Happy Thanksgiving, US

It's the end of my Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving postings on FB

Those gratitude a day posts are a perfect preparation for Advent and Christmas seasons for me.  It is the coldest day of the week, just perfect for heating up the oven and putting the sides and pies together!  Into the oven goes the classic.  And almost an hour later, it comes out to cool.

Thankfully, I'm not cooking the turkey this year.  I will be spending the meal at my son's house, defending my portion from Carl!

Son's GF has already posted her nervousness over the fact that Carl has discovered how low the holiday table is (compared to their normal "breakfast counter" height table... hmmm... with five folks around the holiday table, some of us "soft touches" he's bound to have a good day.

Courage, humans, pup must be praised for discipline, not cuteness!

Patient time leads to pie cooling.  Both cats have been banished to the outdoors, for sanitation sake while cooking for others!

The day before the turkey

You Spark refugees who are working hard to "stay on track", close your eyes now.  My partner in crime and I have been sucked into a big TikTok sponsored thing... Kyle Sheele, children's author and motivational speaker did another one of his crazy stunts, and it resulted in a promotional meal at Kum & Go shops, nationwide.  All within a week.

I, personally, think he just hit a time in our country where we all need something goofy to keep us from going completely 'round the bend.

The meal, and why I said Sparkies should look away, consists of two slices of pizza (smooshed together into a sandwich, but its self-serve so nobody's watching), and a Red Bull (which since I've given up carbonation for the past nearly 12 years, I did not drink).  We had a good giggle over how fast this thing blew up, but did nothing about it.  Until today.

Phone rings yesterday morning:  "will you drive up with me?  The nearest Kum & Go is at Gretna."  That's 37 miles up the interstate highway, on the busiest travel day of the year.  Right.  I hemmed and hawed for a bit, but then, "why not, let's go".  

So up the road we went, the intrepid driver and me... and yes, we downed those slices of pizza!

Eye closing goodness!

Now, here's hope we all make choices that balance our health, physical, mental and emotional, this one and only Thursday, November 25, 2021 we'll ever get.  I'm about to go starting veggie prep, as my own balance will include roasted Brussels Sprouts to be enjoyed BEFORE the pie!