We Are Go

"Did you see the moon?"  exclaimed my coworker as she came into the plant this morning.  Yes, I had.  It was big and orange and almost full, and breathtakingly beautiful.  I'd thought about driving out to the lake this evening to watch it rise, but I forgot....again.  

Instead, I stepped outside and took this long exposure photo from my back yard. 

Not as good as seeing it in person, but still.

So, why did I forget such a simple thing? Well, I'll tell you.  I went to Walmart after work, thinking it would be less crowded than going on a Friday.  I thought wrong.  

I don't know what the deal was, but it seemed like everyone in town was in that store.  Still, I persevered and I think I got everything I'll need for our early Thanksgiving next Friday.   What I didn't already have, that is.  Tomorrow, I'll go ahead and take the turkey out of the freezer, and I think I might go ahead and make my pies and put them into the freezer.  The rest is pretty easy, and I can do them after work, or the morning of. 

This year, I bought some disposable aluminum pans for my casseroles.  I know Cody will want to take the broccoli home with him, and they might want some sweet potatoes, too.  I have enough sweet potatoes to make two casseroles, so they can have one, and I can have one.  I thought about making a pie, but I'm already going to make pumpkin, banana cream, and cream cheese pies, so I don't really need another one.  

All that to say, we are go for Thanksgiving. 

Then I did something naughty.  I bought a bag of Hershey's cherry cordial kisses and a bag of Hershey's mint truffle kisses.  I'll just have to eat them slowly, like one per day instead of half a bag per day, and keep close track of my sugar.  Funny, though, egg nog -- which I also bought another quart of -- doesn't seem to affect my glucose that much.  Maybe the protein in the eggs helps cancel out the carbs in the sugar.  I don't know, but I'm glad of it, whatever it is. 

And finally, I know some of my friends on Facebook would somewhat snootily tell me they never buy things from Facebook ads.  Well, goody goody for you, but I've gotten some nice things from FB ads.  This is one of them. 

 This is not my photo.  It's the preview they showed me when I placed my order, but mine did arrive today and they look really nice.  I've ordered one for each of my siblings as well, and of course, these are the three states we live in.  

I guess that's it for today.  I've started watching the new show called High Potential.  So far, I'm really enjoying it.  I'm also watching NCIS: Origins, but I'm not quite sold on that one.  Either one is good for knitting to, so I guess that makes it OK.