Happy Thanksgiving!

Update on Hubs chore list--
* Ceiling patched but not sanded or painted
* Curtains hung
* Floors not cleaned yet

Whatever.  I am so over getting worked up over it. What gets done, gets done.
I am aiming for a low stress day once I get the bird on, and start drinking after I get home from my Rite-Aid trip. lolz

Saw this on Facebook and it spoke to me. *snort*

I've been up since 3 am.  It's a combination of not being able to sleep and worrying over getting everything cooked in time and Dixie swallowed one of my pills last night(shouldn't be a big problem).  So I've been keeping an eye on her as she snores away in her bed.

Yet more proof that the 1st Thanksgiving belongs to VA not those witch hatin' folks in MA who wore funny hats. lolz

The rolls are rolled and rising in the pans.
The carrots are roasted(will reheat with a honey glaze later).
And I'm about to assemble the stuffing, stuff the bird and get both into their respective crock pot/oven.

So give thanks for what you got good in your life, unzip your pants and eat another plate of food, and lapse into a coma in front of the television watching parades/dog shows/football/movies.

Thanks for reading my boring blog and sticking around to see what messes Sluggy gets herself into next. 8-)))

From my family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!

Sluggy

All About Thanksgiving

Since the Daughter was working on Thanksgiving we planned dinner for later in the day than we usually eat.  This meant I didn't have to rise at the ass crack of dawn. Yay!
I could do all the prep and cooking at a more leisurely pace and even take an hour to go out to Rite-Aid to get a jump on the freebies there.

Here is the stuffing going into the large oval crock pot early in the a.m.
I pressed all 3 of my crock pots into service for the Turkey Day meal.  The black one in the background ended up being used for the mashed potatoes(both red and white)and the white small crock pot held and warmed the rutabaga.

Since there were 7 for dinner this year(me, Hubs, college boy, daughter, brother in-law, nephew and daughter's boyfriend)we had to add a card table onto our ersatz dining table(aka a camping/fold-up table)so everyone could sit down to eat together.
With so many for dinner I set up the food in the kitchen buffet style from which we served ourselves before taking our place at the dinner table.

Here are the mashed potatoes, carrots, stuffing(plus what was cooked inside the bird in a serving bowl)and extra rolls.....

The rutabaga on the counter behind Hubs and the platter of turkey on the island with the big bowl of gravy(you can't see in this picture).

Rolls, butter, salt/pepper and cranberry glop were table side.

Let me talk a little about the table.
Earlier this month blogging friend Kim over at Out My Window sent me a package......

I hadn't a CLUE why or what this could be!
Inside was a beautiful hand sewn tablecloth and matching cloth napkins Kim had made for me. 8-)
Also were 4 cute little birdies(quail maybe?)with a metallic copper finish.

With all the stuff going on in her life that she took the time to fashion all this for me was awesome.
She is one special lady is all I can say. ;-)

So I dug that box out of hiding and set my Thanksgiving table Thursday morning......

I had a couple of Autumn swags I intertwined and laid out straight in the middle of the table and put small tea light type candles and those little birdies randomly among the foliage.

Here are the matching napkins.

Well between the chaos of getting the meal on the table and the hungry heathens who couldn't wait to start eating I didn't get a shot of the whole table properly set for dinner.

Here is the crew that chowed down on the vittles here at Chez Sluggy for Thanksgiving(minus Yours Truly who was taking the photo).

I scaled back the side dishes this year(no sweet potatoes or green bean casserole)but still there was more than enough to keep this swarm of locusts busy.
I am sure three kinds of pie helped satiate them as well. ;-)

And we kept it civil and politically-free(though not alcohol-free). 8-)))

I hope you had the type of Holiday you enjoy.

Sluggy