At work I started wishing people a "Safe and Healthy Thanksgiving" because this is the year to stay safe. Next year, we can have a "real" Thanks-giving that COVID is no longer a threat.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Nov 26, 2020 4:50:23 am PST #367 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Laura - Nov 26, 2020 5:47:25 am PST #368 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
All these posts are making me hungry. Off to take a walk to get rid of the virtual calories, IOW, keep it up. All I have to add is my deep gratitude for all of you being in my life!
JenP - Nov 26, 2020 6:13:22 am PST #369 of 30000
Good morning, and Happy Thanksgiving, all. Or, have a good Thursday if you are not of the turkey day holiday land.
The only things I did yesterday were the pie and the cornbread so it could dry out for the stuffing, but nothing is particularly challenging, so I have my list of things to prep/chop this morning, and then it's just assembly and baking. I plotted out the oven timing a couple days ago.
In oatmeal news, I added the little bits of leftover dark chocolate from the pie prep to my oatmeal this morning, and as you might imagine, it was yum.
Apparently it's getting up to 68 degrees here today, so there will be a walk in it for us, too, Laura.
Delicious and healthy day to you all. I'm grateful for this place and the people who make it what it is. And I'm grateful to be able to eat this year, I gotta say!
sj - Nov 26, 2020 7:31:53 am PST #370 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
We're having a lazy morning watching cooking shows, drinking our morning hot beverages, and not really worrying about timing because it doesn't matter. I kind of love it.
JenP - Nov 26, 2020 7:48:54 am PST #371 of 30000
and not really worrying about timing because it doesn't matter. I kind of love it.
We were just saying this. It's so laid back and awesome.
sj - Nov 26, 2020 7:50:31 am PST #372 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Also, we didn't have to worry about cleaning the whole house while also cooking a big meal.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 26, 2020 7:59:24 am PST #373 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It's the Thanks that keeps on giving!
Consuela - Nov 26, 2020 8:31:37 am PST #374 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
OK, got my annual listen of "Alice's Restaurant" in, and now I'm gonna take the dog for a run in the park. Ordinarily I would go for a hike with my sister, but she & her BF are visiting his sister.
David & JZ, I'm sorry to hear about Emmet's situation, but you are all being sensible, unlike so many other people.
(Apparently Pandora thinks that music for Thanksgiving morning is... 70s pop with lots of Fleetwood Mac? Ooookay.)
meara - Nov 26, 2020 8:40:23 am PST #375 of 30000
I mean, I guess it’s not NOT thanksgiving music, Consuela...
Thanksgiving miracle the puppy slept until 6am! And then we went back to bed until 7...at which point I successfully bribed him to sleep/be quiet another 45 minutes. Woot!!
Haven’t cooked anything yet but it’s early here. Having English muffin and OJ and tea for first breakfast then we’ll see. Haven’t decided when to eat?
Calli - Nov 26, 2020 8:45:37 am PST #376 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Ok, I have the apricot-ginger sweet potatoes, cranberry curd pie, and Waldorf salad made. In about 20 minutes the Cornish hens will go in the oven and I’ll start on the dressing, gravy, and asparagus. The neighbor with whom I’m distantly dining is bringing the wine. A friend will be dropping off cranberry relish in return for sweet potatoes and a slice of pie. I think TG is going as well as can be expected. (Knocks wood). This time last year I was sick as a dog, barely able to get off the couch for fluids, and Trump was going to be president for at last one more year. The pandemic is terrible, but there are some rays of light in my present situation.