Travel for Thanksgiving...and Thanks

It's 11:52 pm on Thanksgiving Eve (why don't they ever call it Thanksgiving Eve, btw?), and Krista and I are doing various errands on our computers as we get ready to call it a night.

We're in Naples, FL, with Gary and Nancy. I had to work yesterday and most of today, even though I had hoped not to, so the vacation has really only just begun (and we leave on Friday!) At least the last 8 hours has been nice and restful; Gary made "Ducat's Bucket", a favorite childhood dish of Krista's, which is a special mussel and clam dish. And then we watched the original Father of the Bride, which was almost exactly the same as the one with Steve Martin that we all know. Involved in planning weddings as I am, I

I was just reading some random Thanksgiving day facts, as well, and I learned that the average American consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving. Wow. I'm aiming for 5,000.

Here's a great little video I just found that will hopefully make at least one person laugh:



Happy Thanksgiving, and thanks to all my friends and family for everything.