What We Are Thankful For

We had 21 people at our Thanksgiving table.  I set the table for 20.  I guess I forgot to count myself.  Before we eat, we read an alphabetical list of what we are thankful for. Everybody takes a turn reading a letter.  Here is the list:  Armed forces not at home, Being home, Chocolate, Days off (school or work I guess), Everybody/education/evil smurfs, Family/food, Grandma/Grandpa, Health, Insulin, J_____ not being here, Kazoos/kryptonite, Life lessons, Minnesota/Muppets/Mashed potatoes, Nacho cheese, Overstuffed/Oreos, Power of choice/pancreas/propane, Quitting time, Recycling, Sue for dinner  :), Turkey/tryptophan, Uranus, Venus, Watermelon/wellness/water, Xerox machines, Year good (?), and Zebras/zoo/zooboomafoe.  We had a delicious dinner.  Everyone brought something. One the menu was turkey, tofurky, mashed potatoes (blue and white), gravy, 3 kinds of stuffing, coleslaw, french bread, crescent rolls, a fruit basket shaped like a turkey, broccolli rice casserole, cranberries, sweet potatoes, crudites, cheese and crackers, spinach artichoke dip with crackers, hummus, peppermint pretzels, chocolates, apple pie, pumpkin pie, apple/raspberry/rhubarb/strawberry pie, turtle cheesecake, rice krispie bars, brownies, burnt peanuts and honey roasted peanuts.  We forgot to bake the jalapeno cream cheese poppers wrapped in bacon.  I doubt anyone could have fit more food.  I keep a scale in the kitchen.  Several people weighed themselves before and after.  Average weight gain after the meal was between 1 and 2 pounds.  Thanks to everyone who came.  Thanks to all who pitched in getting dinner on the table.  Thanks to everyone who helped clean up too.  We couldn't have done it without you.