Good evening all.  Just a quick check in before I run downstairs and finish up dinner.  Jackie, I totally understand.  It is wonderful to have the family together but it is also a tremendous amount of work.  It will be just us, the boys, Scotty and 2 people from church here, but I will do the usual prepping and cooking for 2 or 3 days before Thanksgiving and will still have the mad rush going the day of.  Then there is all the clean up - both people coming for dinner are men and like all my guys, are no help with the clean up, so that will take me several hours.<br /><br />Deb, you mentioned going to a non-smoking restaurant for lunch.  That seems so odd to me because by law, all restaurants, bars, casino&#39;s etc. are non smoking here.  The only exceptions are cigar bars.  I love it that way because when we used to have smoking and non-smoking, the smell from the smoking side seemed to always waft over to those of us in non smoking.  <br /><br />Speaking of smoking, my oldest son hit the 3 week mark today of quitting.  He hasn&#39;t even slipped once.  He said he has thought about it but was afraid if he had one, it would go back to being as bad as it was the first 2 days after he went cold turkey.  <br /><br />Robert, I am so sorry about your brother.  I have one brother who I have virtually no contact wiht - his choice, not mine, but it would be sad if something were to happen to him.  He is just a loner - I have tried over the years to reach out to him, always with no response.  I will keep you in my prayers.<br /><br />Well, back downstairs to check on dinner...