I'll be right there, cuz.... I like my steak medium... ;-) Love and hugs to all the cuzzies.... and Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!! Pat Loveless Brooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Lovelace" <greglovelace@comcast.net> To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 7:16:48 AM Subject: [LL] Thanksgiving eve Hi, cuzzins! Hope all is well with everyone on this day before Thanksgiving.  It's a warm, pleasant day here in the SC Lowcountry, presently 65 degrees and mostly sunny, with highs expected in the mid to upper 70s with no chance of rain, unfortunately for us.  We are really dry and could use some good rains over the next few days.  However, with Susan's family coming in for Thanksgiving tomorrow, we're thankful for the nice weather. Been really busy getting ready for the feast tomorrow, and there have been many things happening to keep us hopping.  We went to dinner at Maya's restaurant again on Monday night.  This was our second trip, and first for dau. Sara and mother-in-law, who is down from Raleigh for a week or so.  Very enjoyable, very scrumptious meal.  If you get to come to Charleston, be sure to visit Husk Restaurant.  It's a wonderful place  :-) In additon to having Susan's mom down, I was able to attend the Charleston Classic basketball tournament which was held at the College of Charleston basketball arena.  And my Wolfpack was playing, so I got to watch them through their 3-game appearance!  Great to see them in person in such a small venue.  We could almost count the beads of sweat on the coaches' foreheads  :-)  The 'Pack had two good games, and then a good half against the Georgetown Hoyas (#20 at that time) in the championship game before their youth and inexperience came through in a 6-minute scoreless drought which saw the Hoyas go up by 15, which was the winning margin. So we pickud up our organic turkey yesterday, and Susan and her mom went on a big shopping trip to Whole Foods to get the rest of the fixins for tomorrow's feast.  I have fresh pumpkin that I peeled and cooked during last weekend's NC State vs. NC Tarheel football game (Oh, didn't I mention that the NCSU Wolfpack beat the 'Heels?  How 'bout them Heels, Cecil!).  So I'm all prepped to bake fresh pumpkin pies this evening.  Then I'll be grilling steak (for non-turkey carnivores) and corn and asparagus for tomorrow's meal while the turkey and stuffing are being prepared along with mashed potatoes, baked sweet potatoes, and whatever else Susan has planned.  Gonna be a good meal.  Why don't y'all come on down? Oh...  I want to remind everyone again about the annual conference of the National Genealogical Society to be held in May next year here in Charleston.  The registration opens sometime next month.  I'll be attending, and I really hope some of you can make it so we can have a Lovelace List meet-up!  It would be wonderful! And with that, cuzzins, I'm outta here to pretend to work for as long as I have to before I can leave to hit the gym and then go home.  Y'all have a great one! Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message