What's everybody doing today?

[snappy1]

Congratulations @Magpie !

I'll walk in a few minutes.
DH has therapy this morning. Doc removed the staples from his hip, yesterday. Says he is doing great!
Next, will run around locally for a few errands. Fertilize flowers at Church, renew DH's handicap placard, stores for cream cheese and rug runner for DH, bank to put copy of cancelled deed in safe deposit box.
Do laundry.
Make pumpkin dessert for tomorrow.
Set up ingredients for a couple of side dishes for tomorrow.
Make a few phone calls and call it a day.

 

[UrbanHunter]

We (the wife) has been making side dishes for our Thanksgiving meal (we're doing ours on Saturday). The wife wants to cook, but her health makes it hard. The work around was to plan out the meal and make one or two dishes a day. By Friday night the whole meal will be made (except for some last minute baking)....

I've been gathering the decorations for the Holiday season, the plan is to start putting up the lights and stuff on Thursday with a lighting on Saturday night. I looked at adding a "store bought" yard tree, but for a little 12' light tree it was way over $200 and my budget just wasn't up to it. I will be happy if I get my re-designed flag pole tree up on time.

 

[gloryroad56]

Today, I'm assisting my wife in preparing Thanksgiving dinner. We spent part of the day getting rid of expired food from our pantry. We were surprised by how much outdated food we had. Tomorrow, we're visiting my wife's mom and bringing her some food.

 

[Hooch]

Add a bit of hot pepper, it offsets the garlic and has added benefits.

Id probably barf...I cant do hot peppers much.
I do have a sweet chilie chinese sauce I can do..just a tad maybe..or ginger..

 

[Hooch]

Last night of work for a few days thankfully..I need a nice break.
Feeling froggy still but better. I'm not going to my friends since I have this cold. From what I understand..this crud that is circulating here is pretty nasty. Fortunately..I have had very mild symptoms compared to my neighbors n folks I talk to in town. So, since my friends are in their 60's n 70's.., I'm going to lay low n not potentially share.
Its ok..they will save me a plate. I'm looking forward to a warm fire , starting a new rug and organizing stuff.
It's supposed to snow today alittle. I need to get up ..uggh..

 

[Neb]

Furnace repair guy checked the furnace. Decided to get a new furnace. The one we have 35 years old. Time for an upgrade.

It should be installed on Monday.

We will get by with space heaters until then.

It will be nice to not being the resident furnace repair guy.

Ben

 

[LadyLocust]

Last night of work for a few days thankfully..I need a nice break.
Feeling froggy still but better. I'm not going to my friends since I have this cold. From what I understand..this crud that is circulating here is pretty nasty. Fortunately..I have had very mild symptoms compared to my neighbors n folks I talk to in town. So, since my friends are in their 60's n 70's.., I'm going to lay low n not potentially share.
Its ok..they will save me a plate. I'm looking forward to a warm fire , starting a new rug and organizing stuff.
It's supposed to snow today alittle. I need to get up ..uggh..

Hope you get better soon. Drink water until your eyes float too. Helps flush the system. Hugs!

 

[LadyLocust]

Just throwing this out there for whoever needs it: don’t forget to take the turkey out of the freezer
If you soak it in warm water, you might get the innards out by morning before you need to get it in the oven

 

[Neb]

Just throwing this out there for whoever needs it: don’t forget to take the turkey out of the freezer
If you soak it in warm water, you might get the innards out by morning before you need to get it in the oven

I hate the part of getting the parts out. Usually end up with a numb hand.

Ben

 

[Pearl]

I hate the part of getting the parts out. Usually end up with a numb hand.

Ben

Leave 'em in there once, freak everyone out!

 

[Amish Heart]

Ha. One of my sis's did that once, she didn't know any better.
I bring in an icechest and put the frozen turkey in it about 3 days before. And it thaws slowly.

 

[havasu]

I pulled out the neck and giblets once, with a house full of people, and commented that we must have gotten a Tom turkey. I don't think the kids ate turkey that year!

 

[Magus]

Id probably barf...I cant do hot peppers much.
I do have a sweet chilie chinese sauce I can do..just a tad maybe..or ginger..

You'll be surprised at how little it takes to completely change the flavor! I keep red pepper, honey and real lemon juice on hand just for fast colds. I think I've been sick once in 25 years.

 

[Lenny]

Had homemade turkey at an American Legion on Tuesday and will be with family for turkey and ham today.

 

[Magpie]

Last night of work for a few days thankfully..I need a nice break.
Feeling froggy still but better. I'm not going to my friends since I have this cold. From what I understand..this crud that is circulating here is pretty nasty. Fortunately..I have had very mild symptoms compared to my neighbors n folks I talk to in town. So, since my friends are in their 60's n 70's.., I'm going to lay low n not potentially share.
Its ok..they will save me a plate. I'm looking forward to a warm fire , starting a new rug and organizing stuff.
It's supposed to snow today alittle. I need to get up ..uggh..

Hope you are out and about soon- just the usual here, suddenly have a lot of 'little errands' to do for other people, so the day flies by. Found the remains of my missing hen. The dogs are in big trouble.

 

[Pearl]

Will feed Buddy as soon as it's light enough outside. Then the turkey is going in the oven!! Hopefully a nice quiet day! Main meal between 1:30 & 2, turkey sandwiches tonight! Napping whenever I can!! Going to be a pretty day, upper 60's so will be outside piddling around. Hubby is making Sammy another insulated, elevated cat house to go next to the other one by the back of the house. The two girl cats took over the original one. Sammy doesn't want to cuddle with the girls, they probably have cooties, lol!

 

[UrbanHunter]

I have been gathering my Christmas lights to decorate the outdoors. Last year it became clear that my flag pole Christmas tree was un-sustainable as the 24" plastic star fell apart after 15 years of use. The lights were powered from the top with an extension cord running the length of the pole and all the strings of lights were attached just below the base of the star. About 3' down from the star I used a 5/16" thick plastic disk that had slots cut in the edge to spread out the strands of Christmas lights, but this design was heavy and made the pole difficult to set up, plus it was dropped as the tree came down last year and the disk cracked as a result.

So after I got it taken down last year I initiated a redesign: I used a wooden ball, 3/8" steel threaded rod, and dowels to make a new 36" 3D star. I also decided to power all the lights from the bottom, so I made an extension cord with 20 outlets evenly spaced along it's length to power the colored lights from the bottom, I will wrap the pole bottom to top with a colored led light string and green garland; the star will plug into that string. I am using an antenna guy wire ring at the base of the star for stabilizing cables and another set about 1/3 down from the top of the pole. The base was changed to a pivot design with 3' anchor bolts set in a concrete base 4' deep, the goal is to attach the assembled tree to the base and swing it up into position by pulling on the guy wires. To keep the strands of colored lights evenly spaced I plan to use wire (bailing or drop ceiling support wire) to make a spacer ring every 5' from the top to the bottom. (Imagine the ropes going up the side of the masts of a sailing ship).

Anyway that's the plan and I have today and tomorrow afternoon to execute before trying to light it up on Friday or Saturday night! HO, I almost forgot, I am planning to use my solar battery backup system to power all my Christmas lights for the majority of the season!

I think I will try to document this build using my phone camera.

 

[snappy1]

Will walk first.
Prepare side dishes.
Walk dogs.
Put turkey in oven at 11 am. I bake it in a turkey bag.
Pick up friend to come visit.
Have dinner and deliver a plate to a friend who opted to stay at home in her pajamas, as I take my friend home.
Watch Christmas Vacation!
You all have a great day!

 

[Amish Heart]

Still having my coffee, but will get off my butt in a short bit. Get husband his breakfast, get animal chores done, and get turkey in, then start making the side dishes. Yesterday I did two pumpkin pies, the special jello, and the stuffing/dressing. Have plenty more to make. Two guests are here, and two guests are coming. My cousin that had the heart problem passed, he had no brain activity Monday night at all, so he was taken off the equipment. His sis will be here tonight, and he had been invited as well. In his 50's, too young.

 

[Curmudgeon]

I'm prepping the taters, carrots and squash getting them ready to go when it's time. The T bird goes in around noon, then it's football while the bird cooks, Detroit is playing Green Bay at 12:30. The game and cooking time on the bird should be real close to the same, I'll turn the veggies on at the end of the third quarter.

 

[LadyLocust]

Happy Thanksgiving 🍽 HCL
Hope y’all gobble til ya waddle

 

[gloryroad56]

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[havasu]

I would like to give thanks to everyone here. We are really blessed!

Since I'm still walking 3-4 miles a day, and on a year long endeavor to lose extra weight, we are forgoing a big turkey feast, and instead taking a nice, long walk.

Coming home, cleaning up, and headed out to the movie theater to see Napoleon, in the special IMAX theater.

I tried to gather the family, but everyone is either working (law enforcement), spending time with their in-laws, or have flown to other states to see other family members.
Fret not, I will see if they have a turkey flavoring that I can sprinkle on my cold, dry popcorn.

Have a blessed day!

 

[Curmudgeon]

to see Napoleon,

That looks to be a decent movie, let us know, my wife has made mention of seeing it.

 

[Morgan101]

Food and Football. Wife is going to her sister's house to spend the day with her. I will be an absolutely disgusting couch potato for the entire day. I have enough food for the Chinese army. Hope the TV holds up. My wife has been instructed to not do anything with the body until the morning.

 

[Magus]

A bit of writing, by then dinner will be done if the breaker holds.
Some Fallout 4 with a new mod that lets me play as "black ops".
AKA the Enclave.

 

[Hooch]

Just getting up kinda..
Its windy outside , so I'm dragging.
Feeling worn out but..the doggies love their walk.
As soon as that is done, im going to get my wood stove fired up
I already told my friends I wont be hanging out today. I dont want to share cooties n risk getting them sick.
Relaxing by my stove , listening to the wind blow sounds just fine to me.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Food and Football.

That's rough, lol.

 

[Pearl]

H

That's rough, lol.

Hey, something bad could happen to him, like he could fall asleep during the game!!

 

[zannej]

I'm trying to catch up. Was exhausted from the Covid. Tested negative but am still sick. Cats cuddling with me has helped me feel a little better. Tried to do some cleaning but felt too cruddy and had to lie down. Wanted to go get takeout from Flying Wok-- got some the other day and it was great. Mom didn't want me to get it bc she wanted me to cook. We've never been big on turkey. Prefer ham. Haven't had it much since Captain Fluffy (one of our cats) passed away. She LOVED the ham. Made mashed potatoes with hamburger meat, velveeta cheese, and sauteed mushrooms. Mom actually said it was good (she normally says something is "ok"). That's my version of shepherd's pie. The dogs got a little of it and were happy.

Keep sneezing and can't lie down to sleep. Still trying to get my energy back.