What a great day. We all met at my sister Anita's house in Minneapolis. Keith and Anita were gone when we got there to start the turkey - they were running in the Drumstick Dash and got some very cool tee shirts. In the meantime, I was busy getting the 18 pound turkey in the roaster oven which I had calculated to be 4 hours, we eat at 1:00 pm. The turkey was overdone by 11:00. It really cooked fast in that bad boy so another lesson learned. We also brought smoked drumsticks which were the size of a small car. Not a big hit but we tried. Always living on the edge, trying new things but making sure to stick with the old stand byes, lots of mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes made with peach pie filling, green bean casserole and of course cranberries, made this year with pecans and lots of sugar. The pies were to die for and were provided by our resident pie baker, Barbara. Noreen did a great jobs with the rolls and Anita's 2 pans of stuffing disappeared. The gravy was gone in a flash too. But the best part of all was all the noise and laughter, the smart ass remarks, the picture taking and of course the games. So good to be together especially since we are leaving on our big adventure in about one week. You are all coming with me in my mind.
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