Happy Thanksgiving, dears!
Deena, that's a beautiful home. If you want it, I hope you can have it.
Jess, I always think of you at Thanksgiving, because your posts and LJ entries always whet my appetite.
Jars, I think you cooking a Thanksgiving dinner for your neighbor is one of the truest examples of
Love thy neighbor
I can remember seeing. I know that people who didn't grow up with a Thanksgiving holiday don't always get our extreme devotion to it. That can't be said of you. What a lovely, lovely gesture.
Aimee, I hope you can use your drains, soon. How frustrating. I hope you, MM, Em, and your guests have a lovely Thanksgiving, and that you can look back on the rest of this as a laugh, sooner than later.
-t, it's so good to see you here. Love to you, Henry, and lucky Walter. Happy Thanksgiving, sweetie.
juliana, you have had a hellish year, yet you remain a constant light in the darkness. Today (and everyday) may you know how much and how well you are loved. Please pass my love to your hosts, in the form of a big sloppy kiss, and too-long hug.
Maidengurl, I hope you feel better honey, and that time with a good meal and good people feels better than you expected. I don't blame your family for wanting you there, but I would totally understand if you stayed home in bed. If you go/since it seems you're going, I hope, in the end, that you're glad you went.
And to all the people I didn't get above, including, but not limited to:
Cashmere, amych, Teppy, amyth, smonster, Sean, MM, Anne, Betsy, Windsparrow, Daniel, SailAweigh, connie, Trudy, Laura, ChiKat, Gud, Sail, Raq and dh and Mal, sj, meara, Hec, JZ (and Emmett by proxy), erika, Cass, Robin, Plei and Pail (and Lily!!!), Jilli, Pete, Minion, StuntHusband, askye, vw, Emily, Epic Tangent, tiggy, Narrator (if you lurk, and white wings, and Denise, if you lurk), sumi, Fay, Nora and Tom, lisah, tina f, Hil, Matt, tommyrot, Susan, Dylan and Annabel (if you lurk), beth, brenda, billytea, Sophia, ita, Katerina Bee, Perkins, Kristen, Allyson, Kat, lori, Burrell, RIO, Typo Boy, Kristin, NoiseDesign, Daisy Jane, Maria, Polter-Cow, D. Gris, deb and Nic, Frank, and the people who are least likely to see this, like Nilly, Wolfram, Calli, sarameg, aurelia, Micole, Dani, DawnK, Michele T, Consuela, Holli, Tom Scola, MM, Alibelle, Rebecca Lizard, shrift, Dana, Jesse, Ellen, Angus, Jen, Beverly, Jon B, DX, Theodosia, Nutty, flea, DebetEsse, SA, Katie, victor, thessaly, Julie, little bam bam, Rick, Liese, jengod, Karl, Fred Pete and Hubs, Vortex, and all the rest...
Thank you for being here.
Indeed, I've missed seeing you around Cindy. Thanks for the lovely post!
Daniel, I did call, but I called my brother and told him to pick some up on the way over. Hee. So, we have beer, 2 different bottles of bubbly and for after dinner, an orange muscat dessert wine.
Happy ritual sacrifice with pie day everybody.
We had a small Thanksgiving
Most of the food was just good thanksgiving food - worth eating, but not worth describing.. But I tried something different with the sweet potatoes and they really worked out well this year. I just covered them with a glaze that consisted of 1 tablespoon of olive oil and one tablespoon of honey per pound of sweet potato. When they were near done, I added two heaping tablespoons of raisins per sweet potato, and a generous amount of cinammon and finished them. Zero leftovers. It does turn them into a sweet, not a side, and obviously not low calorie, but very tasty.
Andi and I went nontraditional today. Last night I put a pork roast in the 5qt crockpot with some seasoning, a few shakes of teriyaki marinade and two peeled large yellow onions.
Since Andi had to work at 2pm today, we had lunch a little after 1 pm. Along with the pork roast, I made up some simple veggies. For one, some Green Giant cauliflower, broccoli and pearl onions together, then Andi slathered them with real butter before we ate. Also some saucy spinach was on the menu, coming out of a frozen tub, no salt necessary.
Added to that, we had one of the last remnants from my garden, a small acorn squash, again to be slathered with butter.
I set the dining room table with a single candle on a brass stand, polished dinnerware, and the nicest of my bachelor corelleware.* The candle was an accent to the carnations I bought for Andi a while back, sitting in the blue glass vase.
Since we did not have any wine, and really don't need the sugar, an approximation was found using Diet Rite™ Black Cherry soda in glassware.
It was nice little meal; we said grace, tucked in, and I kissed Andi goodbye as she went off to work.
Sigh, and it's still 2 more hours until she returns.
ETA: *Yes, we're going to replace them, hopefully soon.
Hell, Daniel, I've still got Corelleware (or its outlet mall equivalent, whatever.) The stuff is cheap and nearly indestructable. Great around my daughter, trust me.
Everything was a huge hit. I tried to get away without the mashed potatos, but my daughter insisted it wasn't Thanksgiving without them. Even if the candied sweet potatos are her favortite. My brother gave me his highest compliment and said my cranberry sauce was as good as our mother's. Now, I'm stuffed to the point I don't want to see food for two days. Blargh.
