Sudokuaholics Anonymous 7

Bye all and have a great day.Must do some stuff then it is off to work after lunch.

Yikes! That was close. I nearly got a TOPP. Wasn't paying attention.

Mariana.... I like your turkey-in-the-pan smilie. I just wish that I was having a nice Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings.

Back for a minute - morning rush is on.

Bye Nola, sorry I missed you leaving.

Heidi, hope you didn't fall asleep at the wheel today.

Morning everyone
Hope you all have a great ?????
went and did my hydrotherapy deep water running last night,
and must say what a scream, those belts that they make you wear, for flotation, made me feel like I was going to flip over all the time.
so my excercise was trying to stay upright.
The other girls kept laughing at me grrrrr
next week we are going to the exercise group earlier not the deep water thingy hahahaha

Me too on the Thanksgiving meal Heidi. I'm very tempted to attempt my first Turkey dinner. We haven't had one since we moved to Oz in 2000. It's a tough decision though as hubby won't be home until about 7.30, I've never cooked a turkey before, and the turkey will cost me between $35 and $40... That's a lot of money to throw in the bin if I ruin it!! I just realised I can't do it! There isn't time to defrost the turkey by Thursday, even if I buy one this morning.

suzy, just stick it in a sink full of cold water. change the water out every hour or so. it will defrost in a day. however, 40 bucks for a turkey is more than i would be willing to spend. it is a special dinner though and has a great sentiment behind it. your hubby's heart would probably melt if his thoughtful wife suprised him with a thanksgiving feast when he came home.

You can't get a fresh turkey there? Anyway, turkeys are easy to cook. Stuff 'em, put a cover on, pop 'em in the oven and keep basting them until they're a nice, even golden brown. The secret is frequent basting so you keep it moist, and look at it so it doesn't over cook.

At least you have someone to cook for. I will be all alone, except for the critters. I HAVE gotten the dogs a treat, though.

i am decompressing here for a minute. what i really want to do is sit down with a good book and some chocolate. too bad, so sad for me. i must get my tail feathers shakin' and get back to my ffuts. off i go!!!

Well,,,, I need to go take some wet stuff out of one machine, and put it in another that miraculously makes them dry.

heidi- you are officialy invited to my house for dinner. we eat at 2 then go ice skating, come back for pie, then watch a wonderful life or a christmas story. catch a flight. see ya!

Heidi, that's one of the problems with the holidays - wonderful for most, but terrible for those alone. I'm wondering though, would you rather have IH there or be alone?

oh dear! how can i leave when i see such good friends here? i guess the chores will wait for me.

Mine too Mariana. I've had a crazy few days and have a tonne of things to catch up on. But this is my first time alone in several days so I decided to give myself a half an hour...

ok.....big sigh. dang the phone. it never ends!

'ello all!
Just back from yoga, my meeting and pulling a "Gail" hehehe!
I'm about done in with just that...Heidi and Mariana, I'm with Nola on this one - you women wear me out just reading about your days!
Of course, Viv and Suzy can do that to me too.
I'm afraid I have a low activity threshold!

Good Morning.

another busy morning for me.. Take mum to her Specialist Appointment, and do the Grocery Shopping afterwards.

Maryannnnnaa.. love the way you spell my name : rolonday

Mariana - your Turkey day sounds lovely. We own "It's a Wonderful Life" and I get all choked up every time I see it!
Mike and I will be having our Thanksgivind dinner on Saturday when his girls are here...and he will do all the cooking. I'm just gonna bake a pumpkin pie - Heidi has me all inspired!

Rolanda - it's a "roll-on" day rather than a "spray on" day! hehehe!
Hope everything goes well with your mum's visit and appointments.

HEIDI, if you could just drive, come on down to my sister's house, Blount Springs Exit off I 65, just south of Cullman Alabama, one more is always welcome! I don't even have to ask!

HEIDI, How far are you from Murry KY? I could get you an invite there too if Val is cooking and this gal friend VAL is some great cook! I am serious, let me know.

SUZY you can bake a chicken, poor man's thanksgiving, and make stuffing and the other traditional thanksgiving meal items, whatever was tradition in your hubby's family. Pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, sliced ham, peach cobbler ( from summer frozen peaches) growing up many a thanksgiving we had chicken and dresing for our meal. OH OH, I forgot to find any pickled peaches! noone but me eats them much, but they were always on our table growing up. and the red sliced spiced apples too. I might have to stop at the grocer on the way up Thursday!

Speaking of Pumpkin Pie. Thanks Tricia for the emailed one.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!

MARIANA, usually I had such a LARGE turkey preparing for extended family, sink would not hold it for thawing. My toddler thought having the turkey in the bathtub (cleaned and sanatized to within an inch of it's life, and the turkey was still sealed in plastic, too) was how cooking a turkey started. she loved helping give the turkey a bath hehehe. her job was to keep turning him over, cause a turkey will float, you know.

Tricia - that's a great menu you just suggested to Suzy...it would feel pretty close to Thanksgiving to me. But one of the best parts is having the turkey sandwiches afterwards...sigh!

A N O U N C E M E N T! ! ! !

Santa is arriving early, hopefully by Friday, in a big brown truck. I am getting a WEB CAM! Al found one for me.

Good Morning SA7,
Whoo Hoo MizT...think I may have talked Zusy into getting one too! Was great chatting to you all last night and yes I did eventually get dinner.
You are all making me hungry talking about turkey
Heidi if IH is away, guess you are stuck there looking after the aminals.
Was Rena and Amber arriving at Chez Cockatoo today? Wish I could be there.
Hi Rolanda, Mariana, Vici and Liz. Have a great day Nola.

Must be Hush hour. very very quiet.

Shhhhhhh! eaa, SA7 is sleeping

'ello Broni/Dag#1 and our furry nosed little eaa!
Just got done chatting with MzT and ordered the same camera she's getting for our desktop and for Mike's girls.
Broni - it was lovely chatting with you yesterday - I knew you needed to eat, but didn't realize how long you had put it off!

Broni - thanks for reminding us about the arrival of Canadians at Chez Cockatoo...wish I could be there, too.
Off to do the jigsaws and then get some dinner.
eaa - I left you a PM a few days ago - are you ignoring ME?????

Hi Vici, sorry I have just answered your PM.

Hey all. Done with most of the chores. Only have to feed dogs.

IH IS GONE FOR 5 DAYS!!!! FIVE STRESS FREE DAYS!!! I enjoy cooking, and prefer having a turkey I raised myself. (I know that they were happy and healthy every day of their lives, and when they go, they don't feel a thing... better quality of life than a store bought... and no added chemicals) But it can be VERY stressful having Thanksgiving with IH. One year, he watched me select the bird, butcher and dress it, stuff and cook it, with all home grown fixings. One half hour before I was ready to serve, he disappeared, and didn't return for 3 hours. Of course, I was fuming. His excuse??? ........... wait for it.........

He went to a friends house for Thanksgiving dinner.

Well it's time to WAKE UP.

Hello Hi d Ho.

That was FAST, eaa! beep-beep!

Heidi, sometimes I wonder why you stay with your IH, there must be still something there. Please don't be offended, just thinking out loud.

It was quiet here so i did it before coming back.

Are you gals still here?

I haven't offend you .

Have I.