Mb just called and invitied me to T-day dinner. Apparently she and her other guests need some help consuming the 25 pound turkey she got. Plus the four boxes of stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, green bean casserole, deviled aggs, relish tray, cheese, apple slices and PIES ( Read more... )

I know, I know, turkey is traditional, but there's only one of me. If I want turkey, I'll run out an get a package of Hillshire Farms lunch meat, which is already cooked and sliced, and even allowing for to and fro and shopping time, it's still much faster than cooking a whole bird ( Read more... )

Some of you may be wondering where I've been all weekend. Some of you may have been busy with your own lives and not noticed that I wasn't posting. Some of you may think that I'm full of myself. Hmm, maybe so ( Read more... )

The attitude is gratitude...things I'm thankful for ( Read more... )

This morning, I had a call from Schnauzerland: S and T have invited me to dine with them on Thursday at the Radisson. Oo-la-la, oui, oui! C'est posh! They had me there two years ago and it was awesome. Ice sculptures and a piano player for atmosphere and massive quantities of excellent food. I'll tote a massive bag and plenty of Tupperware...maybe ( Read more... )

After an afternoon nap (because I was up extraordinarily early this morning), I did in fact get to work clearing my dining room so that I can sit down and have a proper Thanksgiving dinner. I got the surface of the table cleared off again---it just needs to be bleached---and a bagzilla down to the curb, and the pass-thru is navigable again, O joy ( Read more... )

There! I'm back from the food pantry (I was out of the house before 8AM) and I won a turkey! I'm not sure what the percentage of winners was, but that allowed me to skip the "preformed" meats...pseudo-ham or loaves of ground turkey. I got a modest Butterball, which has gone to live in my freezer until it's ready to be called upon ( Read more... )

Things I'm grateful for, in no particular order ( Read more... )