With endless love and gratitude! The Jungle Reds are giving thanks for all of you dear ones..for all you do, and for all you are to us.
May you have a beautifully happy day--in the coziness of your living room or the chaos of a dining room, whether at work (yay for you!) or at play, cooking or cleaning--we adore you and cherish your friendship.
Check in and let us know what you're doing--and we'll be here to consult on questions of gravy, turkey carving, and stain removal!
Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be filled with love, laughter, gratitude, and lots of good food . . . .
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ReplyDeleteI woke up way, way too early, so the third batch of pie dough is chilling, the stuffed mushrooms are in progress, and the stuffing bread is shredded. Because nap before the guests come...
I may check in later on stain removal if I don't get that nap! Have a love-filled day, Reds.
Happy and safe Thanksgiving to all.
ReplyDeleteI am up since six, dying to put the turkey in the over, but it's still too early, longing to smell the rolls baking, but that's best left until almost time to eat. It's another hour before the parade comes on, and here I sit.
ReplyDeleteSo I shall entertain you with a few quotes apropos to the moment.
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. Erma Bombeck
"Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they see only once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often." —Johnny Carson
"I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage." —Erma Bombeck
"You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out." —Jay Leno
Happy Thanksgiving to all! And Ann, I love Erma Bombeck--thanks for the giggle!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, everyone! My son and I are going out as my daughter and my brother and his family are all away for the holiday. We will all be together for Christmas, but I (almost) envy those of you cooking.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful, warm, and joy-filled holiday!
Ann - those are great. Loved letting the bathrobe out. LOL!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to some of the best, coolest, sweetest, most talented, beautiful women I know. Mwah!
xxoo
Kaye
Ann,
ReplyDeleteI love the quotes! Let me add the chuckles to my list of things to be grateful for today!
Being with family this year includes celebrating with an infant who had not been born last Thanksgiving! Having this new life with us is especially meaningful this year as we watch a loved one slipping away.
The sky is overcast but there's no precipitation, so the family will be able to travel safely. I am grateful for this.
And I laugh at the amusing words my phone thinks I want to type!
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Deb Romano
I'm watching the parade, making cranberry relish, and decided at the last minute to make deviled eggs with bacon jam.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the food, of course, but especially to seeing family. And to spending the day with my darling little Wren!!!
Many gratefuls this year, but way up on my list is this group of wonderful friends and readers. Happy Thanksgiving, dear REDS!
Quotes are so perfect--thank you!
ReplyDeleteMany many gratefuls..our pies just arrived!
And yes, as dear Kaye just said: MWAH! to all of you..
ReplyDelete(Do I have to keep a chocolate banana pie in the fridge? I'm worried about the crust..)
Naw. Not until tonight if you have any left. My grandmother spent a fair amount of her life with an ice box, the kind with a hunk of ice in it. No one in the family died.
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DeleteHappy Thanksgiving, everyone! I'm off to the airport and looking forward to seeing the sun for the first time in many days and diving into a good book and the Pacific!
ReplyDeleteBon voyage, Ingrid! Talk about over the river and through the woods...xoxoxoo
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to all. Let's try to remember to be thankful more often than just this once a year.
ReplyDeleteWe're having a huge rain and wind storm here in Portland OR and it's made me wonder what we'd do if the power goes out. We have an electric oven, but gas stove top. Cut up the bird and cook it like fried chicken? Is there a better way?
May blessings in every form rain upon you all.
Happy and abundant Thanksgiving to you all. I'm very grateful for your wonderful community and daily fellowship and entertainment, for your amazing books and characters, and most of all for the many friendships I cherish amongst you.
ReplyDeleteAt the moment there are too many cooks in my kitchen, but I'm hoping the crowd thins out enough that I can cook this 25-pound turkey in time for dinner tonight!
Ann, I just burst out laughing... xooxo
ReplyDeleteOh, Karen, let's see--25 pounds at twenty minutes per pound, right? Doing math...
Richard, good luck! But fried turkey might be a brilliant idea! xoxoxoxo
Richard, got an outdoor charcoal grill? Just as backup. I'm cleaning the kitchen and killing time until we go over to Mom's. When we can eat depends on when little brother gets off work. I asked my husband to bake a cornbread this morning, which he did. King Ranch has to bake an hour, so I don't anticipate eating before 5:00 at the earliest. And my sister and her family are back in Houston again as the nextdoor neighbor had to cancel last minute. They'll put their own feast together and maybe see us later at dessert time. Happy Thanksgiving Reds! I enjoy your stories and viewpoints so much.
ReplyDeleteWhoa Hank. That is one big turkey. Ours is 18 pounds and is about ready to come out of the oven. But it has to wait until I see who wins the toy division. First things first. It went in around nine this morning and is looking and smelling heavenly.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for best in show!
ReplyDeleteWe aren't really doing anything except TV. We were expecting a few guests to join us here or later for Chinese. They suddenly realized they couldn't come when they found out my husband's cancer had returned. So right now it sucks. I just set out a pie and thinking about the dog show. It reminds me of pleasant days with my mother who introduced me to watching it. He's watching Anne of Green Gables and recording Westminster for me. Glad you're here. Love you.
ReplyDeleteLove you, too! And Reine, I won't give away the ending of the dog show! Eager to hear the review of Anne--
ReplyDeleteAnd hey. We make our own Thanskgivings. However and whenever we want.
love to you all..
xoxo
PatD--I will never forget King Ranch! YOu must do a step by step blog for us.
ReplyDeletexoxooo
And Richard, keep us posted!
Hank, being alone together makes it absolutely right for us. I love the freedom in the simplest choices we can make. It is very relaxing to be at home right now and not have the pressure that sometimes comes with entertaining. I'm doing better at reframing these things and finding it was easier as the clinician or advisor. No surprise, I am sure, to them. Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteI am thankful I learned today that my body can no longer boogie in the shower. Torqued my back and now am sitting with an ice pack. No attending feasts. Noshing on tuna fish sandwich. Linda Ellerbee comes to mind.. and so it goes.
ReplyDeleteCoralee, I hope you are better very soon.
ReplyDeleteLinda Ellerbee, definitely.
Thankful! I want to tell all my friends here that I bought an accessible van that I am now eligible to learn to drive myself at our local Ability Center. Thank you JRW and friends for your positive influence all these years.
ReplyDeleteWe’re just home from a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration . . . delicious ham, turkey and all the trimmings; yummy cheesecake for dessert. Spending the day family really warms your heart . . . .
ReplyDeleteMy usual Thanksgiving tradition is going with friends to the San Francisco Opera the night before (no matter what the opera is), then having a lovely potluck at the home of the Jesuit friend who organized the opera trip. He knows gobs of fascinating people, and is a world traveler who can spin a mighty fine yarn himself, so dinners at his place are always rewarding.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I'm not doing any of it this year. We were in Yosemite last weekend and I managed to catch a cold that turned into bronchitis, and the flu. Even so, I have so much to be grateful for it's ridiculous. I insisted my husband go partake in the festivities, and I'm snuggled up with our cats and the vat of lemon chicken soup he brought me from our favorite Greek restaurant.
Sending you all wishes for a loving, satisfying holiday.
Power still on, so turkey is in the oven, all fine except the thermometer is on the fritz. So we're "estimating". Should be fine. The outdoor grill suggestion wouldn't work in this pouring rain...
ReplyDeleteReine ~~ thank you for asking. yes, an ice pack and a pain pill + some one did a loving Reiki treatment. I will be remembering you and your husband in my meditations.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us know.
Perhaps pie tomorrow.
Lovely, lazy Thanksgiving dinner at home: ham, because I don't really like turkey; stuffing, because I really do like stuffing; potatoes, broccoli, and a dab of cranberry relish; hard apple cider; and at some point I'll cut into my personal Thanksgiving challenge--an orange cranberry pound cake. It looks good. Here's hoping! I'm certainly thankful for all I have today.
ReplyDeleteI'm back from a wonderful time at the home of my nephew and his wife. The meal was tasty and filling, the children were a delight! And the weather cooperated: rainy but not icy.
ReplyDeleteDeb Romano
Happy Thsnksgiving to all of you! I was going to say what Joan said. Wishing you all happiness on this day. I am having a low key thanksgiving with relatives and friends.
ReplyDeleteLove all of the comments.
Diana xo
A wonderful Thanksgiving! Son and daughter and her family were all under our roof spending the night last night. I made chili for last night, and we all ate together, enjoying being together for the first time in quite some while. Seven-year-old granddaughter wanted to decorate the Christmas tree, and Grammy/me, who used to be a little on the particular side about the tree decorating, gave granddaughter pretty much free rein with ornaments gathered for years. I did hang the delicate ones from my mother's collection myself. Some cookies were baked, and we all watched the new Ghostbusters movie. Then, I got to sleep with the granddaughters and be woke up by the little one saying, "Good morning, Grammy."
ReplyDeleteThis morning, I had to fix the asparagus casserole and scalloped oysters to take, along with turkey and ham, to my mother-in-law's where we had the most delicious Thanksgiving meal. It was just a wonderful gathering, harmonious and happy. My son said a beautiful prayer before we ate, and we went around the table saying something we were thankful for. It wasn't a long time together, but it was one of the best.
We all enjoyed a bounteous (but not too bounteous) meal with plenty of leftovers to split and take home. We had a good time retelling family stories and making jokes about the family members who weren't there to defend themselves. And we had lovely mild weather.
ReplyDeleteCoralee! Oh no! Feel better..and thank you for reminding me of Linda Ellerbee.
ReplyDeleteReine, so great. Glad to hear it.
Joan--hurray. Welcome home. We just got home, too! ANd we were given the leftover apple pie!
Gigi--orange cranberry pound cake sounds terrific and so yummy...if you can, share the recipe!
ReplyDeleteDebRo--the "kids" at our dinner were in their twenties--but still adorable. SO nice the see the generations..
And thank you, Diana--happiness to you too! xooxo
Kathy and Pat D--sounds perfect! We played Alice's Restaurant, and then went person to person saying what we loved about each other. Aw. We should do that every day.
ReplyDeleteRichard--did it work???
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