Now we are gearing up for round two.  Before we realized we were going over to the in-laws, we bought all the ingredients for a big dinner, so Grandpa and I are cooking up a late night Thanksgiving dinner for the family.  Fortunately, we figured out yesterday that we had improperly defrosted the turkey, so we were able to get another one rather than take the whole family down with food poisoning.  

Just for the record - I TOLD HIM not to defrost the turkey in the sink.  Flylady said 3 days in the fridge in a garbage bag and that definitely wouldn't have ended up with a stinky turkey that had to be thrown away.    Fortunately, the grocery store was running a huge sale on frozen turkeys so that saved the day.