Happy Thanksgiving?

After a near-meltdown with my computer (bad LAN card and router), I decided to spend part of today doing computer maintenance. This really means going through and pruning my .pst folder in Outlook, and then I decided that I needed to prune my friends list on facebook. In order to be on my facebook you have to a) read my LJ or b) be someone I've met face to face. I'm not honoring any more friends requests for games, and have stopped playing all facebook games except for CafeWorld.

I had two Thanksgiving meals today, and didn't eat a bit of turkey. You see, I eat turkey year round, so it's not that big of a deal on Thanksgiving. And I stayed away from the sweets (mostly). Went to Ryan's for lunch and Golden Corral for dinner. Also got confirmation that Golden Corral will be open on Christmas Day. All of the food, none of the fuss.

I made my 'Black Friday' purchase today via the Internet (free shipping, no lines). Tomorrow I will camp out in front of Omaha Steaks (the only place I go on Black Friday) and then do two contracts. Saturday I'm going to DeKalb Farmer's Market with my friend J (who doesn't have an LJ).

One of my friends posted the true history of Thanksgiving on her facebook today. After realizing that this holiday is about celebrating our slaughter of Native Americans, I'm pretty sure I'm not celebrating it ever again. I understand the importance of gratitude, and maybe folks need a day to remind them about it, but I practice gratitude every day. It's one of the pillars upon which I base my life.

I've still got lots to do. I love Thanksgiving break each year mainly because it gives me four days to put my house in order, in a literal, physical and spiritual sense.

Ciao for now.

'tis the season to be busy...

Yesterday I acquired a new Netgear wireless router courtesy of Best Buy's holiday sale (I chose to buy online rather than camp out - free shipping, so what's the point of freezing?).

Today I acquired a remote control car for my nephew from 1saleaday.com. I had it shipped to my Dad's house, so his grandma will wrap the gift for me. I am still on the lookout for a holiday gift for my niece.

My boss & my co-worker are getting two-part gifts. One part is acquired, I need to go to Michael's for red/green tissue paper (to finish wrapping) and some plastic beads so that I can make their 'school color' badge lanyards to finish those off. I will probably try to swing by Michael's tomorrow while I'm out and about.

I'm in charge of getting a gift for one of the other bosses at work, but I have to finish collecting money before I can take that any further.

I started out this morning with breakfast at Panera Bread Co. I got to Omaha Steaks at about 8:05 a.m. I thought I might not make the first 100 customers, based on the turnout from last year. Last year I arrived at 7:30, and was like #40 in line. It took almost three hours to do my shopping last year. This year, there was no line. There were three other people in the store ahead of me, and it only took me 20 minutes to complete my purchase.

Came home and put the puzzle in the freezer together, and found out I still have a substantial amount of room left, which is good. Then I headed out and got a new set of wiper blades for my Sport Trac. Boy what a difference those made.

I had dinner with Luke & Chuck tonight at Red Robin. Definitely my favorite place to eat out. I've become friends with one of the servers there, Melissa, so it's always a great experience. They were on their way up to Lake Lanier for the lights tonight.

Tomorrow morning I am going DeKalb Farmer's Market with my friend Janet, who is in town for the holidays from Charleston, SC. I've been trying to make out my list for tomorrow, but so far, all I can come up with is spices. I'm sure there will wind up being impulse buys tomorrow. I'm also planning to go to Michaels and Target at some point.

Currently, no plans for Sunday other than more straightening up around the house. I got the mountain of laundry done earlier this week (Wednesday). My office is still a disaster though. It was the one room I didn't finish organizing before Dad came to visit, and it hasn't gotten any better. The rest of the house has stayed pretty clutter free, except for the fact that now I have a bunch of cardboard boxes to break down after my Omaha Steaks visit today.

Ciao for now.