I don't mind admitting I am exhausted this morning. An 11 hour day yesterday, an 11 hour day today and facing an 11 hour day tomorrow. But the light at the end of the tunnel is that I am only 6 hours on Thanksgiving and off Friday and Saturday. I do get off in time to have my own little Thanksgiving dinner which I am excited about. I'm going to make me a graham cracker pie. Last one I messed up the meringue so it didn't work out. But found out what I did wrong so I'm trying it again this year.
I am not a big eater anyway and I don't like turkey. I am a ham girl. So I don't do a traditional meal. I just fix the things that were my favorite from the holiday. I always make potato salad. Soft potatoes and lots of mustard. I'm a yellow potato salad gal.
And my favorite meals always include back beans from Mom's recipe. And obviously they always are made in my Pyrex. Using my vintage Pyrex brings a since of tradition to the holidays. Did you women have used Pyrex for over 100 years? Starting in 1908 when they released the first clear glass ones.
I don't do turkey. I am more a ham person. However, buying a big ham for just me is a little expensive. But I splurge on Black Forest ham and roll it and cheese up in crescent rolls for my meet dish. These are my absolute favorite.
Of course, I will watch Miracle on 34th Street on Thanksgiving. I always do. I will look at the Black Friday ads and plan my day for shopping on Friday and Saturday. On the sneak peak of the ads I did find this printer. Mine is getting old and I need ink for it which is about $54 for the ink for both cartridges. So I am going to try to get this Cannon at Walmart for $19.99 on Black Friday. The cartridges when I need them will be about $17 each so that's a lot better than what I have.
I have been checking into a Roku Stick for my TV to see about picking up some extra channels. I did away with cable two years ago. My antenna gets 26 channels plus local and I get Netflix. But I want to get some extra channels with more choices and with Roku you can get a lot of free channels.
I am going to see if I can get this small 12" electric skillet at Penny's for $7.99. It is the main thing on my wish list and I may break my stand on not shopping on Thursday. We'll see. I'm on the fence about it.
Saturday will be more shopping with my daughter. We have gone for to Turkey Creek in Knoxville on the weekend after Thanksgiving to shop for years. We always eat at Steak-n-Shake because we love a good burger and fries.
Sometime Friday evening I am going to decorate the house and do the tree. It's going to be a busy few days but I love this week of the year.
