After much deliberating, at the last minute, we decided to make our own Thanksgiving dinner here at home. A little after 8:30PM, Wednesday night, we set out in the cold, misty rain. First we hit Bed, Bath & Beyond – in our house, always pronounced Toy Story-style, “To Infinity and Beyond!!” – to get a turkey roasting pan. I had borrowed Jason’s mom’s roasting pan before, but as I said recently, she moved over the summer. After that stop, we hit a supermarket, getting most of what I wanted. Naturally, they didn’t have a single turkey, so we went to another supermarket. They only had frozen, so after dropping the groceries and Jason off at home, I went to a third supermarket in search of a fresh turkey. There was nary a turkey to be found though, so I backtracked to the second supermarket, and got one of the frozen ones, a 15-pounder for plenty of leftovers since I love me some roasted poultry.

I took some culinary shortcuts in the interest of saving time. I bought pre-made cornbread from the supermarket bakery for the cornbread dressing; bagged & cubed white bread, also for the dressing; refrigerator crescent rolls; jarred gravy; an apple pie from the supermarket bakery; and some kind of flavored rice that you microwave in the bag for 90 seconds since Jason wanted that instead of potatoes. It’s one of those many neuroses of mine that I like to do everything from scratch when I cook a nice meal. Maybe it’s partly to compensate for the fact that most of the time we eat a lot of canned soup and Lean Cuisine. While I cheated with those store-bought items, I made the cranberry sauce, the turkey stock for the cornbread dressing, the dressing, the roasted asparagus, and the turkey, of course. I also made a couple of small dinner salads because I can’t stand to not serve at least a couple of green veggies. Argue all you want, but corn and potatoes don’t count as veggies in the land of diabetes, regardless of the fact that they grow from plants. Overall, everything seemed to turn out well. I ate a turkey leg, so I don’t know if the white meat was too dry or not. Jason cleaned his plate though, so it must have been OK.

Now that Thanksgiving dinner is nothing but leftovers, I know some people have to work today, but lots of people are off, shopping or spending time with family and the like. Personally, I’m debating whether or not I want to venture to the mall area. In years past, I’ve often gone later in the day after the crazy people who showed up at 6AM, 5AM, or even more insane, 4AM have dragged their tired selves home. Shopping at 4PM on Black Friday has generally meant parking aplenty and not too many annoying, inconsiderate people. Granted, most stores look like a war zone with merchandise everywhere, shelves and racks totally disorganized, and certainly not the same selection that the people who showed up early had. There are still good deals to be had though.

Also, whether you’re buying gifts in a store or online, you’re just making gift lists, or none of the above, please take a moment and donate to Fight It! Friday so that 10 families can afford their diabetes supplies this holiday season. As of the time I’m posting this, they’re only at 36% of the $4,000 goal they want to reach by the end of today, so if you can spare one dollar, that’s all they’re asking. if you can spare more, of course they’ll welcome your donation.

I know posting funny videos is more the domain of George than me, but Jason sent this to me, and I thought it was hilarious considering all the time I spend Facebooking/Tweeting/Blogging, and the fact that Jason and I met on match.com.