Thanksgiving Eve

Started the day with a treadmill session and resistance exercises. It's more difficult to fit exercises in during the holidays, but I try to skip as few days as possible. Mother came over early this morning to get the giblets out of the turkey to stew for gravy and dressing, while Hubbie put a second ham in the oven (this one is low-sodium).

Once I was ready for the day, I fixed a batch of sweet potatoes, which I'll re-heat in the oven tomorrow. I fixed a second batch this afternoon after we returned from running errands. Today's errands included stopping by a grocery store to pick up a couple more cans of sweet potatoes, and to the office of a friend, where we borrowed eight folding chairs. Then we went to the health store for 8-grain cereal and free issues of health magazines, and to a farm supply store for bird seed and dog food (and where I also picked up a couple of free issues of the company's quarterly magazine, which has interesting human interest stories, as well as craft ideas and recipes).

Back home, Hubbie decided that we might need a couple of the folding tables that go with the folding chairs, so he returned to the office to pick them up, and go by the WDCS for 12-packs of soft drinks, and ice.

I think we're ready for the big day now. The eggs have been boiled and are ready to be deviled in the morning, the pies, bread, and corn and green bean dish prepared several days ago are out of the freezer, and the cranberry sauce is made. Tomorrow morning, Mother will make dressing at her house, as well as a squash dish for her and me to have instead of sweet potatoes, and Hubbie and I will get up early and get the turkey ready for the smoker, peel and cook potatoes for mashing, make gravy, and re-heat veggies.

Family will bring other dishes, like cornbread dressing, rolls, pecan and mince pies, and they'll help set the tables, fill pickle trays, and do other tasks for getting the meal to the table. We won't know how many will be here until we see the whites of their eyes, but I think we now have enough seating.

We relaxed for a while this afternoon, before having a supper of leftovers, along with slices of the low-sodium ham. Mother went home after that, and we settled down to watch TV. Tonight, we saw "Collision," a two-part British film, about a massive highway pile-up, and the traffic investigator whose job it is to unravel the cause. The personal stories of the injured and dead are revealed...from relationship problems, to a whistleblower in a government cover-up, to murder.