*****Are You Ready For Thanksgiving In 2 Weeks?*****

[yorkietalkjilly]

I watch every one of those cooking and getting-ready-for-Thanksgiving shows - and all the decorating shows - Martha Stewart or any show with a Holiday decorating theme.

[Verbena]

I love her shows

[yorkietalkjilly]

Having an orthopedic prob. recently so finally giving up and calling some restaurants to see about ordering turkey-dinner take-out as I know I'm not going to be up for cooking for long hours. I want the kind sent home hot, ready to dish up, not that comes in a big box & has to be heated. I'll no doubt still be tired from decorating for Christmas this weekend or Monday on top of that. Anybody know of a good restaurant that does this that really produces an actual good meal with real turkey and not frozen turkey breast roast meat or purchased rolls, etc., ?

It is pretty cold now in North Texas so it is feeling like Thanksgiving and Christmas are really coming!

[Verbena]

Sorry I can't help you. Too far lol.

I am so not into the season this year. I am usually the excited one. Not this year

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Verbena

Sorry I can't help you. Too far lol.

I am so not into the season this year. I am usually the excited one. Not this year

Is there a lot of TV, radio, newspaper reporting and seeing so much damage and suffering linked to Sandy partly behind that since you live in New York?

[Verbena]

Thanks for asking We were very lucky. We have a bunch of trees down but none damaged the house. But talking to my friends and trying to deal with all the damage just doesn't put me in that spirit.

[GuinnessStout]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Having an orthopedic prob. recently so finally giving up and calling some restaurants to see about ordering turkey-dinner take-out as I know I'm not going to be up for cooking for long hours. I want the kind sent home hot, ready to dish up, not that comes in a big box & has to be heated. I'll no doubt still be tired from decorating for Christmas this weekend or Monday on top of that. Anybody know of a good restaurant that does this that really produces an actual good meal with real turkey and not frozen turkey breast roast meat or purchased rolls, etc., ?

It is pretty cold now in North Texas so it is feeling like Thanksgiving and Christmas are really coming!

We had to do Thanksgiving in ICU waiting room one year and Cracker Barrel had a good dinner package, not sure if they do it anymore or not since my family no longer does Thanksgiving since that year really.

[chachi]

My Husband and I are working alot before and after Thanksgiving so we are ordering our meal from Bob evans and I am going to make sweet potatoes and peanut butter fudge. If I dont work on Thanksgiving we are going to go run a 5K thanksgiving morning

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by Verbena

Thanks for asking We were very lucky. We have a bunch of trees down but none damaged the house. But talking to my friends and trying to deal with all the damage just doesn't put me in that spirit.

Oh, I imagine that is so true. It is so hard to see friends and family - people we love - going through hard times and dealing with so much trouble. It really is a kick in the gut that this storm came so close to times when most are in their warm homes, celebrating, happy and so many others are cold, in the dark, worried about the future and unhappy. I'll bet you are feeling so low.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by GuinnessStout

We had to do Thanksgiving in ICU waiting room one year and Cracker Barrel had a good dinner package, not sure if they do it anymore or not since my family no longer does Thanksgiving since that year really.

ICU Thanksgiving. Oh, that sounds really awful yet you did what you could to uphold tradition and give everyone involved a little something good to experience. Hope the patient felt like participating a little bit at least.

Cracker Barrel! I sure like their comfort food. Good idea. I wouldn't ever have thought of them. And we have one pretty close!!! Thanks!!!! I'm going to their website and looking around or calling. Mmmm.

[yorkietalkjilly]

There is a pumpkin pie ad just above what I am typing and I am starving for a good thick slice! I almost always have a slice of pumpkin pie for Thankgiving morning breakfast but I found those wonderful muffins at the bakery for this year. Maybe I can have half a sice of pie and half a huge muffin! Boy, am I ready for lunch today. Breakfast is looooong gone.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Am so sore from cleaning yesterday and rearranging furniture and moving the Christmas tree from one place to another - can barely move this morning without muscles screaming. It's 9:00 a.m. and I'm still sitting here on the couch and still sipping coffee and waiting for something to kick me into action. Much, much, much to get done today!

[GuinnessStout]

Rather jealous, I was sooo excited to get a tree last weekend so we drove around everywhere and nobody had live ones for sale yet I have to get mine this Saturday but I think I will start attempting to make my ornaments tonight.

[Verbena]

What kind of ornaments?

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by GuinnessStout

Rather jealous, I was sooo excited to get a tree last weekend so we drove around everywhere and nobody had live ones for sale yet I have to get mine this Saturday but I think I will start attempting to make my ornaments tonight.

Oh, tell us more! What kind do you make and do you do new ones every year? I've never made an ornament in my life except in school. Love watching the craft shows that show women how to make them!