Thanksgiving Plans

What are you doing for Thanksgiving this year? When my mother and I talked at the beginning of the month, we decided that we would have Thanksgiving at my house instead of hers. You see, when we celebrate at her house, she does too much and runs around like crazy taking care of everything. At my house, she can relax. Of course, it puts a lot of work on me, but that's okay. It's just family, right?

Well, I heard wrong. When we talked again last week, we decided that we need to have Thanksgiving at her house. That decision lifted a load off my back, and I just hope my mom doesn't try to do too much.

While I thought we were hosting Thanksgiving dinner, John offered to fry the turkey. He has wanted to fry a turkey for a few years now and just hasn't had the chance. He was also being very sweet and considerate since frying the turkey frees up the oven for all of the other cooking. Since he had already bought the stuff to fry the turkey, that part of the plan won't change. What I'm preparing doesn't change, either. In case you're interested, I plan to prepare a sweet potato casserole, a cornbread pudding, a key lime pie, and a chocolate pecan pie. I made a couple of those recipes last year, but the other two are new, so we will see how they turn out.

What are you doing for Thanksgiving dinner? Are you hosting, or are you visiting? If you are hosting, are you only having family over, or have you invited friends, too?

What a fun time of year this is!