Tuesday morning, still on track with all my preparation tasks for Thursday, still enjoying it all immensely. John and the short boys have been in Fort Worth since Sunday, visiting the grandparents, and the girls are involved in a three-day biology dissection "camp" so the house has been very quiet. With the oldest two both working nearly full-time, I'm actually alone in my house for a good part of this week!

Today I will wash napkins (found on sale yesterday at Hobby Lobby for .87 apiece!!) and arrange table decorations. I'll chop nuts for pies and for the sweet potato casserole, cook squash, grate the carrots for the squash casserole, and....hmm....I think I'll make some homemade bread today, too.

My poor family has learned that this is the week they have to forage for their own dinners since I am concentrating on Thursday!

Later today or tomorrow I'll find time to post about my turkey routine, for those of you who need something else to do before the holiday :-)