Slideshow

Ok everyone! Thanks to Aunt Camille's technical savvy and a little practice I think we are ready to try out Slideshow version 2.0.  Not to worry, the old pictures are not gone.

Everyone can submit any pictures to appear on the slide show (instantly) by emailing them to Davidvagyok.thanksgiving@picasaweb.com  with the subject line of your email as the word "Thanksgiving."  They will appear in the order they are submitted.  Do not include any text in the body of the message.




The photos should not be large, i.e. larger than about 1 MB (preferably less than 500k) and/or  640 x 480.

A couple of helpful hints:

•  If you do not know what size your pictures are, or do not know how to resize them, just leave the subject line of your email blank and they will make their way to the slideshow eventually.

OR

• If you want a very simple way to resize multiple photos at once in Windows then you can download Microsoft's Image Resizer for Windows XP or Windows Vista.  It's really so easy that Brent even Twittered on my blog from his laptop that he had tethered through a Bluetooth connection to his Blackberry to say he thought it was very simple.  Just install and then you can right click any image(s) and choose "resize."

Only 1 day 15 hours and 26 minutes until Thanksgiving!  I can't wait!

P.S. If you ever wondered why pirates can eat oysters year round, wonder no more.
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MENUS

Sun. nite: Hamburgers, chips, baked beans (5 people)
Mon. nite: Shrimp and grits, Witney's pumpkin bars (5 people)
Tues. nite: Tom's crab cakes, asparagus, fruit salad, pumpkin bars and Savannah's mother's Oreo Surprise (15 people)
Wed. nite: Joe's BBQ, Francie's cornbread salad, assorted desserts (31 people)
Thurs. - Thanksgiving Dinner (30 people)
Thurs. nite: Oyster roast, leftover T'giving food, S'mores (30 people)
Fri. breakfast: Allison's dish (30 people)
Fri. nite: Witney and Jason's NOLA b-day supper, Mark's p-nut butter sundaes (26 people)
Sat. nite: Chicken bog (24 people)

Hamster

UPDATE

ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES: Savannah and Cameron will be arriving Tues. and will leave Fri. Brent and Terri will also be leaving Fri. (Terri has to work, but Brent might be talked into staying to play golf with his sons.)

ACCOMMODATIONS: Drew and Justin will be staying at the beach house (Sea Gals) on Norris Dr. for Wed. and Thurs. nights. They will then move to Crab Cottage Undertoad when the girls leave. They will be staying until Sun.

FIRST TURKEYS TO ARRIVE: Witney, Jason and Cal arrived today (Sun.) about 2:00 p.m. They are all settled in the beach house. Tom grilled hamburgers for our dinner tonight. We are expecting Sharon and Bill, Alex and Aaron tomorrow night (if they can find their way).

Accommodations

"Sea Gulls" beach house on Norris: Arches, Bonds, Keiths, Aaron and Alex

Dargan condo @ Litchfield: Francie and Joe, David, Katie and Jonathan, Maya

Dog Motel @ Pawleys: Sharon and Bill

Crab Cottage: 9 McKinneys and Savannah, 5 dogs

Arrivals and Departures

Arches - A. Sun. 22 - D. Sun. 29
Sharon, Bill, Alex, Aaron - A. Mon. 23 - D. Sat. 28
Most everyone else will be arriving on Wed. 25 and departing on Sun. 29
Drew and Justin - who knows?

Fun and Games

Here are a few things available for your pleasure:
bocce ball
golf net driving range
ring toss
beach golf toss
biking
golf carting
boating, pontooning, kayaking, walking on beach
fishing/crabbing/digging oysters
reading of Terri's hospital sayings
games (Bingo, Cranium, Phase Ten, Texas Hold 'em)
jam session w/Jonathan, Drew, Brent (& any other musicians present)
shopping
NEW THIS YEAR: hayride for Harper, Aidan, Colton, Vivian, Cal (hay covered with blankets in Tom's wagon pulled by Dexter)

Food Assignments

Camille & Tom: Turkey; ham; chocolate, pecan, chocolate chip pies; baked carrots; pumpkin crisp; crock pot dressing; corn pudding; large cooler of beer

Terri & Brent: Sweet potatoes; mac & cheese (all of the B. McKinney family must participate in helping Terri with this assignment, as she is just coming out of surgery; Tom will supply the sweet potatoes from McLeod's)

Allison & Alan: Yeast rolls; broccoli casserole; Alan's dad's pickles; Allison's heavenly-out-of-this-world coffee cake for breakfast

Jennifer & Bradley: Beer

Francie & Joe: Bloody Mary mix; table decor; Joe's great bbq & fixin's

Brent: Olives (Brent--Drew is vying for the honor of being the olive bearer, so please don't forget to bring the olives--GREEN only)

Mark & Steve: "Colton Rice"

David: 1 bottle of wine

Katie & Jonathan: 1 bottle of wine

Witney & Jason: NOLA NITE food; King Cake for Jason's b-day

Alex & Aaron: 2 jars turkey gravy (purchase here at The Pig)

Justin & Drew: 2 6-packs of beer (Pabst Blue Ribbon; J & D are both of age)

Sharon & Bill: 2 large cans green beans (purchase here at The Pig)

If anyone would like to trade assignments, refuse his/her assignment, or suggest another dish, please feel free to comment.

Welcome to the blog

Welcome!  

This is the first post and the layout has changed a bit but the blog is still the same.

Anyone can view the blog.

Camille will be adding posts with food assignments and accommodation.