To All of You !!!!

Some thoughts about the Thanksgiving meal

I am about to get busy with my prep for Thursday and I wanted to leave you with a few images…..

Do any of you do this with your bird?????

Or this?????

I think this is just to make us feel guilty…..this is how my bird looks coming out of the oven!

Which photo can you relate to????? :)

And the photos of the family????? These are stock photos from the web, but we can all relate….

I bought it, I cleaned it, I cooked it, I served it, and now I have to carve it???? NOT!

Check out the size the of table…. Don’t they look happy???? LOL

You can just about read her lips….”Can I put this stinking wine glass down now”? :) HORRIBLE looking turkey….is that plastic???? :):)

We all put such pressure on ourselves to have everything perfect, the house, the table, the food. I don’t know about all of you, but by the time I sit down I am not even hungry! I am so tired and so sore by the time the meal is served, I just want to go to bed! Sound familiar? LOL

I hope that everyone can take a breath and just think about this for a minute….The turkey in the third photo tastes just as good if not better that the turkeys in the first two photos! And the same goes for the rest of the meal…..take it easy on yourselves!!!!! I think this is the year we all make a good meal, set it up buffet style, let them grab a pretty paper plate and enjoy it! And yes, I have done paper plates, the meal tasted just as delicious as it would have on china!

Come on gals….let’s enjoy Thursday too!!!!!

Let the Planning Begin !

I went to Wal-Mart yesterday , needed to pick up a few items. Don’t go there very often anymore, and it was fun to see the store getting ready for Christmas. I wanted to take some photos but that is a no-no, I could be from their competition….LOL

I am slowly getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner, it is going to be a wonderful quiet day as my husband is off and we are finally going to be just the four of us. ( Make that the five of us with grand puppy Abbey!) So I started buying a few things for the meal and the table…..

I love when I see these as votive and taper holders, we will give it a try….there weren’t many left….

Since I was a little girl there were always mixed nuts to crack at Thanksgiving and so I still follow with this tradition….

Even tho’ my husband has lost 60 pounds and I have lost 31, he did ask if he could have a batch of chocolate chip cookies where he doesn’t have to share them! I said he would have to share with the three of us anyhow!

Oh, and Halloween was 75% off, so I got a few items,

Loretta at "Short and Sweet" used the vampire teeth as place card holders for foods….thought it was cute, I never had a real set of Halloween cookie cutters and these were $1.25, and who can ever have enough orange sugar when it is 50 cents?

I also went down the Christmas aisles and found some very sweet treats!

Are these not the most wonderful swirled red and green pops you have seen????? I don’t eat them, I figure out a way to decorate with them….

Any ideas girls????? At 2.00 I thought they were a bargain!

I enjoyed my little jaunt, hope everyone is having a great Saturday!

9 Days....What????????

I just got home from spending the day with my Sis in law and I looked at my blog and saw that Thanksgiving is only 9 days away?????

I always think that this year I am going to have time to do all of the things I want to do. I am going to plan better and not be so stressed....I am already stressed.!

Is it just me or does it look like there is all kinds of time before Halloween and then BOOM! The holidays are upon us.....I am just amazed that I have to start thinking of this meal already.....luckily my family lets me buy the "complete meal" at a grocery store chain. Too bad it is far from complete! But I am very thankful that about 60% is done....I don't have large crowds for Thanksgiving ( something I am thankful for, by the way) but I still want it to be a wonderful day, and so this year I am really going to try to just breathe...... :) 9 days.....Jeesh!

Isn't this a pretty picture? Too bad mine never looks like this! LOL