On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:06:39 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Thu 25 Sep 2008 07:02:15a, Tracy told us...
>
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>>
>> I absolutely LOVE Thanksgiving - but it is getting out of hand. I do
>> everything myself. Just about everything is from scratch. Pies, bread,
>> cranberries etc. I don't make anything fancy - but I make a lot. I think
>> the Moroccans really love it because it is so different from what they
>> usually eat. And it absolutely kills me when a SIL will say to me, how
>> do you make this? - about roasted potatoes or stuffing - when she can
>> churn out the most fabulous couscous or whatever. (I can make a decent
>> couscous too - but no way near what the SIL can do!)
>>
>> So, I guess, this year will be the last time. Next year we are going to
>> Vegas.
>>:-)
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>
>Go to Vegas *this* year. Avoid the agony!

Another way to avoid agony is for everyone to contribute to the
occasion. It's family and it's only fair. You provide the house and
they provide the food.



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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West