Happy Thanksgiving, all!

I am at my friend's house -- big family dinner with kids and a couple guests besides myself.

Offered to make cranberry sauce from scratch but they are partial to Ocean Spray which I also like... oh well.

I cooked dinner tonight and did some prep cutting for the stuffing. Tomorrow my friends will do most of the stuff in the kicthen. One or more of our people don't like mushrooms and requested a second green bean casserole with cream of chicken instead -- my friends are letting me make that one.

Wow, it is so neat to have an actual proper Thanksgiving after all this time.

I am thankful for this Thanksgiving, and for all my dear friends which includes you guys here.

We are all "up" (around in the common areas) late tonight. It was a long day prepping today, and with four kids here, two 2 year olds and two 8 year olds, it is exhausting. We are having adult quiet time now with wine, smokes, and a fire. I am having a private quiet moment in between our common quiet ones.