" BOB" > wrote in message >.. .
> Damsel in dis Dress typed:
>
> > I can vouch for this bread (Bishop's Bread). Margaret mailed me a
> > loaf a couple years ago, and it was just wonderful!
> >
> > This year, Hag mailed me two loaves my mom's recipe fruitcake. Of
> > course, I snarfed one down immediately, but I'm saving the second for
> > Christmas Day.
> >
> > (Thanks again, Hag and Margaret)
> >
> > Back to bed for this flu-stricken Damsel ...
> > Carol
>
> HEY!
> Where ya been? Have a Happy Thanksgiving and stop in to see us more often!
>
> BOB
> get well soon, too

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I promise to stop in from time
to time, as long as everyone promises not to get horribly sick, just
to draw me back. <G> I hope Michael continues to improve with every
day.

Our car battery died, and we are both sick right now, so we figured
we'd be heating up some Marie Callendar pot pies for dinner. Then
Crash thought of the buffet at the local truck stop, and gave AAA a
call so we could get our battery charged up.

We hoped that the buffet would have turkey. Boy, did they have
turkey! And beef and ham, too. I had turkey and gravy, which were
pretty good, but needed salt. Everything needed salt. The mashed
potatoes were instant, and the dressing was flavorless. Crash claims
to have tasted a small amount of sage, but they must've missed it in
the portion I got. They had all the other usual suspects, too: yams
with marshmallows, creamed corn, green bean hotdish, cranberries,
dinner rolls, etc.

My favorite (not low-carb) thing was a pumpkin dessert. It had the
usual flour, sugar, and butter base layer, then a pumpkin pie type
layer, then blobs of gingerbread-type stuff, followed by a dollop of
whipped cream. DAMN! That stuff was good!

Anyway, that should bring everyone up to date. Hmmmm ... maybe not
....

We moved to a house in a small southern Minnesota city in August. I
could write a book about that whole experience, but who couldn't,
after a move? We're happy as clams down here, although we don't know
a soul.

I get my social interaction on the IRC and with my buddy, Crash.
Lately, I just haven't had the concentration to read newsgroups. I
try, but I just can't do it.

We're hoping to start decorating for Christmas in the next week or
two. We'll have some family over for Christmas eve, and Crash and I
will share one of his special lasagnas for dinner on Christmas day.

Take care, everyone!
Carol