We hosted Thanksgiving again this year, although our numbers were down a little from some years. That does make the whole thing a bit more manageable, since we can all fit around one table and we don't need quite so large a turkey. We had a 19 lb bird for 11 people this year -- which would have worked better if the proportion of dark meat had been higher!
We rarely entertain, so Thanksgiving is our annual opportunity to actually host something. It's an excuse to clean the house. It's my annual deadline for wrapping up house projects. And I'm finally figuring out how turkeys are put together - although I still make a mess of taking it apart.
I think we can call the kitchen officially done, after a year and a half (more actually) of cabinets and floors and paint and appliances. I finished a shoji shade for the south window and installed it Thursday morning after the bird went into the oven. And I just finished the pot-hanging rack over the stove a few days earlier. For years we have said that the only reason we really needed a dishwasher was Thanksgiving. And this year we finally had one. What a great idea!
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