Gronkly morning, Bitches. I am thankful for y'all.

I'm thankful that my mom's cancer is in remission. Also, I'm thankful for my new job, that Annabel is happy, healthy, and doing well in preschool, and that I'm still writing and still learning new things.

Mmm, pie. I'm about to make some right now, myself.

Well, GF woke up with a terrible sore throat and her dad can't be around sickies so we're spending T'giving in our dirty, tar-smelling house (bathroom remodel in progress) with no turkey. On the plus side, also no relatives and much Wii!

Gris, I hope you've figured out your BRG, and I wish you much luck in executing it today.

Timelies. My responsibilities for Thanksgiving this year are pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, salad, and cleaning up the family room. (I'm usually also responsible for the vegetarian entree and either the green vegetable or the sweet potatoes, but since I'm not feeling great this year, my mom's doing those.) Pie is done, potatoes are boiling, and I haven't started the salad yet. But that'll only take a few minutes, anyway. Also, I thought I cleaned the family room, but apparently it's still a mess. So I need to find other things there to clean.

(I've tried Tofurky, but I'm generally happier with making my own entree. Usually, I make stuffed squash, but this year, my mom's making a dish with seitan and shiitake mushrooms.)

Mmmmm, this place smells like pie!

I don't know how it will taste, but the turkey is the prettiest one evah. The air roaster thingy works great. 2 big pans of stuffing. One with sausage (uck) and the other with cranberries and walnuts. Savory sweet potatoes roasting in the oven. Stuffed peppers ready to go. Things are reasonably organized. Others are bringing salad and beans and lots of pie!

Health ~ma to GC's GF, Anne, and any others that need it.

I would surely join in on the nibbling of Vortex, um her raggedy pie too.

Wow Beverly, I de-stressed a bit just reading about your lovely day.

Pretty traditional thanksgiving. Instead of making "healthy" recipes this year, I'm doing the classic Lipow basting of butter rum and honey. Also, we have bunch of people who hate green bean casserole (?); so simple buttered green beans. What the hell. Blanch them, drain them,put them back in pot with butter, garlic and dill. Not objecting to anything that saves labor.

Jars, I'd say you're doing a helluva job on a traditional Thanksgiving. Now you just need to drop the turkey when you're taking it out of the oven and eat with someone who has diametrically opposed political views.

The turkey breast is in the oven; the cornbread dressing and butternut squash casserole are ready for baking; the roll dough is rising; and the pole beans on are the stove.

No matter how ugly the pie, a homemade pie will taste much better than a storebought one. You can always cut the pie in the kitchen.

A "my sister and technology" update:

My sister got a new printer and kept telling me she was getting an error message and it wouldn't print. I kept asking if she'd checked all the connections. It turns out it had never been connected to the computer.

I am, as always, thankful for the wisdom, warmth, caring and grammatical obsessiveness I have found here. I hope you all have much to be thankful for in the coming year.

Gloomcookie come join us here! We have turkey and we and Guitar Hero and I just purchased Rock Band. Also we don't mind about the sick.