Happy Tofurkey Day!

Everyone enjoy their morsels of turkey remains? Did you get your fill of gravy? Was there enough stuffing? And did you have your "just one more piece" of pumpkin pie?

Ah, Thanksgiving. That annual ode to gluttony. Felt very odd to be surrounded by non-celebrants. Nevertheless, we had our own family dinner: meatless "chicken" patties, vegetarian "chicken" gravy, mashed potatoes, veggies, stuffing from the box and a "home-baked" pumpkin pie (thanks Sara Lee!). Yup, Thanksgiving - Peitricia-style. For the record, we were all quite happy with it, particularly those on dish duty.

In honour of the day, a few of my favourite things (nope, no raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens) for which I am truly thankful:

- Coffee

- George Eliot

- High-speed internet

- My new favourite walking route around the lake

- Semi-colons

- Clorox bleach pens

- CBC Radio 2

- Gutenberg and his nifty press

- Philadelphia chip dip (dill pickle flavour) and Old Dutch ripple chips

(Not the biggies, of course, but these sure make life much sweeter and more bearable.)