Okay, the kitchen is finally clean again (and that is a miracle, because, like my mother before me, once the dinner is ready, it looks like the army as been through the kitchen and practiced maneuvers!!!), the guests have returned home and I have the whole house to myself for another day since the kids decided to stay in Peoria an extra day! ! They are like little tiny shadows who manage to trip me about every ten steps because they are afraid I am leaving them.
Dinner was very, very good. The turkey was moist, the stuffing good, the gravy not a disaster, and all the usual side dishes were good. I don't know how everyone else liked it, but I found a new recipe for brussel sprouts that I thought was excellent. (It only took me 1 1/2 hours to slice all of those little sprouts into thin pieces!) My younger sister baked pumpkin pies, and, of course, they were excellent. The older one just brought bad wine! You wouldn't think there would be bad wine in this day and age, but she managed to find it.
There should be a rule, however, that guests should take at least half as long to eat the meal as it does to prepare it!!
Even the weather was reasonable for Cleveland. Sunny and pretty warm. However, I know what is coming and hopefully, I will be back in Florida before the worst of it hits!!
I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Life is good! Thanks for checking. Ricci
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