25 and lots of stars, going to 55.
Buppies, hope you are feeling better.
Farmer, good to read your update.
Had a great Thanksgiving, but started with a few problems. Woke up early, as usual, and the house was in the upper 50s...geothermal system blowing only cool air...so switched off and on the circuit breakers on the system, and on the auxiliary heat strips inside the system...no change...so went on to building a fire in the woodstove, and off to taking the dogs out.
What I didn't know was after I went to bed, my son's boxer had somehow pulled a toe nail out and bled all over the floor...so was bandaged...but the bandage came off while we were outside, and once again, she bled all over the floor when we came in...each footstep leaving a red track. Then my wife got up, and we cleaned up, only for her to go outside and step in the boxer's poop. More clean up. All this while my son slept. Later in the day, I remembered that the geothermal system electronics/zone controller was a separate circuit, so I rebooted that, and the system appears to be working well.
My oldest son had given me a turkey fryer for Christmas last year, so we decided to give it a try. It was a bit stubborn going together, with some tight clearances and missing step in the instructions, but got it assembled, and sitting level. You know how frustrating some of the newer safety features are on tractors and lawnmowers, like when the engine cuts off if you get off the seat? Well this fryer has a timer that cuts off the LP gas after 12 minutes unless you remember to turn the dial...it seemed to me that it was more dangerous trying to relight the dang thing after timing out than just leaving it run...but most of the horror stories you've heard are from people walking away while it's cooking, and it overheating, or getting knocked over, so therefore a safety timer.
We only had 7 of us at the table, but it was unanimous that this was the best tasting turkey anyone had ever eaten...beginner's luck. My wife made the best sweet potatoes ever...her "secret" was to add tangerine juice...and she made a gluten free pumpkin pie...since she's about the only one who eats it. My DIL made something she called pineapple casserole...very good.
:ashamed:
in less than 2 years less than 10 miles from me. First one hit dads farm only doing fence and tree damage there. This one collapsed buildings at the local lumber manufacturer, hit the post office and did some damage to homes and out buildings. Only a severe thunderstorm warning no tornado warning. Only 1 minor injury when a lady that was moving into a new home was caught outside and hit by debris. 
