What am I thankful for this year?
The new Star Trek preview.
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Every week should be bookended by chili
I’m trying to get as much as possible prepped before Thursday, when we’ll have 19 people in our house for the Eating of the Food. Fortunately, I’m only in charge of side dishes. I’m making sweet potatoes today and most everything else — spinach gratin, corn cobbler and a pie — on Wednesday. Which is why we’re not having work-intensive meals the rest of the week.
Monday: Chili and grilled cheese
Our friends our going out of town for Thanksgiving, and they have a large pot of leftover chili to use up before then. So they’re bringing it over tonight. I’d planned to have grilled cheese and tomato soup; I’m going to forge ahead on the grilled cheese.
Tuesday: Sandwiches
I’m not sure what kind yet. Maybe PB&J.
Wednesday: Pizza
Thursday: Thanksgiving
Friday: Chili
We’re going to go pick out a Christmas tree on Friday, and we’re having a little tree-trimming party with the fam when we get it set up. I’m guessing it’ll be cold out there Friday, so the chili will probably be a warm and welcome treat.
I used to be pretty good at fake Jeopardy.
I love game shows. I used to love the wacky drama of “Let’s Make a Deal,” and I would watch “Jeopardy” with a calculator in hand to see how I’d fare if I were on the show. Poppy seems to have inherited my love of the game show. She latched on to “Wheel of Fortune” early on — she called it “the clapping show” — and she’s on a first-name basis with Trebek.
I’ve never been a contestant on a game show, and I’ve never really wanted to be. I’d feel really self-conscious, which would make me blow any chance at winning the big bucks. Or the Brand New Car, or whatever. I’d like to see Rockford on “Don’t Forget the Lyrics.” I think he’d do really well. As long as he didn’t make me one of his “backup singers.”
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