The Saturday before Thanksgivng, I think it was the 19th or something like that, GFORCE hosted a free community Thanksgiving dinner for Grizzly Flats and we had just a fantastic time.  You can tell that the Queens run this shindig because we measure the success of any of our events based on whether or not WE had a good time and you know, we just did.  We had already decided that if nobody showed up except us, we'd just sit our fat asses down on the bitty baby school chairs and just eat up all that turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls and pies our own self.  Fortunately for the safety of those bitty baby school chairs, it didn't come to that and plenty of our friends from the community showed up to feast with us.  Here are the photos so you can either find yourself in them or kick our own self for not being bothered to show up when you see all you missed.

We had a whole pile of turkeys cooked since we had no idea how many people to expect.  We were going to get all fancy and slice it up, but after about the first third of a bird, we were in there just pulling the meat off the bones and slapping it onto the platter, getting second degree burns on our hands all the while.  See what we're willing to do for you people?  There isn't anyone (I don't think) who has ever stuffed a bird and not thought gynecological thoughts, but we did our best to push such things aside except for the occasional giggle or snort.

That's when I found out that whole mysterious thing about the turkey's butt being called the Pope's nose. I mean really, who knew?  (Not me)

We were going to try and be fancy and match up our table cloths, but we all ended up bringing piles of them from home and all the different patterns looked so pretty and homey that we just went with it.

Jackie brought in that giant turkey over there under and to the right of the clock and Eric just fell in love with the thing, so it now lives in my Harvest bin in the shed for next year.

Awww.  So pretty!  Kevin was sitting there waiting, insisting that we were going to feed him.  We did.   He deserved it after hauling our Burger Night tables for us.  Plus he's sweet.

It was such a beautiful day that we set up tables outside for the nature lovin Thanksgiving folks.

People began to arrive...

...and we feasted like royalty.  Once the people arrived, GFORCE got busy, so that's all I've got.  Whaddya think?  That I stand around and take photos all day?  Jussst kidding.  We were lolling about, talking and munching on all the yummy food.  Next year is a go, but also, because Thanksgiving was such a hit, we'll be doing Easter Dinner completely with ham and all the fixins!