T minus 14 hours and 30 minutes

Twas the night before Thanksgiving and all through the house, every creature was stirring, chopping, and cleaning, both mom and spouse...

At this point, I think I'm in pretty good shape for tomorrow

Menu:
Butternut squash soup - simmering away in the crockpot where it will live until serving time
Brined roasted turkey - brining under ice on the porch, herb butter and aromatics ready to use, needs to go in oven at 8am
Gravy - can't do anything w/ this until the turkey is done.
Roasted garlic mashed potatoes - garlic roasted, lots of potatoes to peel tomorrow
Green bean casserole - just needs topping and bake tomorrow
Corn - open the cans and heat up
Peas - open freezer pouches and heat up
Glazed carrots - cooked and just need reheating
Cranberry sauce - open the can, husband and his family want the jellied sauce, can stripes and all.
Stuffing - will be brought by an aunt
Candied sweet potatoes - will be brought by an aunt
Cucumber salad - will be brought by a cousin

Desserts:
Pumpkin pie - gave in this year and bought from costco
Apple crisp - will prepare tomorrow and bake while we're eating dinner. At least it's a really easy dessert. The topping is just butter, flour brown sugar and cinnamon mixed together to form crumbs. The apples are sliced, and sprinkled w/ a little cinnamon. I don't bother peeling the apples, especially if pressed for time. Layer them in a baking dish and sprinkle streusel crumb over it. Bake at 350 until apples are soft and bubbly, and topping is golden brown and crisp.