Best wishes for your mom, Apple! I hope it's nothing serious... I'll say a prayer for her and hope all will be okay....!

My mom's cooking this year, so the extent of my contribution is bringing a pumpkin pie. I can't wait, tho -- I love when my mom does it, cuz she makes this AWESOME rice/sausage stuffing that blows everything else away!! It *really* is out of this world, and I wish she'd give me the freakin' recipe! And the mushroom pie - OMG! fuggedaboutit! Plus candied yams... baked yams... turkey, of course... canned cranberry "sauce" (gotta love the jelly!)... Literally one of my favorite meals of the year when my mom does it! Ooo, I'm excited now...! lol