PROMISES

The list is made...
I'm about out the door to buy
Thanksgiving feast food.

Tomorrow will be a day of cooking and cleaning...
same as today.
I had a few thoughts...


On
Thanksgiving Comes First...


Last night on the news they were showing where to
buy Christmas trees!
Yes...
they are popping up on the corners and in
otherwise vacant lots.

The lot attendant said
"It's a gray time of year, you know...
people want to bring that cheer into their houses
and make things bright as early as possible."

I say
"Bull spit!"


There are plenty of things you can do to
brighten up your home with a
Thanksgiving theme.

On top of that,
here is a bit of rational thinking.
Every year people have Christmas tree fires.
Why buy a tree so early
that you add weeks of extra drying out
time to increase that risk!

Someone is just plain greedy.
=:/

Thanksgiving Promises:

Today the shopping will be insane.
I know that going in.
I promise not to ram anyone with my cart.
Even if they are obnoxious, cut me off
or nab up the last item that I have to have.
There are other stores out there.

I promise not to buy all the added extras
so often displayed...
the special cakes, cookies, pies, etc.
When I can make my own with love for the people I love.

I promise I will eat before I shop.
So the extras are not so tempting.
And my stomach doesn't growl at the check stand.


I promise I will eat light for the next few days...
so that I can indulge on Thanksgiving,
and not feel guilt...
and have to come up with reasons not to eat
what someone brought to
add to our feast.
I think this might be rationalization,
but I stand by it.

I promise I will keep my baking schedule
so that I am not insane
by the time the turkey is placed on the table.

I promise I will make no new baking mess
until the last mess is clean.



I promise I will keep the spirit of
Thanksgiving
in my heart despite the frustrations
of preparing the feast,
last minute added guests,
or removed guests,
schedule changes due
to guest's work schedules,
dog foot prints on the clean mopped floor,
children underfoot,
spills
and that crucial item not bought today...
that I can't do without.

I think
Wild Turkey
might be that spirit.
But again that might be rationalizing.
But its surely the best name for Thanksgiving spirits!

=:]