Good American Turkey Day Morning,

Floridaboiler · Nov 25, 2010

Good Morning,
 Race day for me today! 1/2 Marathon at 8 am, Post race beers in hand by 10 am is my goal!
 
have a safe and relaxing and enjoyable day everyone!
 
 
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ToddEP · Nov 25, 2010

Good Morning and good luck on the race this morning for all of you Turkey Trotters/Marathoners/1/2 Marathoners.

merigayle · Nov 25, 2010

Good morning. I did not sleep a wink last night, I am sick with a cold. I have been more sick in the past 5 weeks than I had been in the past 5 YEARS! WTF? I am still going to the turkey trot and hope to not keel over. Sigh.

ToddEP · Nov 25, 2010

Rest, Meri, rest!!

OldBaldHippie · Nov 25, 2010

have fun runners...
 
and have a nice Thanksgiving everyone...except for youse Canadians...get your ass to work!...<img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;">

wherestheportojohn · Nov 25, 2010

g'morn
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{{meri}} feel better!!
 
As Todd said,
Good luck to folks trotting, plodding, walking, running, sprinting, scampering, skipping, and generally having fun at the local races today.
 
 
I'm in a great mood today because Troll#2 made it home yesterday! Woo! (he didn't think he'd get down for the weekend)
The Grandmas will be WHEY happy to see him....don't think they've seen him for 6+ months????
 
T-day supper with my side this eve.
Out for Italian food tomorrow eve with DH's mom and bro.

wherestheportojohn · Nov 25, 2010

Oh look!
There's that retired dude with the messed up body clock!
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OldBaldHippie · Nov 25, 2010

<div class="quote-container">Quote:
<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by wherestheportojohn <a href="/forum/thread/71349/good-american-turkey-day-morning#post_1965159"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a> Oh look!
There's that retired dude with the messed up body clock!
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hah...so porty...are you supposed to help cook today or just stay out of the way?

wherestheportojohn · Nov 25, 2010

<img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"> Yesterday was prep day...I made ahead two of the three dishes I'll be taking to Mum's.
 
simmered cranberries 'n' pears (tangy and sweet goodness)....step away from traditional cranberry sauce in a can...
 
kickin' sweet potatoes...again, step away from the standard side dish...this one has freshly squeezed oranges and ground *chili* pepper in addition to the cinnamon and brown sugar
 
today I simply have to assemble a ginormous garden salad before heading to Madison

wherestheportojohn · Nov 25, 2010

What's on tap for you today, OBH?
 
 
 
ps: I also baked a batch of sugar cookies and a new mashed potato recipe....both nummy, but not intended for T-day festivities

OldBaldHippie · Nov 25, 2010

going to the ex-wife's house this afternoon...kids will be there with their assorted companions...I'm going to stay out of the kitchen cuz we all have different opinions about how things should be done...
 
tell me about pears and cranberries though...my mom used to make one of those cranberry, jello, grapes, nuts, etc salads that you see at midwest church potluck dinners...I like it, but other people look at me funny...

wherestheportojohn · Nov 25, 2010

boil 1/2 sugar in 1 cup water
add bag of fresh cranberries, and three cored/chopped pears [bosc or bartlett]
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
simmer till cranberries burst
 
This can be served with toasted slivered almonds and wild rice, if desired.
 
Nummy!

OldBaldHippie · Nov 25, 2010

that does sound good...thanks...

jebba · Nov 25, 2010

Good morning!

wherestheportojohn · Nov 25, 2010

Is it possible to copy and paste to this website????
*gah*
I sent todd a copy of the spicy sweet tater recipe, but can't seem to copy it here!

merigayle · Nov 25, 2010

hello. we're back. ugh. we registered for the 5K and kids race and then it started to snow and hail and sleet, WTF? Zoe and I did the kid's race (half of the two loops) and i carried her 2/3 of the way. Then i put her in the stroller, which has a cover, and she was a little cranky and once we started was fine. After about 1.5 miles she started flipping out, so I eventually dropped out of the 5K when we went by the backside of the finish line. My girlfriend was inside with her baby, she did not have a cover for her jogging stroller,s o we hung out and ate food. AND they had the YUMMIEST thing! they had apple slices, dipped in pancake batter, pan fried and dusted with powdered sugar. OMG!

merigayle · Nov 25, 2010

Here are a couple pics. The first one is this year and last year

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Zoe trying on her race shirt
 
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Before the 5K
 
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RaisingArizonainNH · Nov 25, 2010

Porti -That recipes sounds yummy! My mom made a cranberry sauce with apples that she gave toeveryone - This sounds much like it- I have crans.. need to get pears and try it with leftovers.
 
 DS and I went to a Tureky Trot. He ran I biked around - it was chilly biking a 20 degrees this morning. I saw a couple of people I knew and chatted with several others as always. Bird is in the oven.. DD and I made a pie together last night which was a sweet experience in more ways than one... 14 year old girls are fickle with their parental affection so I will treasure it a hopefully a new t-day tradition. 
Happy Giblets everyone !

rnrlowe · Nov 25, 2010

Good Day folks,
 
I got up this morning and the theometer read 75 and then I realized that there was a decimal point between the 7 and the 5. Kids are coming over so it will be a good. Don't know where my DIL is, probably with here boy frined. Yeah, there's drama there.
 
Rob

merigayle · Nov 25, 2010

Rob- did you think you were in FLA again? LOL

Good American Turkey Day Morning,

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