So, traction tomorrow, then? LOL!
Pitching hay and all the water-carrying I’m doing for the critters this week have me using muscles I don’t normally use. But it feels good to feel a little ‘burn’ - as long as my back holds up! :)
No traction LOL. I am fortunate in that exercises for sciatica or piriformis syndrome work pretty well for me. You have to get on the floor to do most of them, but I am still limber enough to get up & down even with my surgical knee (cannot kneel on it). Knock on wood, both of my knees have been holding up well.
It’s 4:30 AM & obviously I am not sleeping but in the meanwhile, I have figured out how to manage Thanksgiving so all I have to do is get the turkey in the oven by 7 AM & heat up everything else. I will do some prep work Tuesday & have everything put together Wednesday. The kitchen will stay clean on Thursday, too. :-)
I have found that Styrofoam ‘coolers’ or even a regular cooler, is great for keeping dishes warm for 2-4 hours. Mom has ordered from Omaha Steaks & I have their coolers large enough for 9x13 pans & 8/9x11. I cut cardboard to fit just over the Pyrex baking dishes so I can stack them which also retains heat. When we got newspapers, I used several layers in the cooler bottom so the hot dishes don’t melt anything, but with no papers, I cut cardboard.
I use the coolers all the time - transport hot food to church potlucks & to relatives houses for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners. Since we moved here, we have had 60 guests (mom counted!) & I have made meals for all but 2 so I have figured out how to prepare food ahead of time & keep it warm ... coolers for casserole dishes & crockpots for things like Chef John Green beans, cinnamon apples, Bavarian sauerkraut, etc. When we have overnight guests, I make breakfast casseroles the night before & just pop them in the oven in the morning.
For breakfast casseroles, there are good ones (& other recipes) here at this site for bed & breakfast inns:
https://www.bbonline.com/recipes