Kansas City Thanksgiving

I was up early, around 6:00, to a cloudy, cool morning.  Made the coffee, let Bella out of her cage, and spent an hour browsing the adds, so many that you need the entire morning to go through them, not that I need or want anything, though they certainly are there to tempt you, with the idea of a 'deal', something we all have difficulty passing up.  Evie was up by 7:00, Marlena shortly there after, and she immediately got to work on her Thanksgiving Journal, where she writes from the point of view of the turkey,  She enjoys it, obviously, and just finished drawing a picture to match.  She has the turkey finding away to escape its fate with the help of her dog, Bella.  Mary got up around 8:00 and Tom just came downstairs, about 8:30.  Evie is fast a work on the turkey, cinnamon rolls, dressing, all the makings for today.  I hope to get a good walk in this morning before Rose and Frank come about noon.  We plan on eating a bit early, around 4:00.  Lots of football today, as usual, though none of the games are of great interest though, no doubt, we will sit in front of the tube and watch them, a turkey day habit, as if there is nothing else to do.  I wonder what would happen, what the afternoon would be like, if we just turned off the TV and forced ourselves to talk with each other.  I am sure we would play some games like BananaGrams and spend some time talking.  Because of the TV, I find I have rarely had time to really talk with Tom's father in law, Frank.  We turn the tube on and that's it till we doze off after the turkey dinner.

We had a great meal, as usual, and I am still full, of turkey/mashed potatoes/stuffing and football.  We are sitting here, playing Apples to Apples, Marlena's favorite game.  Frank and Rose left after the games, around 7:00, as Rose had a cold and wanted to get home.  Her brother, Michael, was also here for the day, a nice guy who works as a technician for Lucent.  We see him once a year, either at Christmas or Thanksgiving.  We did take pictures before everyone went home, though it was a hassle as usual, to get everyone together though the kids were more accommodating then my son, Tom.

We heard from both Beth and Jill, Beth was deep frying a turkey for the first time, and Jill was having al the Bissell's over for the first time, some 30 deep.  She seemed to have everything in order and didn't seem too stressed when we talked.  I am sure both turkeys were great, as it was here.