Decorating madness....

Oh yes, I've been a busy, busy girl! I'm almost done with my decorating....but not quite. As you can see by the pictures, I'm well on my way to a Christmas wonderland. Betsy informed me that the only room in the house without a tree is the master bathroom....I haven't taken pics of Betsy's tree or thier bathroom tree yet, but I will. Big thrill, huh?

The tree I did tonight in the dining room is my "skinny tree". I used it last year, in place of our usual "fat tree", and never heard the end of it. It wasn't Christmas-y enough. Whatever! So this year it gets put in the dining room....and I must say, it does look lovely. Although, it's missing something. What? I don't know. I'll have to go to the store tomorrow and see....

Today I went grocery shopping and got my freeeeee turkey. Yup, I got that 21 lb. bad boy and he's defrosting on my counter as we speak. He will go in the fridge tonight, but needs a head start since he is rock hard. I got everything else to go with it as well....I had to go to two stores, as the first one was out of the French's Fried Onions for the green bean casserol....oh NO! It's just not turkey day without that! I got the ingrediants for punch with sherbet and cheese balls....I love that for appetizers. No fancy stuff here....I'm looking forward to cooking on Thursday whilst watching the Macy's parade. I know it sounds sappy, but I always get a tear in my eye when I see Santa at the end. I can't help it!

It was soooo warm here today....80 this afternoon. But soaring temps be damned, I put on jeans. I refused to buy a turkey in shorts! It's still supposed to rain on Thursday, and be in the low 70's, so I suppose that is better than nothing. I am so in the mood for cool weather and a roaring fire. I remember winters so cold back home, when you walked outside your nose hair would immediately freeze. Now there's a fun mental picture for you....

I keep forgetting to call my grandmother to let her know what time we are having dinner. We usually eat early, like 1 or so. I hate eating in the early evening. My mil always had dinner around 3 or 4. I think that's too late. If you have it at 1, you can have coffee for breakfast, nosh on the crackers and cheese around 12, and be ready to eat at 1. If you wait any later, you are starving, eat more of the crackers than planned, and ruin the dinner....at least that is my theory.

I did buy myself one special little thing today at the store....some cranberry wine. It just looked so good. It's made at the Tomasello Winery (www.tomasellowinery.com), and they make cranberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry and cherry wine. I can't wait to taste it! However, I am going to save it, cleverly hidden behind the pickles, to savor by myself, after the family has gone to bed, and I'm here online, enjoying a quiet Thanksgiving eve....ahhhhh, sweet perfection.....