couch pyjamas
The Friday after Thanksgiving is a marvelous day. It has no purpose. No agenda. There’s still a whole weekend after that I can push the chores and errands into it. It’s a day that seems specifically engineered to pay homage to pyjamas and movies on tv.
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Thanksgiving is a pretty good day, too.
The David and I ran a 10K Turkey Trot in the morning. He ran the whole way with me, which I loved. Thankful doesn’t begin to describe what it feels like to have a person who’ll do that.
My head rationalizes that 6 miles isn’t really that far, but it sure feels like an epic saga while you’re in it. An hour and fifteen minutes is a big chunk of time! There was a good amount of trudgery struggledy. And an unholy number of uphills. But the recollection of that yuck seems vague and fuzzy now. What I do remember was the incredible rainbow that we saw for much of the way in between miles 3 and 4. And I remember the vanilla It’s-it I got at the finish.
Race bling in a tree
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And then there’s the wonderful gluttonous feasting of Thanksgiving. Oh the fabulous feasting!
My friends-who-are-family set up a deep fryer in their little backyard every year. If you’ve never had deep fried turkey before, it’s not like what you get from a bucket at KFC. Mostly it’s the same as everyone else’s turkey, but it cooks in about half an hour. And because it cooks so quickly, it tends to be moister than roasted birds.
But it is pretty feckin terrifying to watch.
the turkey goes into a vat of boiling oil
We had a an impressive spread. The David and I made Smitten Kitchen’s Chard and Sweet Potato Gratin and Thomas Keller’s Creamed Pearl Onions.
plate full of yum
We also made a Pumpkin Panna Cotta with pomegranate seeds for dessert. I had no idea how easy panna cotta was to make. Seriously. It’s like making Jell-o. I highly recommend trying it out.
The hardest part really was getting the extra ramekins we needed to serve 8 since I’m Maggie and I needed to have the fancy porcelain ones from France.
pretty dessert
And now I’m eating too much popcorn, half way paying attention to movies and deepening the ass divit in my couch.
margaret edith 
Awesome bling for a Turkey Trot! And I think a 10K is epic. I “ran” 6 miles this morning…my first run since the half last Sunday. My legs felt like bricks the whole time. It was a total run/walk. I gave up trying after mile 4 and just walked the last two miles. Glad you had a nice holiday!