Thank you Petalique! I hope your travels are safe and your holiday is wonderful.

We will be traveling to my DD's. She lives in NW Oklahoma, where there is no traffic except for big green tractors. And it's only about a 2 hour drive.

May we all remember what the meaning of this holiday is -- being Thankful for the blessings we have!

i'm hosting this year so no traveling for me. we are gathering at 11 a.m. so that nobody has to drive home in the dark. there is a crazy number of deer running now since firearm hunting was last weekend for 4 days.

wishing everyone a safe and happy thanksgiving!! 🦃🍗

Wishing safe and trouble-free travels to all. I'm opting to stay home and skip the traffic. On a holiday, it often takes me 2-1/2 hours to travel the 50 miles between my friend's house and mine. Although I love the fun of Friendsgiving there, it's not enough to overcome the dread of the trip this year.

Happy to be staying put. My son lives only a few miles away so not much travel.

We're in the middle of a snow storm. I'm supposed to pick up a Rose Obelisk across town. I had to reschedule to pick it up Friday!... driving across town is life threatening! 🐧🦃

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

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No travel for us - actually no 'traditional' Thanksgiving this year, either. I love all the foods and usually do a mini version for the two of us but it's a lot of work to make all that food for a bite or two of everything! So this year I'm making stew and salad. harrumph. Kids and grands are arriving 12/24 for 2 weeks so there will be LOTS of cooking going on then. Praying for quiet weather across the country at that time - they are flying WA to NC!

Safe travels to all who will be part of the throng!

DH and I flew to Michigan last Sunday to spend Thanksgiving Week here with my 7 siblings. LOTS of families with toddlers and babies flying then, though! We are having such a wonderful but a bit exhausting time. We’re flying home this Saturday morning, though, in hopes of avoiding some of the crowds.

DLM, that's how I feel too. I think I mentioned before that I usually cook a mini version of a full TG dinner for just me or sometimes take a plate to my elderly aunt. Not feeling it this year. I know I'll regret it tho, so I've made plans to go to Bob Evans tomorrow for a TG take-out dinner. That is - if there isn't too much snow. I'll have to call my aunt to see if she wants one too or if her daughter-in-law or grandkids will be bringing her a plate later. At 94, she doesn't like to travel for the holiday meals anymore.

I've noticed this year that the majority of people are acting, well - happy. Lots of smiles to each other, small talk, courteous. Good Thanksgiving to all. Be safe.

ETA: Oh, I did buy a pumpkin pie yesterday!

I’m hosting and my guests are walking over from next door. Weather will be uneventful here - a little rain but that’s it.

A quiet Thanksgiving for us this year. DD, DH and I are going out to one of our local restaurants for our main mid-day meal. All our family is rather scattered this year for various reasons and I was not up to a long week of cleaning and cooking anyway so this works for us. We’ll celebrate with everyone at Christmas. Our grandkids are scattered, oldest one’s wife is very pregnant, one is exhausted from work and wasn’t up to the drive (i do not blame her one bit) one SIL just lost her Dad to cancer, and one DIL’s mother is going thru chemo. I sort of miss the good food, but not all the work and cleanup.

DBF’s mom is cooking so we’ll go over there and take sweet potato casserole and a caprese salad. They’re just across town and we‘re not expecting any bad weather here. Doggo will stay with them while DBF and I then decamp to Carlsbad for the weekend. Any travel we’ve done this year was associated with my dad’s illness and death, and I’ve been in a demanding interim role at work since April, so this is the first chance we’ve had to try to get away and relax. We’ll do the boat ride on the Pecos and see the caverns. Nothing fancy, but a nice respite, I hope.

I'm leaving on vacation Saturday; I'm hoping it's a slower day at the airport, with most people travelling Wednesday, Thursday or Sunday.

I'm working tomorrow during the day. It's fine with me as my kids are scattered to the winds this year. We'll be together for Christmas. Meanwhile, I roasted a turkey today because Thanksgiving is all about turkey sandwiches.