a Felicity Thanksgiving

Through a crummy series of events, here I sit, the day before Thanksgiving, in Texas, while the Evster is chilling at the Microtel in Miami, OK.  I am decidedly nearer to Starbucks (although I see Joplin, MO now has one... making the nearest decent cup of liquid crack a mere 35.5 miles away from dearest Miami) and my wireless internet is indisputably better.  But, while I have no reservations in sharing my "special feelings" about small town, Northern Oklahoma, I'm still ridiculously bummed that we won't be spending Thanksgiving together for the first time in four years.

However, in keeping with the "accentuate the positive, be thankful for all you have, and wash it down with another glass of eggnog" nature of the season, I must admit that I am pretty pumped for my "Felicity Thanksgiving," i.e., that holiday that for, whatever reason, becomes one giant ball of non-traditional, time-spent-with-friends Awesome.  And don't tell me you don't know what I'm talking about because you didn't watch that show because FELICITY WAS GREATNESS.

So today, preemptively, I give thanks for the following:**

Mi Familia - the Originals and my Newest Additions

Amigas

Turkey Day Bonus Points for those (here and here) making my
tomorrow oh-so-fun instead of oh-so-lonely

Tom Colicchio 

I love your bald head.  And your risotto.  Thanks for making us (what I am sure will be a) delicious Thanksgiving Lunch.  PS: I like Diet Coke a lot, too... call me!

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

My Mom and I always watched the entire thing while baking pies... the folks in Miami don't feel quite as strongly about 2 ton hot air balloons and small-town marching bands, so I shall be glad to renew one of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions tomorrow!

Westminster

Turkey Day just ain't Turkey Day without fancy pups and
frumpy women trotting about in support hose!

The Pioneer Woman's Mac & Cheese

Sweet Holy Mother of Cheese.

So You Think You Can Dance

Hey.  You.  All of Season 6 (thus far) on my DVR.  I'm coming for you.

and of course, Felicity

Thank you, Keri Russell, for doing something as stupid as randomly switching colleges for a boy (although, Scott Speedman? Yeah, I'd probably have done the same thing)... for putting "Sex with Noel" in your day planner... for making me want a chubby Latin gay-boyfriend really, really bad... and for having such awesome hair (except when you chopped it off after losing your virginity to Simon Rex - ew! - and it grew back into that terrible mullet creation).  Without you, I would not be able to fully appreciate sharing a holiday with a fabulous makeshift family of friends.  That said, I am still perturbed by the weird way your show ended.  What was up with that?

**um, obviously champagne, puppies, the country of Spain, Malia and Sasha Obama, Anthropologie, rosettes, and civil liberties also top my All-Time Favorite Things For Which To Be Thankful, but I kind of felt that went without saying.