Turkey Day

Thanksgiving today and there was plenty of feasting; I started at my aunt and uncle's, and they got food from someplace in Strongsville; quite good.  It seems a lot of people did that this year; everyone seemed to be getting food.  Funny; we talk about the economy and all, but a lot of people just don't want to deal with cooking, and given the time and convenience factor, I rather get that.  I made cranberries this morning, and I almost screwed it up.  I had three bags of berries, so I figured I could triple the recipe, and... not quite.  I really do not have a medium-sized pot for this, so everything was shoved into one, and I didn't use all of the sugar recommended (I am a diabetic, you know).  But while I was making them, I was like "If this doesn't work, I am the biggest idiot ever."  Thankfully, it tasted pretty good; I should buy some and freeze them.

Anyways, then it was off to Friendsgiving and godchildren -- three in all, with some assorted nibbling and pie.  Quite good across the board, and the kids loved the presence (and presents) of crazy Uncle Mattie.  The weather was better than I expected -- cold, a bit of rain, some wind, but so far we are avoiding the hot mess of the snow belt.  At a couple of places it was noted that global warming must be exceptionally severe to have all this snow so early; thankfully, I was among fellow travelers, if you will, so we all had a good chuckle, and that was all.

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Interesting and fascinating!