A strange Thanksgiving BUT great food

We had a delicious Thanksgiving meal yesterday.  What does one do to prepare for the Thanksgiving meal?  Well I think we did pretty much what everyone does: make sure the house is clean and in order--shop for food, often food you would not buy for yourself but you suspect your guests might like--set the table with your best dinner ware, check the turkey often to be sure it is not over or under grilled,--make sure everyone is on the same page for dinner time--much more too!
We did all that and were expecting our guests to arrive between 4:30 and 5:00 PM as some of them were arriving from out of town and when we were asked when they should come over we said asap after they arrived.  About 4:50, when the table was set, the turkey was done and the house looked like a show case for an open house, Terry's phone rang.  All of our guests were at a different house and would we like to come over???????????????????????????????   They called Terry so she answered.  I was amazed at how well she handled it with self control and grace.  The short story is our guests did come to our house, we did have a delicious dinner (a bit late) and the conversation was fine.  Everyone departed about 8:00 or so.  Strange--I have never experienced nor heard of such a dinner party.  For me Thanksgiving has always been much about conversation and fellowship before the meal.  Yesterday it was pretty much a greet, eat and good by!  There was not even time to take the plate of hors d'oeuvres out of the fridge!  End of story--I am not sure!
Well we are settled in for the winter I think.  I got on the tennis court for the first time last Tuesday.  It was a story of "the kind of good, the bad and the ugly".  But it was fun and that is the most important factor they tell me.  I will also get on the court today at 9:00 AM and then a half hour lesson Saturday.  I know they should have been turned around but sometimes timing is off.
Today is "Black Friday" but Terry and I will not participate, well I will wear a black shirt at tennis this morning but on the shopping end no.  We actually took care of all the grand children's things before we left St. Paul so we will not have a repeat of my trip to the post office last year.  As I entered the post office with a dolly piled higher than my head I got many looks of relief from the people in front of me.  Later from the people behind me the looks were not to friendly.  This year--nothing.
We experienced a short cold front yesterday.  The temp was 47 when I picked up the paper off the driveway.  This morning it is more like average which is around 60. 
I received good news from brother-in-law Dale.  He did not hear of anyone shooting my big buck that I watched this fall.  Not a big deal but I just kind of hoped he would live for another season.  Will I hunt next fall, I do not know but he was so magnificent I wanted him to live for another time.  Really I should call Dale today.  Their family always goes on a trip over Thanksgiving but not this year.  I suspect they had cereal for breakfast and then just drove around all day out of habit!
I enjoyed two turkey sandwiches for breakfast along with my FP.  A turkey sandwich with a bit of mayo and salt and pepper is about as good as Thanksgiving dinner for me.