1) When shopping for the Thanksgiving meal, be sure to get in the checkout aisle with the longest line, because undoubtedly you will get in the shortest line and then watch as the 14 people in the other line process through quickly while the woman in front of you with a carton of milk spends 30 minutes trying to find a method of payment that will work.
2) Don’t wait until the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to shop—all of the cranberry jelly will be gone, and the rednecks will fight you for the last bottle of sparkling grape juice.
3) When Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is released in theaters I’ll be 24. That freaks me the hell out.
4) Jack has 400 toys. Jack has 400 favorite toys that must be by his side at all times.
5) If the gerbils have been quiet for a while you should probably feed them.
6) I can find a Tater Twister and a Beverage Warmer at Wal-Mart, but will have to use a rolling pin to smash my pecans because there are no nut choppers to be found. Also, that sounds very wrong.
7) Tom Cruise is a scary, scary man.
8) Buy Thanksgiving cards weeks in advance, wait until the last possible moment to send them. It never fails.
9) Why is it so hard to find a simple pair of cute black heels?
10) Why do I think I need another pair of cute black heels?
11) When hurrying to fix dinner so that you won't miss the episode of Gilmore Girls where Luke may or may not tell Lorelai he has a daughter and Lorelai may or may not tell Luke that Chris is a bajillionaire and wants to give her money, you will absolutely dump your salad bowl on your lap blue cheese dressing side down.
12) Is it time to go home yet?
Hi, Michele sent me. I love your blog and thanks for the Thanksgiving advice. Unfortunately, I too have encountered almost everything on the list. have a good one!
Posted by: marisa | November 23, 2005 at 04:18 PM
LOL well I'm most concerned about #5. :-p
Posted by: E | November 24, 2005 at 01:39 AM
Happy Thanksgiving girly girl!
Posted by: RisibleGirl | November 24, 2005 at 06:28 PM
They make Thanksgiving cards?
I suppose that is a step above Christmas cards--and I can't seem to do too well with those, either.
Posted by: sophie | November 25, 2005 at 10:35 PM
Sounds like we have the same type of karma. Sometimes, we just need some black heels to make us feel a little better:)
Posted by: Becky | November 26, 2005 at 07:10 AM
That's funny. A friend of mine cleaned and reorganized his house and found that his wife had bought so many different cards that he created files for "Thanksgiving", "New Baby", "Birthdays" etc. They'll nevere have to shop for cards for at leaast two years!
Posted by: MICHAEL MANNING | November 26, 2005 at 09:41 PM
You send cards for THANKSGIVING? Ok, you're way ahead of me and YEARS younger than me too! Sorry about the blue cheese lap! LOL!
Posted by: Steph. | November 27, 2005 at 07:15 PM