Even if I weren't ill (tooth infection; antibiotics haven't kicked in
quite yet), I think looking at this list might make me tired, but it's
really not as much as it looks like -- I just really like to get
detailed with the to-do lists when I'm feeling poorly, so I don't forget
anything.

Menu [things I may or may not make, depending on time/illness/energy are
in brackets]:

Relish tray (olives, celery, other little nibbles depending on what's handy)
[Deviled eggs -- James will make these if he's up for it]
Roasted turkey
Giblet gravy
Stuffing (made from my bread)
Mashed potatoes with roasted garlic
Homemade cranberry sauce
[Fresh bread]
Corn with butter
[Peas in oniony cream sauce]
[Steamed or possibly roasted sweet potatoes]
Roasted pumpkin pie with fresh whipped cream
[Baked apples]
Iced tea, coffee, water

To do tonight:

Chop and cook onions and celery for stuffing; reserve some celery for
relish tray and cut it up
Make oniony cream sauce
Thaw roasted pumpkin
Make and chill iced tea
Thaw and cube reserved bread heels for stuffing
Roast garlic; chill
Make cranberry sauce
Make pumpkin pie
Fill ice cube trays
Take some time to just goof off
Find serving trays and utensils for everything; take out some more
coffee cups and drinking glasses; make sure there are enough dinner
plates out

To do tomorrow (with approximate times)

Start first pot of coffee (morning; make more as needed)
Take butter out to soften (morning)
Squeeze out roasted garlic and set aside (any time)
Boil and chill eggs (morning)
Assemble deviled eggs (James will do this whenever he feels like it)
Start the giblet stock (9:00)
Make the stuffing and put away the remaining stock (9:30)
Prep/stuff the turkey, preheat the oven to 325 (10:00)
Start the turkey (10:00 or so)
Start bread dough (11:30 or so)
STOP, REST, and EAT LUNCH (noonish)
Tent the turkey (1:30 or so)
Peel potatoes and sweet potatoes (2:00)
Core and prepare baked apples (2:15)
Boil potatoes and steam sweet potatoes (2:30)
Take the turkey out (2:30 or so), unstuff, and let it rest
Put bread [and apples] into oven (2:30)
Heat corn and peas (2:40)
Mash potatoes (last minute)
Assemble olive tray (last minute)
Make gravy (any time; keep warm for up to 1 hour or refrigerate until
last minute)
Dinner at 3
As soon as dinner's over, whip the cream for the pies (can be done ahead
of time if there's time)

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