Family? Movies? Turkey-Fest?

What are your plans for Thanksgiving tomorrow (if you're a Canadian, I know, you already had it...) Are you going to hang out with family? Have a big meal with pie and all the trimmings? Flock to the movie theater with the rest of us lemmings and watch something? (What's coming out tomorrow, anyway?)

I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner for Andrew's immediate family at our place. A big 20 pound turkey is waiting to be seasoned and popped in the oven tomorrow at 7:30 am. Then there's sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes & gravy (I know, I have to have both!) green beans, stuffing (home-made!) rolls, and pie. I'm making a chocolate pecan pie, but I'm cheating on the pumpkin and bought a "Cheesecake factory" pumpkin cheesecake. Did you know that the average Thanksgiving dinner is more than twice the calories you require per day? For Americans, it averages 4500 calories!! Seriously!! So after the meal, we're going to drag Andrew's nephews down to the basketball court down the street, and try to burn some of those calories. I'm also cooking some of the items a little lower than the traditional calorie count by substituting some of the higher fat things for lower fat.

But then we're going to the movies later in the day. I don't know what we'll see-- I don't actually know what's out and our friends will have some say in it too.

So that's my plan. I always watch the Macy's parade-- it's one of the few family traditions my family has, and darn it, I stick to it!!! There'll be some family visiting, cooking. Eating. I have to bake the pecan pie today....do some other "day before" things. It'll be a nice day.

Whatever you all do, be safe on the roads, and take a walk after those 4500 calories!!! Or something!!