MY DH is working (he works most holidays) so I am alone (21 year old son is hiding out in his room & going to my ex-mother-in-law's). DH will be picking up my stepdaughter on his way home & won't be back until dinnertime tomorrow. We are having our Thanksgiving then. Today I am just cleaning & cooking the pumpkin pies & homemade bread & noodles. Linda

Happy belated Thanksgiving to all my cooking friends in Canada. First time I have ever missed Thanksgiving dinner at home. It was a bit strange if I let myself think of it but given we were in Venice I didn't think of it much! LOL Mind you I did miss the leftover turkey and stuffing sandwich on white squishy bread with Miracle whip S&P! I 'll have to have a belated turkey dinner as soon as we get home just for the leftovers. Ciao !

I'm whipping up a dinner for 30 of my closest family members, LOL. We're doing the standard Thanksgiving fare plus some non-traditional family favourites. I've (with a surprising amount of help from my children) already made three pumpkin pies, scalloped carrots, sweet potato casserole and the stuffing, plus peeled the potatoes. Assorted family members are bringing rice rolls, perogies, taco salad, a ham, buns and pickles. I'm sure we'll have plenty of food. I love filling my home with my family! Happy Thanksgiving! Carrie

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Like Bee, I am glad to have found GW 10 years ago. It seems like yesterday! My daughter-in-laws father works for Ameren in Illinois and just returned from working on the east coast. I prayed for his safety daily and for those who are victims of Sandy. We are blessed with a wonderful family and our extended family of friends. This holiday season, keep the less fortunate in your thoughts and prayers. My children are in education and they share about so many children and families that need assistance. There are families living in domestic violence shelters that operate on limited budgets. The lost generation, the elderly, with no family or visitors. The Salvation Army, local food pantries, churches, youth facilities - they all need assistance. It is not only money, but also time. Five minutes with an elderly person lifts their spirits. Last Sunday we shared in a Thanksgiving meal at my MILs assisted living home. There was a woman I thought was someone from my childhood. I asked the workers her name and it was my childhood friendly lady. I thought she had passed years earlier. I knocked on her door and we had a delightful chat. She asked no less than 3 times my name and when I told her, she lit up. She shared stories about my mother who died in 1980. Our chat meant as much to me as it did to her. Have a blessed season.