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Thanksgiving is not what it use to be. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, because I bet no one else had a day like mine. Thanksgiving dinner is so much easier now.

I slept in until lunch time. I use to get up at dawn to start cooking that bird. Not any more. I learned a secret. Not only is deep-fried turkey good, but hubby cooks it, and it only takes 45 minutes.

My part in prepping Tom for the party was to shoot him up to make him happy, then massage him well to relax him before he got dipped into the hot spa for his treatment. When he came out he was singing my song - crispy.

Now, for the rest of my dinner. Instead of making homemade yeast rolls like I use to, I make the ones from the freezer of Walmart, and they're just as good as mine. I wish I had known that years ago.

Gravy comes out of a jar now that I don't have the turkey drippings, and it tastes so good. It may be better.

I use whole canned green beans and add bacon. After they cook a while they taste like fresh beans. 

As for corn, I prefer white. I just add a stick of butter to the canned corn and heat it up.

Dressing takes a little longer to make. Maybe I should use Stove Top.

I dump bags of cubed seasoned bread into a big bowl. Then use a small food processor to chop celery and onions to add to the bread. I add a couple sticks of melted butter to a pot of water with the neck and other bag of goodies I found inside of Tom to make a broth to pour over the bread. Then, add poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. After mixing, dump it in a baking dish, and bake it until it browns.

Sweet potatoes are peeled and sliced, and put into a baking dish. I cut pats of butter on top, add pumpkin spice seasoning, and brown sugar. Then I bake until the potatoes are tender. Finally, I add marshmallows and turn on the broiler for about 2 minutes to brown.

I can't serve instant potatoes for dinner on a holiday, so I talked hubby into peeling them. Then I boiled and mashed them with butter, sour cream, bacon bits, chives, salt and pepper.

And for a little zip, cucumbers and onions round out our dinner. More slicing and dicing, mixing in salt, pepper, sugar, Miracle Whip, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, and vinegar.

Pumpkin pie is so much easier now that it comes in a box from the bakery. All I have to do is heat, add whipped topping and eat.

After I cooked all that food, I packed up half of everything and took it to my mom's house. She had to work until 10:30 p.m. at Walmart. And she has house guests, too. Our relatives from W.Va., came down to visit and do a little shopping.

Now, while everyone is out shopping, I'll sleep. Then when I get up, I can enjoy the day with my hubby, because today's our 35th anniversary. No cooking today.

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