Well, the day is over and I would call it a success.  Except I could have strangled hubby.  Here I was with an absolutely spotless house, and I had asked him if he and the boys could bring my Chrismtas decorations up after the other guests left.  While I was in the kitchen cooking, I heard him clumping around, and after a while I go to look and see what in the world he is doing.  He has brought up about 20 big boxes and had them all over the floor in the formal living room.  We don&#39;t use that room, except at Christmas, but the guests do see it on their way back to the family room.  Now, some of the decorating has been done.  My son helped me wrap the greenery around the columns on the front porch and down the railing and we put lights thru it.  Haven&#39;t done the ribbon yet.  I finally pooped out and am now sitting here in my chair with my feet up.  The kitchen and dining room were cleaned up before I undertook the decorating.  I did the clean up while the guys all played Wii.  Greg bought it for me, but I am very glad to see that he gets just as much enjoyment out of it. <br /><br />Jackie, I would like to have your recipe for the turkey brine.  I cooked my stuffing in the crock pot and hubby and my oldest son said it was my best effort yet.  Lots of compliments on how moist it was, so that will become a traditional.  It was wonderful when it came to clean up - I had used one of those crock liner bags, so I just lifted the bag out and dumped it into the serving dish.  There wasn&#39;t a speck of anything on the crock pot itself, but I did rinse it out before putting it away.<br /><br />Well, off to watch a bit of tv and then going to soak in the jacuzzi for a while....