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I made it through that last Thanksgiving meal, my kindergartener in paperbag vest (there you go, Stephanie!) and Indian headband. He ate fruit, crackers, and cheese. One mother decided to go all out and bring stuffing and cooked spinach (probably because her daughter is a vegetarian). She was the only one who ate that drippy, dark green mess--and only one other brave child tried the stuffing. My son didn't even try the miniscule sliver of pumpkin pie. And now, Thankgiving is but a day away, and we can't decide what the main course should be.

My sister doesn't much want to do a turkey, her husband wants to deep fry a turkey, I say we don't have to do meat at all if nobody wants it...but we're getting down to the wire here. We have to make a decision soon. That is, unless we want to go with my brother-in-law's other suggestion and go out to eat. I can't even really imagine that--I've never eaten Thanksgiving dinner any place other than in a family member's home. It will definitely be weird if we end up doing that.

My sister is currently reading the first portion of my WIP, and she's being very closed mouthed. I can't tell what she's thinking. She edited my first book, so this time around I told her not to nit-pick, just to give me overall impressions. We shall see... I'm not sure when though, because she also told me not to bug her about it or reading it will become a chore. She's a bit of tough cookie.

So far I've spent this week creating a vignette for my sister's new website...she's up on Etsy here, but her website is still a work-in-progress, and listening to my four-year-old niece. We watched the Sound of Music, and she pretended she was Gretel (the youngest von Trapp), and with her father, acted out the 'So Long, Fair Well' song, including being carried off to bed. She told me during the movie, 'This is like a preview of my life.' She's a riot.

I'll post again with the results of our Thanksgiving feast--Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!