I hosted my very first Thanksgiving last night, which is why I have not posted much lately. I have a full understanding what my mother goes through every year, with not only the cooking, but the cleaning afterwords. Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday but it is also alot of work

It was a wonderful success, lots and lots of fun, lots of laughter, wonderful food and wonderful company with my whole family here. Even though my brother accidentally dropped a huge pot of my homemade gingered mashed squash onto the floor as he was trying to set it on a hotpad on the table...hurling perhaps 2 pounds of the bright orange stuff on my wall and carpet, Ritz drank water so fast that he barfed on a different area of the carpet, and then a small hot coal shot out from the fireplace and burnt a small black hole into my carpet, it was still perhaps the best Thanksgiving I have ever had

Just to keep the dog theme going, here are a couple of pics from last night
Here's Ritz crashed on my couch.


Here's Graham showing off his stuff.


Here's Cassie in her glory...catching all the fallen morsels.