{"id":14376,"date":"2018-11-21T07:31:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T12:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14376"},"modified":"2018-11-21T07:38:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T12:38:25","slug":"turkey-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=14376","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Turkey-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Turkey.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Turkey.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Turkey.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ahhh&#8230; the aroma of fresh turkey roasting in the oven is heavenly&#8230; but what&#8217;s more pleasing is knowing in my heart that the smiles of my neighbors are genuinely expressed during our 20th&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230; &#8220;no senior is alone on Thanksgiving Pot Luck!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we&#8217;re having &#8220;a few&#8221; neighbors over for the holiday.  They each bring &#8220;a dish for four&#8221; of vegetables, breads, desserts, and drinks, while I &#8220;only&#8221; roast four fresh turkeys (two on Wednesday, and two on Thanksgiving morning.)<\/p>\n<p>I have been posting about this event for years. Here&#8217;s the history:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=233\" target=\"_blank\">2008: Holy Thanksgiving, Batman!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=620\" target=\"_blank\">2009:  It Will Be a Piece of Pie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=996\" target=\"_blank\">2010:  Thankful<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1359\" target=\"_blank\">2011:  What Thanksgiving Means To Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1360\" target=\"_blank\">2011:  Happy Thanksgiving!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=3301\" target=\"_blank\">2012:  Thankfulness and Going Nuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=6132\" target=\"_blank\">2013: Preparing for the Feastival<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8133\" target=\"_blank\">2014: Preparing for Feastival 16<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=10544\" target=\"_blank\">2015:  Four Turkeys Walked Into a Bar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=12126\" target=\"_blank\">2016:  Scaled-Back Thanksgiving<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=13375\" target=\"_blank\">2017:  Busy Boots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have to work a half-day today, but will be off work for the rest of the week.  I will be booted in dressy cowboy boots for our big event.<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230; time to get busy!  Spouse has already been cleaning up a storm&#8230; let&#8217;s bring on the family and neighbors for holiday cheer.<\/p>\n<p>I am so grateful to be able to do this.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  show those you love how you love them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahhh&#8230; the aroma of fresh turkey roasting in the oven is heavenly&#8230; but what&#8217;s more pleasing is knowing in my heart that the smiles of my neighbors are genuinely expressed during our 20th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}