Oh the weather outside is frightful...

Despite my iron-clad yearly vow to not listen to any Christmas music until Thanksgiving, I've found myself humming and singing "Sleigh Ride" all morning... with interruptions of "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow." I am taking some solace in the fact that I'm not *listening* to this stuff, I'm singing it. Or something. And, really, this sort of thing sometimes happens to me in the middle of summer, too. The weather really is pretty frightful, at the moment... very windy and rainy, so that may have something to do with it.

The new modem arrived yesterday and was completely plug-and-play... and suddenly we have happy, fast and consistent DSL again. Yay!!

( Yesterday was also my weekly visit to the physical therapist. )

We're getting geared up for the big day this week... since we're having taradaktyl and her family over for Thanksgiving again this year. I picked up a turkey yesterday over at Trader Joe's (organic and free range -- it really does make for better turkey) as well as some organic canned pumpkin. I've also tracked down a decent looking pineapple, which I need to chop up later today to stick in the freezer (yeah, I know, why not just buy frozen pineapple... but really, it's not the same) to put in the fruit salad when I make it tomorrow. Still a lot more stuff to buy, though, before everything starts to pull together! Plus, I want to get the kitchen cleared out a bit more... so we have the maximum amount of counter space available!

Ooo... you know, it's probably time to do a Thanksgiving recipe post again, since the last one was done three years ago!