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Charley Brown is never going to kick that football.

Snoopy rocks in the kitchen....making those samiches.... :lol:

Done with dinner, passing on pie 'til later. Most everything is cleaned up, and Murph & Wilbur have had their share. Left overs packed away. Got the Cd player going, and indulging in a few glasses of wine.

Damned right thankful.

Bette Midler

http://www.popmodal.com/video/956/Johnny-Carson-Last-Show-Bette-Midler

Turned out to be a small family-only celebration, which worked out well. Called DD during dinner, told her what we were having, and that I bought her a pomegranate. Rated the gravy--somehow it almost always falls in my top ten. Tried baking the turkey breast-side down, didn't get done all over evenly, so hacked off the done meat and slid the rest back in the oven. Roasted the butternut squash and saved it for soup for me for later, since no one else was very interested. Enjoyed the new silverware and pie and gravy servers--sometimes it's the little things. Overcooked the green-bean casserole, but the dressing was the best I've made--thanks for the mashed potato tip. I also precooked the onion and celery for that in butter.

Pie awaits--apple and pumpkin, w/ice cream. No tv, so no football. Movie playing downstairs, I'm upstairs resting my knee before I amble down to clear the table and start the dishwasher.

Fossil, all I know Marsha by is her smile in that photo you shared, and it's incandescent. Little wonder--and fitting--that you grieve her so.

Well its 5 o'clock somewhere obviously. ;-P

Many of us haven't forgotten our old friends . . . both friends we have met and friends we may never meet in person, friends who are here every day and friends who we seldom see or haven't seen log on for months . . . we do not forget.

I am thankful for corned beef . . . one of God's greatest gifts to us.

I ended up going to Dysarts Truck Stop with a couple of friends for a traditional Thanksgiving lunch which consisted of a corn beef melt on home-made rye bread with fresh-cut french fries and a slice of coconut cream pie.

I will admit though . . . I did this since my wife had to work Thanksgiving as she is a nurse . . . and we did have our own Thanksgiving meal (with turkey and the fixings) the night before . . . and at the last minute I invited my next door neighbor who is getting up there in years and lives alone . . . turns out he didn't have any plans for that night and wasn't going anywhere for Thanksgiving either so I was pretty happy to have him over for the good conversation and company. Honestly, this was one of my favorite Thanksgivings.