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A Happy Thanksgiving
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did at our house. I was up at 6 to get the turkey ready. We had purchased a 20 pound turkey to cook and the directions said it needed 5-6 hours to cook. I prepared it and got it in the oven at 7 because I wanted it done by 1:00 for our 2:00 dinner. I spent the morning doing some picking up, blogging, reading emails, working on some eBay auctions and watching the Macy's Day Parade with the kids.
We kept waiting to see if we would get rained out today because we really wanted to be able to eat outside (it's a bit cramped inside). At 11:00, my turkey thermometer popped and said my turkey was done! 2 hours early! What's up with that?
At 12, I peeled the potatoes for boiling and started getting out the pots and things I would need for the other dishes. We were expecting my two stepsons and their friends to show up around 1:00. They arrived at 12:30. Then my sister-in-law and her two sons got here shortly after 1. My brother-in-law wasn't feeling well, so he stayed home with his cold. We had a brief shower at 1:45, and then at 2:00 we were eating happily on our deck. What did we have...normal stuff mostly:
Turkey
Gravy
Stuffing
Mashed potatoes
Black Bean and Corn Ranch Salads
Baked Beans
Pasta Salad
Cranberry sauce
Macaroni and Cheese
Rolls
Biscuits
Pumpkin Pie
Lemon Pie
Pumpkin cake with cream cheese icing
Peach cobbler
While we were eating, my husband's uncle and wife came by (a surprise visit). We were glad to have them join us.
After we ate, my sister-in-law and I cleaned up and did the dishes. Then we sat around and talked (and we moved from group to group so we had plenty of time to talk to everyone a lot. About 4 or so, my husband broke out the Karoake disks. We sang for about 4 hours in a variety of combinations. It was fun! Then we visited some more. Our guest finally packed up and left about 9:30. It was a wonderful day and we were blessed to have our stepsons and their significant others join us as well as my husband's sister and uncle and their families.
I hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving too!
