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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Since we’re not eating till noonish today, I told the hosts I’d drop my stuff off, go to church at ten thirty and then be back to warm up the dressin’ and make the gravy. Then they said they’d like to go to the service too. Then I got a call back from one of ‘em who said that a few more attendees have said they’d like to go also. Thus, I shall be at their place at ten this mornin’ and everybody who wants to shall caravan to the churchhouse. Interestin’… most of ‘em ain’t even Whiskypalian! I am deheathenatin’ the masses! :smiley:

ETA: First on Three!

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I am home from hospital and lunch. I did not have to pay for my revisit to the cigar tube, and the report is out, showing no sign of any major masses or lesions, just a few small “hyperintensive foci” which may be the result of the earlier biopsies. Thank God for small mercies. Now we just have to wait for the histopathology results next week.

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Good news then, Dotty? Let’s hope the rest of the results are as good as that.

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Omms, crossed appendages and the like, Dotty.

I’ve got a toothache and a 3h class. Go me.

One of our assignments was due on a Friday but it turns out the office where we have to turn it in is closed on that day, so the due date was moved to the following Monday: happy students!

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Yay for good news Dotty! Prayers, thoughts, appropriate/inappropriate appendage crossage for continuing good news.

Nava hope the toothache gets better soon. Also, yay for delayed assignment!

MMMMMM… dressin’ is bakin’ and smells sooooooooo good! Makin’ da bear hongry! I need a snackie.

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*GOBBLE! GOBBLE! GOBBLE!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!*
I am thankful for so many things, I’m sure there’s a thread somewhere to list them all, but there is a two-way tie for second (my job and my house) and three-way tie for first: My family, my cat, and my friends.

Hugs all around - pass them along to your friends, pets, and family.

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I’m not at work.:smiley:

Happy Thanksgiving!!! and/or Thursday!!!

prayers for Dotty

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That’s great news, Dotty. I hope the other results are good, too.

Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrate! Happy Thursday to those who don’t.

Since we’re not eating until 8:30 tonight, I don’t have to start prep til much later. The turkey is only 15 pounds, so it’s not like it’ll take all day to cook anyway.

I’ll probably get going on my dressing/stuffing fairly soon though. That’s really the only thing that requires any real signficiant preparation. Need to make sure it’s cool before I stuff the bird. I plan to make enough to stuff the bird, in addition to putting some in a dish to bake separately. Other sides will be mashed taters, gravy, corn spoon pudding, and steamed or maybe sauteed asparagus. I’ve never made the corn spoon pudding before, but the recipe looks and sounds good.

Other than that, I plan to take life fairly easy.

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Happy thanksgiving to you 'murikans! Thursday to the rest of us.

Stayed home again today. A cough kept me up most of the night so I didn’t get nearly enough sleep to be able to function at work. Still feeling uber tired, may slip into a nice coma a little later on.

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Good news,** Dotty. ** I’m sorry you’re going through such a rough time right now.
Happy Turkey Day, all. A day to remember our good fortune and give us hope for the coming year.

I am home ALONE. YAY! Quick–get the [del]hookers and blow![/del] :stuck_out_tongue: I plan to spend my day making chocolatey goodness and watching Star Trek. I had my Tgiving week before last when Daughter came home. Sons #1 and #2 (like there are any more-hee!) are off to their aunt’s with TH.
I am somewhat put out that I have to work this Saturday. I have to go in for ONE patient for a surgery that could wait until Monday. :rolleyes: I know, it’s money, but I have found that I need those 2 days off in a row. Blech.

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Yay for good results so far, Dotty! Am keeping appropriate appendages crossed for continued good results.

I’m getting ready to make the dressing/stuffing, after which the bird will go in the oven. I’ve also got some leftover hardboiled eggs which will be turned into deviled eggs (OMG, my very favorite!). We’ll probably sit down around 5 pm or so, I hope. LOL

Hope everyone is enjoying themselves!

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Today’s menu:
Grilled sesame ginger poke chops
Rice with Shitake mushrooms
Steamed broccoli

A traditional Thanksgiving feast.*

*[sub]If you live in Tokyo[/sub]

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I found this one today on YouTube - especially for Mahna[sup]2[/sup] and any Queen/Freddie Mercury lovers!

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To be honest, turkey is not my favorite. Hence, I rarely, rarely, rarely make a turkey.

I am extremely nervous about my turkey for the following reasons:

*It’s not a Butterball, so I am unsure about the quality, and when it’ll be done, without being dry.

*All the different temps and ways to roast the turkey have defeated me; hence, I’ll be using a roasting bag and hoping for the best.

*I stupidly didn’t brine it, so again, I’m worried about the turkey being dry.

*I’m worried about it being dry. I hate dry turkey.

I plan on seasoning it well, both inside and out, and will lift the skin, so I can rub a butter/herb/seasoning mix on the meat. I hope that helps with the flavor. I’ll rub the outside down with olive oil and rub the seasonings over that.

My stuffing recipe is good. I made it a few years ago. It uses sausage, celery, onions, apples, dried cranberries and dried apricots, and bread (of course) along with seasonings. It was a huge hit, so I’m making it again.

Did I say how nervous I am about the turkey? Really, I am. I’m usually a fairly confident cook and don’t let things bother me, other than hoping those eating my food like it. So far, that hasn’t been a problem. However, turkey is just not my thing.

I made a turkey for T-day a few years ago, and it turned out well, but, it was a Butterball, so it was pretty much no muss, no fuss. Stuff the bird, cram it in the oven, tent it, baste it, remove tent, pull out when the the little temp thing pops out. It turned out great; moist, etc.

Wish me luck!

I plan to put some of my stuffing in the turkey. What? I like stuffing that’s been in the turkey.

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I like stuffing that’s been in the turkey, too.

Sadly, we won’t have turkey until Christmas. Oh, lord. I’m making it this year. Aagh.

Happy turkey day to the Americans!

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Weird. The hamsters at my post about Dotty’s “hyperintensive foci” and how I’d said that a tongue-in-cheek name for them is UBOs or Unidentified Bright Objects. Most likely, they’re just scar tissue from earlier biopsies.

So go have some turkey and stop stewing about it!

The house ghost has been messing with the furnace - the thermostat is set for “Fan On” but the fan keeps going on and off. It’ll be a problem for the eventual new owners to puzzle over. The same ghost has been moving things and packing things - the charger for my camera was in the kitchen junk drawer last Saturday. On Tuesday, it was not. I know I didn’t move it, and DH says he didn’t either - that drawer was the safe haven for things like phone chargers, keys, wallets and assorted other small things that will be with us as we drive cross-country. So, the ghost owes me $45 for a new charger. At least Amazon was able to get it to me quickly.

Our upgrade rollbacks continue. What dishwasher? Doesn’t everyone have a big empty space near the sink to store mouse poop and spiders?

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People are strange…

My daughter had a hellacious day at work yesterday, customers were rude, etc.

However, it was interesting to note what some people were buying for their T-day meals.

There was the woman who spent nearly 80 bucks on a Black Forest Ham. Not the kind of ham you you cook up yourself, but the kind the deli uses to slice up for lunch meat. She bought it whole and planned to “cook” it. :dubious:

There were others, but I can’t remember them now.

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You know how it goes… Some people use cook books; some people just “cook the books.” :dubious: :smiley:

Dotty – yay on the good news, fingers crossed for more of the same!!

I had turkey for lunch today. Of course, that’s hardly a memorable event because, as somebody once said, with the amount of poultry Israelis consume, it’s a wonder we don’t all cluck like chickens and gobble like turkeys… :slight_smile:

Hee…! Now that was fun! :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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We’re back from the in-laws. Dinner was nice. They ordered one of those precooked spreads from the grocery store. It was waaay better than I expected, and all I had to do was warm it up. I’d expected to be up at 4:00AM spending the day with sweat on my brow and flour on my nose, but no. I got up at 9:30 took a leisurely shower, got dressed and got into the car for a breakfast out.
We picked up the dinner components on the way home. The Bid Bird took a bit over an hour to heat. Everything else went into the microwave. My honey set a beautiful table, while Mom relaxed and Pop hovered around, in my way, “helping”. (He’s a control freak of the 10 degree), With him following me to wipe up imagined spills, even clean up was no big deal.
We drove home in the dark and rain with a medium wait at the ferry, but made fairly good time. Honey when to bed after a quick Big Bird sandwich and one more piece of pie. He got up at 4:30AM for work. It’s just a half shift, so, he’ll be home tonight.
All in all, plenty to be thankful for, including all of you!
So to everyone here, Happy Thanksgiving!

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HEE Dotty! Nothing really matters… but MOI!!! HEE!

Taters big burd will be just fine. You know what you’re doin’. Sounds nummy to me and I’s stuffded right now!

Mass quantities have been consumed! I swear, any possible edible substance to be had was on that table, counter, sideboard, wherever it could be put. When twenty people get together and bring stuff, food is everywhere! I’m pretty sure I sampled everything. :smiley: No worries about dindin tonight. Ain’t no way I’ll be hongry.

Herbs deviled aigs… NUM!!! I know I put away several of 'em today. I lurves me some deviled aigs!

Hope everybody who’s celebratin’ has had or will have a good TDay!