Wow. You know when you’re little and you’re moping around the kitchen looking for something to eat or do, and your mom goes “I WANT YOU OUT OF MY KITCHEN! :mad: :mad: :mad: GET OUT! DON’T COME BACK FOR… 3 HOURS!” and you’re all :eek: ? Well now our cat feels that too, and I can’t believe I’ve only got 2 or 3 people coming over.
At least I eventually found the roasting pan (after the turkey was in the oven). Was about to lose it that one. I hope yours goes swimmingly. 
heresy! Once you’re had real pumpkin pie, made from a fresh pumpkin pie, you’ll never go back!
If you don’t have time for that, tinned pumpkin is way better than anything the store cooks.
And then there’s the whole pastry issue - store-made pastry simply can’t hold a candle to fresh, home-made pastry.
Believe me, there’s plenty o people who can tell the difference. mmmmmmmmm…
Our Thanksgiving is based on harvest festivals - grain in the bin, etc. For most of Canada, harvest is normally over by this time of year - although it’s been a bit delayed here in Saskatchewan this year by rain and some snow.
Oh my god. I’m so full. I think tomorrow and the day after I will eat nothing, and not actually notice.
FWIW - apart from a minor flood in my kitchen, everything went off without a hitch.
Yay!
Congrats! Other than briefly forgetting how to thicken gravy, I think everything went well here too. A toast with my after-dinner rum&coke. 
I’m glad it went well! As for the flood, I suspect that all truly successful parties have one small disaster at some point. 