Thanksgiving

It's a grey and rainy day here in Virginia, just like Thanksgiving should be (or at least how it usually was in Oregon!) The turkey is in the oven, A and his dad are off at the gym, his mom is doing some last-minute shopping, and I have the house to myself. I’m glad I brought my computer! (Although my new book, The Way the Crow Flies, by Ann-Marie MacDonald, is really quite good.) This is the first year I will be making a significant contribution to Thanksgiving dinner – I’m making pumpkin pie and mashed potatoes, neither of which were on the table last year. I wonder if it has anything to do with being officially a part of the family, now that I’m married…. probably not. It’s more likely that it’s the first time I’ve expressed a preference and offered to help, instead of just secretly wishing! (Next I’ll have to ask for a bottle of good red wine!) Anyway, I found my Moosewood pumpkin pie recipe online (thank heavens for Google), and I hope everyone here likes it as much as my family always did. We’ll be having three pies (apple and chocolate mousse as well as pumpkin), but you just can’t have too much pie!  We’re still not sure who all will be here for dinner – A’s brother is staying in Vegas, and some of the Russians are driving down from New York, but my in-laws still haven’t heard from everyone they invited, so we’ll see what we get! Hopefully there will be leftovers……