Hi Trish - I guess I should have mentioned where they live! I didn't because they live about 10 miles away from us, in Fullerton. It has been warm here this week - in the 80s every day. Looks like it will cool down to the 70s by Turkey Day, but still much warmer than the Midwest, I'm sure.

On Thursday, my mom broke her ankle, so we are going to assess on Monday what we'll do as far as the cooking. It will probably end up with my sister and me cooking under Mom's "supervision" - which is OK - it's about time we learned to put together a Thanksgiving meal. Or we might cook the basics and bring in side dishes from a store or restaurant. We have been spoiled by her great cooking all these years! So we'll be in the same situation you are, Trish.

Dena