everything there is so different and bad. More like, "Ew Canada."

In this picture I pretended to "play the slots," as the locals are often heard saying in the Canadian casinos.

"50 beautiful women & 1 ugly one"

Oh strip clubs, any thing goes in Canada. Might as well cal it CananomoralsunliketheUSda.

A picture from Windsor's riverfront of Detroit. It really was a cool view of the skyline, and a nice visit to our northern neighbor.

That's all -Tyler