@gingerw Whatever you do, I hope it is a nice Thanksgiving. You and your husband have a lot to be thankful for with your new home in an area that you love, and you have each other of course. I don't love going to my step-son's home for the holiday but it is important for my husband so I do it. I would much prefer to go to NYC and spend the holiday with my daughter and her husband. We may go on Friday for the weekend.
I generally bring a dessert and an appetizer and this year I will bring my homemade cranberry sauce too. My son made it for a "friendsgiving" they had last weekend and will bring to someone else's home for Thanksgiving so he made me want it. It really is good - very tart.

@artscaping That's so funny, that someone brought raw potatoes! I read recently that if you are asked to bring paper goods you know you are not a good cook! One time a friend was going to an associate's home for Thanksgiving and asked what she could bring. The other woman said the turkey! So, she did.
JK