This is what happens...

...when you listen to Dark Side 5 times in a row....

And to think I considered lack of sausage stuffing as a potentially less than spectacular Thanksgiving!!
Here is why I was thankful today:
1. ...my 16 year old cousin saying, "They asked us what we were thankful for in school and I wanted to write, 'Bush being out of office soon,' but I wrote, 'the troops in Iraq fighting for our freedom,' because thats what THEY want you to write."
2. ...my uncle at the table wearing his Albuquerque T-shirt
3. ...being old enough to crack open and polish off a bottle of Alice White Riesling with my aunt
4. ...my aunt and cousins who are cool enough to want to watch Wizard of Oz synced up to Dark Side of the Moon (and then try to transfer its powers onto The Suite Life of Zack and Cody yielding endless laughter)
5. ...pumpkin pie
6. ...hilarious games of scrabble
7. ...liberation from guilt-induced obligation (of ALL kinds, familial and otherwise)
8. ...that second sliver of pumpkin pie
9. ...that slice of pumpkin pie in the fridge for tomorrow morning