{"id":689,"date":"2012-11-25T23:42:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T23:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=689"},"modified":"2023-05-25T18:34:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T18:34:11","slug":"thanksgiving-and-getting-ready-for-christmas-in-picayune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving and getting ready for Christmas in Picayune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff and I had Thanksgiving dinner with a large group of relatives here in Picayune.\u00a0 There were about 50 or so people attending a potluck dinner outside at one relative&#8217;s house.\u00a0 Great food, lots of good company!\u00a0 The only downside was that I had laryngitis, so I was unable to carry on a conversation for more than a few minutes at a time.\u00a0 But everyone understood.<\/p>\n<p>This morning it was 31 outside when we got up, pretty cold for this area!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the pasture outside our door covered in 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