Thanksgiving

I set the table, took some pictures, then put the crystal back in the cabinet in case these cats get curious. I'm sure I got a deal on this Pottery Barn turkey candle (or I wouldn't have bought it) but it still hurt a little to light it. I also have the lighted leaf garland hanging on the curtains.

No, Ruby!

It was nice to have B home. He's doctoring up the carrots while Andy carves the turkey.

Allison and Pat joined us before going to their future son-in-law's family's dinner. I'm wearing the "gobble" shirt I found on a yard sale when Cindy and I were at the scrapbook crop in October.

Let's eat!

Meanwhile, in Florida -- Imagine L's surprise Wednesday when she figured out she would be able to make a Thanksgiving dinner only to find out that a "fresh" turkey doesn't mean it's not frozen. Andy and I looked it up the other night because I was wondering the same thing after seeing "fresh" turkeys frozen solid at the store. Anyway, she Facetimed me to see if she was preparing it right to dry brine it overnight, but I don't do that so her guess is as good as mine.

Pretty table with a Disney flair, of course.

She cooked for her boyfriend W, roommate Tyler, coworker C and friend J, who recently moved from Chicago.

Looks like a success.

And in Seattle, E and D left early Thanksgiving morning for their honeymoon in Hawaii. They got to the airport so early the security line wasn't even open. Oops. Those are the stories they'll laugh about years down the road. They're flying first class so that will be nice and relaxing.

We drove B home and there was very little traffic so we came home through the neighborhoods instead of the expressway. I got a nice picture of Wrigley Field with, surprisingly, no people around. I feel like I was just there. Might be the last clear night in a while. They're predicting 8 inches of snow this weekend.