I have no cards. I'm not sending any. I know that isn't really new...it's just that this year I don't feel guilty. I am so busy with DD's off to college push and all of the other stuff that has to be done to keep Oprah from coming and showing the world how dirty my house is.
I'm cooking for TG. DD has to work until 4. We were lucky because no one found our schedule pleasing. So, the boys will dirtbike then we'll eat a late dinner.
Kiwi, have you tried the dollar store for glasses?
Painty, ick about the kids' friends.
I have a fresh turkey from the butcher's(so the opinion I'm about to express won't kill me if I'm wrong)...but I don't believe that frozen turkeys are as fragile as they say. The food and drug administration has no sense of adventure. I don't think that standing water is going to give you food poisoning. I usually fill the tub and dump it in.
Time to sleep...bye bye

My thoughts exactly. Wabby, if you're reading this, I would pop that sucker in the sink on Wed. and change the water every hour or so and then stick the bird back in the fridge Wed. night to continue thawing a bit more. But you can't do that because you're a workin' woman, right? I guess you could leave it in the sink from the time you got home until you went to bed. I find the cold water thaws it out so much faster.

OK, from 10 a.m. yesterday to 10 a.m. today I had that truly annoying blood pressure thingie strapped to my person. So this is what three hours of sleep feels like. Stayed home yesterday so I wouldn't have to explain to people why I was buzzing every 15 minutes. Will find out results next Wednesday. I bet he'll tell me to exercise more and loose some weight. Pthhh.

Hey, go take this quiz: What Part of Thanksgiving are You? My results said: You are the stuffing. You are complicated and complex yet all your pieces fit together. People miss you if you're gone, but they're not sure why." Must go think about this. Stuffing. Hmphh.

Peachy, discussion of hair colouring options coming up later. You can't be serious that you're just starting to go grey now. You mean ALL grey or just a few strands that take away from your youthful countenance?

Any Christmas cards I send will be whatever I can rustle up when I go downtown on Friday. Bet you can't wait.

I am also stuffing. I guess it's better than being labeled "turkey."

Sugar, lots of grey strands especially at the hairline in front but all over. I've been using the temporary dye but it gets expensive because you have to keep doing it. Also, I learned too late that you must use a lighter color of that stuff. Darker colors become permanent so I have two-toned hair. But I'm tired of dealing with it and don't want to have to worry about grey roots when it all goes. Plus, Wabbo's friend is blonde. Wouldn't blonde be easier to put on grey and not have the roots show? I need guidance.

Nice to hear from Sissy. However, when Bagzie's TWO dd's left for college, she didn't desert us. That's why I've already sent Bagzie a card.

Crafty or store bought cards are fine by me. Faraway cards from foreign lands are always exciting (and that includes the land of Florida). Remember the glory days when Lush sent crack laced minty lentils???

I don't know if blond is easier. Is that why everyone gets blonder the older they are? DH has the problem w/ the gray mustache hairs. His minimal hairs on his head take the color really easy, but that mustache hair is tough. He's adorably vain about it. Thank goodness all my mustache hair has no gray.

I checked the turkey this morning and I think it's going to be thawed. It has to thaw by this evening because I do a brined turkey that you soak in a salt water/herb brine overnight. Maybe I'll run home at lunchtime and yank his giblets. Sounds naughty.

I'm stuffing too. Appropriate since I'll probably be stuffed by tomorrow evening.

Sugar, I hope your test turns out fine, you cute little buzzer.

Remember Perfect2000? How about Adequate2005? Passable2005? Any other suggestions?

How about Whatever2005.

Kiwi, I so admire you kitchenness that a sitcom can remind of something you think you need but have yet never use.

No, I don't wanna be blonde. I just think that maybe blonde is easier to do on grey hair. But I have lots of brown hair left and it won't go blonde. I would look SO STUPID. Not cheap just stupid. Icky ugly.

Today, I took DS to a sushi restaurant. I am so good.

Granted my kitchenness is pretty sketchy, but I have used this roasting pan before -- the sad part is that even though it is sitting in plain sight in the kitchen, I didn't remember I had it.

Thawing a turkey is the most annoying way a person can spend a day.

Kiwi

The most annoying way to spend a day is to be at work, with not much to do and a zillion things I could be doing at home.

I wish all my Cowsie friends a lovely Thanksgiving day. Even you cowsies in foreign lands who don't celebrate tommorrow. I'm looking forward to 4 days off in a row and some serious chowing down. You are all on my list of things I'm thankful for. See yas monday.

Thanks, Wabby!! You have a great weekend and enjoy your time off!

Kiwi ... just curious .. what was your weapon of choice in the kitchen? Roasting pan didn't make the list.

Knife. Might as well be clear when you're threatening someone.

Can't count the number of times I've said "I have a knife in my hand, you know."

Since there won't be left overs and hosts have postponed gorging til 4 pm, I might have to make rolls in the morning.
Good to hear from you Lohani-- I hope the ick factor wasn't tooooo potent.
I bet I'd be skinnier by now if I'd taken up running instead of knitting.

I wish all of you delightful souls a wonderful Thanksgiving and lots of blessings to count now and all year long.

In honour of y'all's Thanksgiving, I made a banana, walnut and cranberry loaf and ate half.Yum.

My house is a an absolute pit. Everything is sticky and grimy and dusty. And that's under all the crap that's lying around. Will I ever get it together? I'm an embarrassment to all domestic engineers.