The coolest thing in the world is waking up to my dog barking at the world outside my bedroom door at 6:20 AM - and discovering that her reason is one of my adult kids, unexpectedly arriving from St. Paul, Minnesota, to spend Thanksgiving with us. It's great to see Nick :) ETC:  By far, the tastiest Thanksgiving I've ever had. Tamara cooked cranberries into some chicken broth and merged that with apples, cornbread, and walnuts for the stuffing. It came out a deep purple, as you can see in the picture. The turkey was rubbed with thyme, salt, pepper, garlic, onion, and other spices and everyone around the table agreed that the turkey was amazing. And then there's the baked pear with honeyed cream cheese and graham crackers... Mercy. | 
