We hope you had a really nice Thanksgiving, we did...
Jeanie decided to do the Thanksgiving thing at our house this year, and Jeanie's parents and my mom were nice enough to join us.
Jeanie has been busy as a beaver working in the house. She has painted the foyer a sand color, and the dining room a rosy sand (almost the same color as the foyer, but just a hint of pink) color. It took quite a bit of effort to get the dining room covered because Jeanie first had to prime the top foot or so of the wall to rid it of the purple border which she hated. After getting the dining room painted, she was finally able to get the hutch and china cabinet moved to where she wants them, and to get her china and crystal unboxed, washed, and arranged.
Jeanie had prepared the deserts (a lemon cloud and Plum Nutty Sour Cream Cake) and baked the sweet potatoes on Wednesday. On Thursday morning, Jeanie finished the sweet potato casserole and mixed vegetable casserole finished before we worked together to get the turkey and dressing in the oven.
Timing worked out just right. We had just finished getting the turkey in the oven and getting our showers when Jeanie's parents arrived around 2:00 PM. We visited with them for about an hour and then I went to pick mom up and bring her to the house.
Mom was on best behavior, and we had a very pleasant visit.
Dinner was absolutely delicious. In years past, we have sometimes ended up taking the turkey out of the oven before it is fully cooked, and/or with dressing that was too soggy or too dry. This year, the turkey was actually done - we used a cooking bag and cooked the turkey for 3 1/2 hours and then let it rest for a half hour before carving it.
After dinner we went back to the living room to visit a while longer, then had desert and coffee.
By 8:00 PM we were all starting to yawn, so I took Mom back, and we called it an early night.
Definitely a day to be thankful for.
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Posted by David at November 26, 2005 06:18 PM