We are all going to Appleton tomorrow (1.75 hr. drive)to be with my husband's brothers/sisters. His sister won't let us bring ANYTHING and we tried to at least pay for half but she won't budge! She does let me make the gravy & mashed potatoes and my DIL makes stuffing for all.

This will be the first Thanksgiving (& Christmas) without his parents, who passed away two months and 1 day apart. There will be about 24 people. Then we are going to visit my sister and her family...who I haven't seen for 4 months.

Then on Saturday, we're invited to our son's house (11 houses away from us) for another full Thanksgiving feast. She's invited all the families from their children's play group...a big crowd and all good friends and good people. We all bring something.

Happy Thanksgiving ALL!

and, Thank you, Connie...for starting this thread! I pray that everyone who is suffering emotionally or physically finds peace and healing.

Love to all,

Char

HAPPY THANKSGIVING--ya'll!! size>color>

We were scheduled to have a total of 11 of us, but most of us are sick! There's some 'Coughing up a Lung' virus
making the rounds in this part of our world so I'm not sure WHO will either be able to come or will want to
if they haven't contracted it from someone else already!

But--to brighten your Thanksgiving season, I am going to share with you, what one of my favorite (albeit infrequent) posters
has sent me today! It will give you a good laugh!!

PREGNANT TURKEY STORY

One year at Thanksgiving, my mom went to my

sister's' house for the traditional feast. Knowing

how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to

play a trick. She told my sister that she needed

something from the store.

When my sister left, my mom took the turkey out of

the oven, removed the stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen,

and inserted it into the turkey, and re-stuffed the

turkey. She then placed the bird(s) back in the oven.

When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the

turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the

stuffing.

When her serving spoon hit something,

she reached in and pulled out the little bird.

with a look of total shock on her face, my mother

exclaimed, 'Patricia, you've cooked a pregnant

bird!'At the reality of this horrifying news,

my sister started to cry.

It took the family two hours to convince her that

turkeys lay eggs!

Yep..................she's blonde!

{{gwi:897607}} That's my turkey--coughing up a lung, like the rest of us!!! ;o)

{{gwi:897608}}

That is hilarious! I've got to think of someone to try that on.

Sorry you've been sick. Hubby saw a tip on the internet about coughing. It says put vicks on the bottom of your feet and then put socks on. The cough is suppose to stop very quickly. If some one tries it, let me know if it works.

re: ".. put vicks on the bottom of your feet and then put socks on.
The cough is suppose to stop very quickly. If some one tries it,
let me know if it works."

Nope--not for me, anyhow!! Gak!!!

But, thanks for trying to help, McT! :o)

Happy Thanksgiving to all from north of the border.

paul