This is Wednesday night. Not Saturday night. Keep repeating....

[Maddy McCall]

and maybe it will sink in.

It's been a pretty eventful Wednesday, at that.

First, the manhunt continues for three escaped convicts in our county. One guy was convicted on capital murder, another on arson, and another on selling drugs. The Mississippi DEA is now searching the area for these guys, because they broke into a camper at a campground and stole camo and four rifles. Helicopters and dogs are being used in the search, so every few minutes you hear the chopper above and see the glow of the search lights. I haven't heard the dogs yet, though. Just awhile ago, one of these guys carjacked a car at the rest area on the interstate. Maybe he made it to Louisiana, where his family lives. Of course, we've been told that these guys are considered "armed and dangerous." Law enforcement is so jazzed to catch them that I'm worried that some innocent person will be hurt.

Then, someone reported a 4-car pile up on the interstate. The rescue vehicle and our fire department was called out. When we got there, nothing. I guess someone thought it would be funny to report and accident and then watch all of the purty lights race by. :shrug:

Now I'm getting ready to brine my turkey and prepare the dressing. I have to keep reminding myself that this is Wednesday...It's been Saturday all day.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I'm going to be away for the rest of the weekend--I hope all of you have a good holiday.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Hi Maddy.

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving

[Maddy McCall]

5. Same to you, Joan.

:loveya:

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[RevCheesehead]

3. Happy Thanksgiving, Maddy!

I hope you all have a truly wonderful holiday, remembering the things in life that truly matter.

Now stuff that turkey. ;)

[Maddy McCall]

4. Gonna fry the turkey...

The dressing's going in a pan.

Wish you the very best holiday, too, Rev.

:hi:

[LynzM]

6. Oy, sounds eventful.

What kind of asshole calls the cops on something like that to make that up?! Gah!

I hope your T-day is relaxing and uneventful! Happy pseudo-Saturday! :hi:

[Maddy McCall]

7. Hi!

I hope it is, too.

:hi:

[Redstone]

8. And a good holiday to you as well.

Hope there are no further insurrections down your way.

Redstone

[Maddy McCall]

11. LOL. So do I.

I can remember being a kid, and when someone escaped from the city jail, my dad going outside on the porch and standing sentinel with his shotgun.

I'm not worried about it...I'm more perturbed with the helicopters than the convicts.

:hi:

[hfojvt]

9. For me, this is normally Sunday

because I work Thursday through Monday, but I am off all next week. Have a good weekend.

[Maddy McCall]

12. Same to you, hfojvt.

:hi:

And enjoy your vacation time. :D

[salin]

10. May your holiday be more fulfilling, but less eventful, than today (wed.)

:hug:

[Maddy McCall]

13. Hi, salin!

I'm back on my dissertation research. I figured it was time. :D

Hope you have a good holiday, too. :loveya:

[salin]

16. Guess we will see more of you in January

;-)

Glad to hear you are back at it... all you have to do now - is get through it - get into that intense zone, live it, eat it, breath it, sleep it, and somehow be able to distinguish your son from a chapter that needs a little more editing ;-) And before you know it - you will be ready to defend, publish, and have this whole academic hazing/drama/training become a distant memory.

Have a wonderful holiday! :loveya:

[Maddy McCall]

17. January is going to really busy here.

I'll be working on the diss., and I am taking a first responder course, so that I can be on the first response team with our fire department...I'll be the guinea pig...the first first responder in our department.

I am looking forward to it, though, because it will give me much needed breaks from history. :D

:hi:

[salin]

18. Who knows - if you "hit the zone"

(the dissertation writing zone) - you might be "finishing your diss" in jan rather than merely working on it. Maybe not - but when you hit the zone... you will know it (as you won't notice much else) and the end is close when you hit the zone (or so I have witnessed folks who had lingered - than suddenly ... go from two chapters written - to "waiting for feedback from my advisor and another reader before I do the 'final' revisions."

Going to guess it would be hard, however, to do the responders course AND be in the diss zone at the same time. Perhaps the Jan diss work will be the final warm-up (endurance wise) for the diss writing/zone marathon! However the pacing works - Know that I am behind you, cheering you on!

[Maddy McCall]

19. I still have numerous archival collections to visit.

Then I'll start writing.

Knowing that you are pulling for me makes it all the easier, though. You gave me excellent advice on my comps, and then you told me that it's normal to go through the period of inactivity before really becoming involved in the diss research/writing.

Your advice has been the best. :loveya:

[salin]

21. Glad to be of help... in the end I'll get a "I knew her when..." moment

and will glow inside with that moment. :D

[Maddy McCall]

22. LOL.

If I only get to meet Patricia Limmerick, I'll be on the top of the world--she's my favorite-ever historian.

:hug:

[salin]

26. Cool thing about the unknown aspect of the future

is you never know what cool experience might be lurking around the corner of next month or next year.

[Maddy McCall]

29. That is a great way of looking at it.

:hug:

[Floogeldy]

14. Feels like Friday, to me.

:)

[Maddy McCall]

15. Now that I think about it, you may be right.

This thanksgiving totally caught me by surprise--I just realized this past weekend that it's holiday time.

:shrug:

[uppityperson]

20. Happy quiet and peaceful Thanksgiving.

hope you have a good weekend out there in exciting land. Peace, etc.

[Maddy McCall]

23. It's usually "dull and boring land."

So, yeah, it's exciting when something like escaped convicts happens. :)

Hope you, too, have a quiet and peaceful day. :hi:

[uppityperson]

27. You have had exciting stuff happening there. I'm having quiet time

My teen and family members are cooking dinner for me, am almost getting back to normal after whonking myself a good one but still can't quite remember things well or do much I hate being a patient bah. impatient instead. Oh well, so long as we have our health and all... ?

[Maddy McCall]

28. What happened to you? What did I miss?

[uppityperson]

35. I had a bit of an accident, strained back and concussion

Had an accident at work doing massage. I basically flung myself backwards onto a low windowsill with the back of my head (a thing I was pulling on broke) (sheet that is, not part of the person). It was not very fun and I still am not quite right, have holes in my thoughts and must concentrate to concentrate. I couldn't think of who the president was between the bushes today. I thought there was one since I could picture a big gap, but had no idea who or anything about him until the person I was talking with said "Clinton". Then it all came back to me. Rather odd, sort of like taking drugs without the drugs. I am not driving for a bit since I sort of forgot I was driving today while I was driving, didn't hit anything but it took a couple seconds to figure out that I should be paying attention. I haven't been DUing much the last wk because it is harm to keep on track (yes, I've been checked out, am ok, just taking a bit of time).

Anyway, I'm glad for a few days off.

[Maddy McCall]

39. Lordy. That sounds terrible.

The mental fog would be the worst. I had a go-cart wreck in 2002, and I still don't feel mentally like myself. I was put under for the surgery, and I haven't felt clear-headed since.

You will be in my thoughts--for a quick recovery of your usually very sharp mind. :hug:

[merh]

32. So how is your head & your neck?

I hope you are feeling better. :hug:

Thanks uppityperson for all you have done for me. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and please take care of yourself. :hug: :loveya:

[uppityperson]

36. Thanks merh, hope you have a good weekend too.

I just typed it all right above here to Maddy, so will send you there if that's ok. Hope you are doing ok and you are welcome and soon. Peace :hug:

[merh]

37. Rest and heal.

Just take care of yourself. :hug:

[merh]

24. ....

:argh:

[Maddy McCall]

25. ....

:hug: :pals:

[merh]

30. Happy Thanksgiving Maddy McCall

:hug: :loveya:

[RevCheesehead]

31. Hey, that's expensive equipment!

And trust me on this one: There is NOBODY in that box. In every sense... of both words.

:hug:

[merh]

34. I checked with the smilie, it was simply a prop.

He was most agreeable to use the prop to help me express myself. I just don't know what I would do without those little smilies. :-)

And you are right, there is nobody in the box.

:hug:

[RevCheesehead]

43. Of course there isn't.

Why else do you think that smiley could toss it off so easily?

what are ya doing for thanksgiving, dear?

[madrchsod]

33. i haven`t worked in 6 weeks so

every night is friday or saturday night..it`s going to suck going back to work.....

[Wapsie B]

38. HAPPY THANKSGIVING Maddy!!!

Hope they catch those convicts too. When I saw the word manhunt I at first had a totally different idea of what you were talking about. But then you know me and the gutter. :eyes: You'll have to tell us about this brining the turkey. Never heard that term except around here several times.

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

41. Hahaha! No, *I'm* not on a manhunt. :-)

And the brining is easy to do. All you do is get the biggest pot you have, boil about 3 gallons of water to which you add a cup or so of salt, a cup of brown sugar, some black and cayenne pepper, allspice, cloves. Dump it in a small ice chest and dilute it with another gallon or so of water and enough ice cubes to bring it down to room temp. Take the giblets/neck out of the turkey, and put it in the brine solution for about 10 hours.

The turkey soaks up the flavors...if you want, you can still inject it, and then you deep fry it, and voila! It's ready. :D

[Wapsie B]

42. No manhunt? break my heart. ;-)

That brining does sound good the way you explain it. I thought there would be soaking the bird in some kind of pickling solution. I'll have to try it.

[NMMNG]

40. Happy Thanksgiving Maddy

:hug:

I hope George Carlin's advice on escaped convicts pans out for you: (paraphrased) "Don't worry about being near a prison when convicts escape, they won't be hanging around in the area--their biggest worry is going to be getting as far away from there as possible!".

May you have a peaceful, enjoyable and uneventful Thanksgiving.

[Maddy McCall]

44. Same to you, Buffy.

And I adore George Carlin. He's the greatest comedian ever.

:hi: Have a happy Thanksgiving.