Odds -n- Sods....

I can't believe Thanksgiving is only a week away. I got my grocery store flyer and if I spend $75 on groceries, I get a turkey for free....any size. I forgot about this deal....I got one last year for my "second Thanksgiving dinner". My sister and her husband were here for the holidays last year, and my mother hosted the festivities....however, she had ham instead of turkey. While the dinner was wonderful, I couldn't let the holiday go by without a turkey, so the day after Thanksgiving, I cooked an entire dinner for my family....free turkey and all. This year, I am hosting the festivities and you can bet your drumstick we are going to have one huge turkey. I've always wanted to cook a 21 pounder or bigger. I believe this will be the year! I have to start making my list of things to buy. My mom is doing two side dishes and pies, and I get the rest. I can't wait!

**Question of the day: What is one side dish that you could never do without on Thanksgiving....

I would have to say broccoli rice casserol. We have had this since I can remember, and it's always the first to go. I don't make it at any other time of the year, although sometimes we do it at Christmas. Mmmmmm, I can't wait for some of that!

I went to feed the dog today, and there is just enough food to scrape out a bowl tomorrow morning. I hate when that happens. Am I the only one around here who can buy a bag of dogfood? Sheesh! We keep a plastic tub in the pantry,and empty the bags into that, so his food stays fresh. You would think someone would have noticed it was getting low. But no....and of course I forgot all about it when I went to the store yesterday. *Sigh.

I had a bunch of stuff I wanted to write about today....but my mind is blank. I really need to keep a notebook with me at all times. Or one of those little tape machines. Then I could walk around all day recording, saying, "Note to self...." I've always wanted to do that.

Oh! I do remember one thing I was going to mention. Last night I was watching VH-1 at 10, and there was a show called "Motormouth". Has anyone seen this? OMG....I was laughing so hard that my pillow was wet from crying. John was laying behind me and kept telling me to quit because I was shaking the bed. The premis is that someone sets up a friend by putting a video camera in their car, and it records them singing with the radio. OMG....some of these people were hysterical! Seeing them try to be cool, or forgetting the words, or really off key. The funniest things though, were the 19 year olds that would sing all the words to Tom Jones or Frank Sinatra or the Carpenters. I'm telling you, it was hysterical. And then when the accomplices get into the car and try to get them to really sing....I was hysterical. I would highly recommend this show.

Okay, that's it. My mind is officially blank now. I'm going to go clean. Have a good one....