Maybe I can just stick to talking Serial with my cousin and avoid the other side of the family.

Timelies all!

Going to Gary's mom's house for Thanksgiving, as usual. I suspect it will be just the three of us, so conversation won't be too dangerous. (Boring, if genealogy stuff gets discussed, perhaps.)

Teppy, maybe a shelter or something might take the comics for kids. There may not be enough alcohol to survive Thanksgiving.

Costco this close to Thanksgiving? I am not that brave.

I had to run out and pick up a few things today and I hated every second of both stores.

msbelle, whenever Liv is angry with me, she facetimes me to tell me how disappointed in me she is. I have video evidence.

You know, I'm kind of looking forward to working tomorrow and not having to make conversation with people I barely know. I appreciate the offers I've received from people who don't want me to be alone, but I don't want to be That Guest.

In any case, work is bringing in the basics of a Thanksgiving Dinner, and I'll have people I've at least known for a few years around me, so it's a more convivial T-day than I've had in years (Hubby and I always went to a buffet and tipped big).

Pie crust is made and in the fridge. I am trying to talk myself into baking the pies (pecan) tonight rather than tomorrow morning.

For the last couple of years we've culled our book collection every so often and passed on ones we didn't want to keep to our high school teacher friend for her classroom library. (Her city school library has a pretty dismal selection.) The kids especially love the comic books and graphic novels.

eBay is not a good option for me, because I am horrible at getting packages in the mail.

I am v v bad at this also, as you know because you still haven't gotten your necklace. Why is something that's so simple, so hard? Sorry... shame face

I am rushing everything so not chilling my pie crust dough. So far I have made one batch regular and one batch gluten free. Neither cooperated with getting into the pie pans, so like most years, I have Frankencrusts.

So far, I have cooked butternut squash and chestnut casserole, and I've got cornbread baking now. Tomorrow, I will make green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, and put the t shame frozen apple pie t /shame in the oven. (There was a limit to how much I could cook, and cutting all the apples for the apple pie was where I decided to draw the line. Plus, I can buy a vegan frozen pie -- most of the other stuff can't be bought vegan.)

I'm glad I started the pies tonight, because it turns out I was short on the corn syrup. Anyhow, the honey-bourbon pecan pies are in the oven, and I used some of the extra bourbon to make myself a nice, stiff drink.