Good morning.
Glad your eyes are ok, Ed.
Jo, sounds like you're right on top of everything. Your pie sounds delicious.
We're going with the jambalaya for tomorrow.
I could do the pumpkin bars and cornbread ahead, but don't really need to. I'll see what I feel like later. I'm going to make some butternut squash soup too.
I'd like to bring something to the outdoor gathering, but not sure what.
No special plan for today.
Happy Thanksgiving eve, everyone.

Last Advent calendar! I promise...so I have the cat treats calendar for the cats, my wine calendar, and now, because, after all, Christmas is all about cheeses...(yes, I know that's a horrible pun - LOL)

Good morning.
Glad Sammie is all healed up, Irene.
Ed, well, now you have enough wines and cheeses to get you to Christmas! I'm kind of enjoying keeping it simple too.
I'm going to make pumpkin bars and corn bread this a.m., and get everything ready for my crock pot jambalaya...have to check how long to cook it. We're meeting outside with the family at 3...just to get together, all masked up. I think I'll time it so the crock pot will be ready when we get back (except for the 1/2 hour it takes to heat up the shrimp).
Supposed to clear up and go up to 65 this afternoon. Yay! Enjoy the day, everyone.

Well I ate it all...

Not really. There are plenty of leftovers, but I ate enough.

We started with a few Ritz crackers, with chive and onion cream cheese spread, and some deviled eggs. For an apéritif we had small glasses of sangria.

Then, for dinner, I had set out sliced Black Forest ham, sliced, roasted turkey breast, corn bread dressing, light bread dressing, mashed potatoes, turkey brown gravy, French style green peas with butter, onion, and shredded lettuce, and crescent rolls.

Dinner wine was Pinot Noir.

For dessert, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and whipped topping. A small slice each of each pie.

I really don't feel too stuffed, as I had a relatively small plate of food and ate it fairly slowly, for me.

Here's my plate...

Good morning all.
Ed, your dinner looks yummy.
The weather was perfect for our gathering yesterday. We stayed out on my daughter's deck, it was sunny and 65 degrees, a Thanksgiving miracle. Had a drink and a toast and a nice visit with family, then all went home to our own dinners. The jambalaya was delicious. I had it without the rice...sort of a spicy soup, but yum. Looking forward to the usual family dinner next year.
I never go to the stores on Black Friday. I may do a little shopping online. Don't need a lot, and I like to take my time looking for presents. I'm not really an impulse shopper.
I do need to go to the library to pick up a book, and take my car for a drive.
It's a cloudy day, with a high of 56 expected.
Have a good day, everyone.

Good morning.
I took my car for a ride yesterday, Ed. I'm thinking I might want pizza for my birthday.
Sunny and a high of 55 today. Will water my plants this a.m. and work on some projects today.
Haha...even normal things become projects to me. We got our gas fireplace working yesterday. It always takes several tries before it starts for the season.
Have a good day, everyone.

Good morning
Ed, it's nice to have leftovers. I think hubby finished up the jambalaya last night, and the corn muffins. We still have a couple of pieces of the pumpkin bars left. I'm trying not to eat them.
I have a massage scheduled for Wednesday, but I'm not sure if I'm going or not, may cancel. My son sent me some k94 masks, so I can use one of those under my cloth mask if I decide to go.
Sunny with a high of 56 expected, clouds moving in later.
Have a good Sunday, everyone.

Good morning;
It seems like everyone had a quiet Thanksgiving.
I had to work on Friday until noon. I spent the rest of the day putting up my Xmas decorations. Saturday we took a drive out to the western part of the state and stopped at Yankee Candle and Oakwood Farm Christmas store. Sunday morning we went for a 4 mile walk and then did a little Christmas shopping, came home and put up the Christmas tree. The only thing left to decorate are the outside bushes.This morning I have ordered a few things on line. I have a few errands to run this morning and then I have nothing for the rest of the day.
Have a good day!

Hello!!
I feel like I dropped off the face of the earth here!! Everyone's preparations for Thanksgiving sounded wonderful. I am glad everything seem to go smoothly. Irene, glad Sammie is doing well. Ed, your plate looked good!! I especially love peas, so that looked even better!! I enjoyed the advent calendars you will have! Nice pairings! And I am sure the cats will enjoy theirs, too! Vix, I might need to steal that jambalaya idea for a holiday. It seems to have struck a cord in me for some reason!! And I am glad most everyone got their walks in!! Jo, if I did that much...well, I hope I would have gotten to work, lol!!!

Our Thanksgiving did not go as planned! We were supposed to go to my son's house on Thursday. My sore throat that I was sure was tonsillitis finally got the better of me. I called the Monday before Thanksgiving but the earliest I could get to the Dr was Weds at 3:30. My strept test was neg. but she treated me with Antibiotics as my tonsils were inflamed. I also have a back molar that decided to attack me with severe nerve pain the same week. Since I had a fever at the Dr., sob which I usually have, and the throat pain and congestion she ran a covid test also. Results due back on the Monday after Thanksgiving. So called my son and daughter and told them. I did not think it was covid...but you never know. My daughter in law suggested putting T. off till Sat. and getting a rapid test done Friday. So...I sat at the Doc in the Box from 1030 am till 2 pm to get in and be called. And yes, I forgot a book! I could have used one Doc Box that rings you at your house to come up, but I did not know how to send a pic of drivers license, ect to them by phone. So after 3.5 hours I was out in 20 minutes and the result was negative.

So we had Thanksgiving on Sat. It was good to see everyone and get together again. There was 6 of us, but we were pitiful. My daughter was a little under the weather from asthma and sinus. My son was exhausted from school and doing a few extras for my DIL. She woke with a cold so we put her in the hallway to eat which actually opens to their table. So it seemed like she was there. That part was great! We all became comatose afterwards though . I had used up my energy dressing, driving and eating, as had my daughter. My DIL never had energy, and my poor son fell asleep for a bit at the table while we were talking! We will probably not forget Thanksgiving 2020. We were an old sad bunch, except for my 2 granddaughters, who pretty much though we were hilarious.

However it was nice to know I was Neg. covid, so I guess with some luck, washing well, and wearing your mask and using common sense, you can survive grocery store trips and the occasional outing with careful conscientious like minded people that do not go out too much!!
Now to work on my tooth. Stay safe all!! Happy Advent and take care!!
Ps..the longer swab test was also neg for covid..better safe than sorry!!

Good morning.
We had rain earlier and some large fluffy snow flakes! It seems to be clearing a bit now, high of only 42 expected today.
Ed, I generally like Rose wines. Tiny bite of cheese! A little wedge would have been nice. Cute that you got treats for your cats. How are your sugar gliders doing?
I have some things to do around the house today.
I hope everyone has a good day.